Melissa J. Zielinski, Ph.D. Psychologist

Clinical Biography

Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the Division of Health Services Research. Dr. Zielinski received her master’s in psychology and doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology as a National Institute of Drug Abuse-sponsored T32 trainee in the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute (PRI) Brain Imaging Research Center.

Dr. Zielinski leads program evaluation efforts for the Pulaski County Regional Crisis Stabilization Unit, sees patients via telehealth through the PCORI-funded SPIRIT study, and serves as a Co-Investigator on National Institute of Mental Health-funded research linking jail detainees to PrEP services upon release. She also serves as a clinical attending at the burn unit at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and supervises psychology interns in both the burn unit and PRI’s Walker Family Clinic.