William Brim, Psy.D.

Executive Director

William Brim, Psy.D., is the executive director of the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He joined CDP in 2007, initially as a deployment behavioral health psychologist at Malcolm Grow Medical Center and served as deputy director until 2017. Prior to joining CDP, Dr. Brim served on active duty as a psychologist in the United States Air Force from 1997 to 2007.

Dr. Brim received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Tennessee and his master’s and doctorate degrees in clinical psychology from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is a graduate of the Wilford Hall Medical Center Psychology Residency Program and the Wilford Hall Clinical Health Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program.

Dr. Brim is a recognized and post-doctoral fellowship trained behavioral sleep medicine specialist. Clinically he focuses on the assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, insomnia and nightmares. Dr. Brim has over 100 publications and presentations on a range of topics including military culture, insomnia and insomnia and nightmare treatments and trauma. He is frequently called on to consult in courts martial and discharge boards as a forensic psychology expert with a specific focus on trauma and memory. Dr. Brim is currently the American Psychological Association’s Military Psychology Division 19 President.