In July, two new postdoctoral fellows began a two-year psychology fellowship to study psychosis, suicide, and major mental illness in veterans at the Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center (JJPVAMC) in the Bronx, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
In this fellowship, individualized, mentored research and clinical training is combined with a state-of-the-art curriculum that emphasizes research methods, statistics, epidemiology, mental health systems, quality improvement methods, education, and service delivery. In collaboration with their mentors, the fellows will develop and implement a research project, publish and present findings, participate in grant writing, and utilize the latest technology for educational activities and clinical service delivery. The mentorship team includes MIRECC faculty members, as well as other faculty from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Emily Edwards, PhD
Dr. Edwards received her PhD in clinical psychology from CUNY Graduate Center / John Jay College and completed a predoctoral fellowship with the Intensive Outpatient DBT program at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Edwards has provided DBT in a variety of settings, including private practice, psychiatric inpatient, and intensive outpatient. Her research focuses primarily on treatment and theory for people with emotion processing and emotion regulation difficulties. She is especially interested in adapting treatments for individuals with severe personality disorders and for forensic contexts. Dr. Edwards will be working with Erin Hazlett, PhD, and Joseph Geraci, PhD, LMHC.
Molly Gromatsky, PhD
Dr. Gromatsky received her PhD in clinical psychology from Hofstra University and completed a predoctoral internship at Northport VA Medical Center in Northport, New York. Her clinical experience has primarily involved providing DBT in a variety of settings to adults, young adults, adolescents, and their families. She is also proficient in ACT, CBT, motivational interviewing, PE, and CPT. Dr. Gromatsky’s research interests include identifying predictors and better understanding the etiology of suicide among veterans. She is particularly interested in the role of risk and resiliency factors associated with suicide, and hopes to assist in the development of screening tools to inform effective outreach interventions and treatment development. Dr. Gromatsky will be working with Dr. Hazlett.