Anushka R. Patel, Ph.D.

I am a trauma-focused clinical psychologist, based at the Center for Digital Mental Health at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) with a dual appointment as Member of Faculty at Harvard Medical School. Prior to this appointment, I completed postdoctoral training to specialize in research (Harvard Chan School of Public Health), policy (World Health Organization), and clinical care for sexual assault survivors (University of California San Francisco). I graduated with a PhD in trauma-focused clinical psychology from The University of Tulsa, OK. 

As trauma can cause posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety, I have acquired clinical and research expertise in all three disorders with many distinct populations over the past 12 years. My program of research is founded on (1) culturally senstive assessment and treatment of trauma-related problems, (2) scalable models of population-based care and capacity-building among non-specialists, and (3) deploying digital technologies to close the treatment gaps that exist worldwide. As trauma exposure is also highly associated with suicidal thoguhts and behaviors, I am beginning to develop expertise in this area.