Corianna E Sichel, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences (in Emergency Medicine)
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Overview
Dr. Corianna Sichel is a New York State Licensed Psychologist and an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Dr. Sichel earned her PhD in Clinical/Counseling Psychology from New York University, where she led the development and evaluation of interventions to prevent traumatic experiences among vulnerable youth. She completed an APA-accredited internship (fellowship) in Clinical and Community Psychology at Yale in the Department of Psychiatry and a postdoc in the Center for Behavioral Health and Youth Justice, within Columbia’s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Columbia Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Sichel is a 2022 NIMH Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services (CHIPS) Fellow and a 2024–2025 NIMH Implementation Research Institute for Mental Health Services (IRI) Fellow.
Dr. Sichel completed her undergraduate studies at Duke University. Before pursuing graduate studies, she worked in management consulting and public relations, both domestically and abroad.
Dr. Sichel earned her PhD in Clinical/Counseling Psychology from New York University, where she led the development and evaluation of interventions to prevent traumatic experiences among vulnerable youth. She completed an APA-accredited internship (fellowship) in Clinical and Community Psychology at Yale in the Department of Psychiatry and a postdoc in the Center for Behavioral Health and Youth Justice, within Columbia’s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Columbia Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Sichel is a 2022 NIMH Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services (CHIPS) Fellow and a 2024–2025 NIMH Implementation Research Institute for Mental Health Services (IRI) Fellow.
Dr. Sichel completed her undergraduate studies at Duke University. Before pursuing graduate studies, she worked in management consulting and public relations, both domestically and abroad.
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences (in Emergency Medicine)
Administrative Titles
- Associate Director for Clinical Research and Implementation Science, Center for Behavioral Health and Youth Justice
Gender
- Female
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- BA, Philosophy, Economics, English, Duke University
- PhD, Clinical/Counseling Psychology, New York University
- MS, Psychology, New York University
- Internship: Yale University
- Fellowship: Columbia University / New York State Psychiatric Institute
Honors & Awards
- KL2 Mentored Career Development Award, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Columbia University
- 2024 – 2025: NIMH Implementation Research Institute for Mental Health Services (IRI) Fellow
- 2022: NIMH Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services (CHIPS) Fellow
Research
Dr. Sichel is a mental health services researcher focused on implementation and dissemination science, preventing and addressing behavioral health emergencies among populations at risk for posttraumatic stress and suicide, and developing supports for families and youth-serving professionals.
Dr. Sichel serves as PI and co-I on multiple projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including her National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) K23 Career Development Award (K23MH129606), which supports the development of a family-based intervention to bridge youth on probation with posttraumatic stress to trauma-specific treatment and a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial (R01MH130845, MPIs: Elkington and Aalsma), to scale up an effective, systems-level intervention (e-Connect; a digital clinical decision support system), to identify and address suicide risk and behavioral health problems among youth on probation.
Dr. Sichel serves as PI and co-I on multiple projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including her National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) K23 Career Development Award (K23MH129606), which supports the development of a family-based intervention to bridge youth on probation with posttraumatic stress to trauma-specific treatment and a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial (R01MH130845, MPIs: Elkington and Aalsma), to scale up an effective, systems-level intervention (e-Connect; a digital clinical decision support system), to identify and address suicide risk and behavioral health problems among youth on probation.
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov