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Patricia Averill is an Assistant Professor at the UT-Medical School at Houston where she provides instruction on clinical psychology, and provides critical assessment and evaluation for patients at UTHCPC.
 
She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Houston, where she graduated summa cum laude in 1987. She continued her graduate education at UH, where she received her masters (1991) and doctorate (1993) degrees in clinical psychology. Averill served her residency at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at UT-Houston's Hermann Pain Center in 1993-94. She joined the UT Medical School at Houston in 1994.
 
Averill is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association and the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, and serves as Operations Officer for the Houston Psychological Association.
 
Additionally, she is a member of the Association of Women Psychiatrists, Greater Houston Council of Family Violence and Hispanic Physicians of Houston. She has received numerous academic awards, including the Houston Psychological Association award for outstanding psychology graduate and is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma and Psi Chi honor societies.
 
She also has served as a member of several graduate school committees, including the review committee for the Dean of the University of Houston's Honors College and chair of the doctoral dissertation committee for psychology students at UH.