Matthew Stimmel, PhD
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Matthew Stimmel, PhD
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VA National Training Director for Veteran Justice Programs Stanford University
Biography
Dr. Matthew Stimmel is the National Training Director for the Veteran Justice Programs (VJP). In this role, he is responsible for developing and sustaining the education and training of over 400 VJP field staff and contributing to national VA policy on justice-involved Veterans. Dr. Stimmel is also responsible for cultivating operational partnerships—both internal and external to VA—that advance VJP's mission of ensuring access and care to justice-involved Veterans and reducing risk of recidivism and homelessness in this population. He is also a clinical instructor at the Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry.
Matthew has been employed by VA since 2013, initially completing a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology within the PTSD emphasis area at VA Palo Alto Health Care System. He then transitioned to a staff role as a clinical psychologist and Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist in 2014 where he helped to establish several Veterans Treatment Courts in Northern California. Dr. Stimmel received his PhD in clinical psychology from Fordham University with a specialization in forensic psychology.
