Dr. Kehinde Obikoya is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Program Director for the Forensic Psychiatry fellowship program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She teaches forensic psychiatry fellows and general psychiatry residents through clinical supervision at the SNOP clinic and a variety of resident didactic series. Dr. Obikoya was a winner of the prestigious American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) Howard V. Zonana Best Teacher in a Forensic Fellowship program award. The award was presented on October 24, 2024 at the AAPL Annual meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Dr. Obikoya completed her medical school training at the University of Lagos and her psychiatry residency at Drexel University College of Medicine. She completed fellowship training in Psychiatry and the Law at the Yale School of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Obikoya is the Medical Director of the Metrocare Services Special Needs Offender Program (SNOP), an outpatient forensic psychiatry clinic. She provides outpatient treatment to individuals involved in the criminal justice system, including those in jail diversion, outpatient competency restoration, and forensic assertive community treatment programs throughout Dallas County.

Dr. Obikoya is the Principal Investigator for an educational grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Dr. Obikoya’s work as an educational innovator has resulted in the launch of a series of educational initiatives at UT Southwestern and beyond. She spearheaded the overhaul of the forensic psychiatry curriculum within the general psychiatry training program at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She led the establishment and expansion of the ACGME-accredited Forensic Psychiatry fellowship program at UT Southwestern from its inception in 2017. Dr. Obikoya initiated and led the monthly UT Southwestern Forensic Psychiatry Seminar series, from 2016 until 2021. Currently, Dr. Obikoya is a pioneering member of the Texas Forensic Psychiatry Education Collaborative Taskforce that comprises of faculty across Texas who are dedicated to creating innovative statewide educational initiatives in forensic psychiatry. Her clinical research focuses on competency to stand trial evaluations and jail diversion issues.