Rachel Yehuda | |
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| Born | 1959 (age 66–67) |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Research on post-traumatic stress disorder, intergenerational trauma, epigenetics of trauma |
| Awards | Member, National Academy of Medicine (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Psychology |
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Rachel Yehuda (born 1959) is the Chemers Neustein Family Professor of Trauma and Resilience, the Vice Chair of Veterans Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry, and the Director of the Traumatic Stress Studies Division at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is also the former Director of Mental Health at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center. In 2020 she became Director of The Parsons Research Center for Psychedelic Healing at Mount Sinai.[1][2][3]
Biography
She received her Ph.D. in psychology and neurochemistry and her M.S. in biological psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and completed her postdoctoral training in biological psychiatry in the psychiatry department at Yale Medical School.[4][5] In 2019, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.[6]
She has authored more than 500 published papers, chapters, and books in the field of traumatic stress and the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Her interests include the study of risk and resilience factors, psychological and biological predictors of treatment response in PTSD, genetic and epigenetic studies of PTSD and the intergenerational transmission of trauma and PTSD. [7]
She has an active federally funded clinical and research program that welcomes local and international students and clinicians. Her research has focused on PTSD in combat veterans, the children of Holocaust survivors[8] and the children of pregnant women who survived the 9/11 attacks.[9][10] Her work on diagnostic blood biomarkers for PTSD has yielded a patent approved in the US (9,243,293) and Europe (2334816) for diagnosis and treatment stratification for PTSD.[11]
Publications
Author
- The Art of Jewish Pastoral Counseling: A Guide for All Faiths with Michelle Friedman, published November 17, 2016, by Routledge
- Yehuda, Rachel (July 1, 2022). "How Parents' Trauma Leaves Biological Traces in Children / Adverse experiences can change future generations through epigenetic pathways". Scientific American. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0722-50. PMID 39016960. Archived from the original on June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
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Contributor
- The Psychobiology of Trauma and Resilience Across the Lifespan, published September 5, 2008, by Jason Aronson, Inc.
Editor
- Psychological Trauma, published August 1, 1998, by American Psychiatric Association Publishing
- Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, published April 1, 1999, by American Psychiatric Association Publishing
- Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, published June 16, 2000, by New York Academy of Sciences
- Treating Trauma Survivors with PTSD, published May 2, 2002, by American Psychiatric Association Publishing
- International Handbook of Human Response to Trauma, initially published in 2000, republished November 11, 2013, by Springer US
References
- ^ "Mount Sinai launches psychedelics research center". EurekAlert!. 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- ^ Anderson, ByMaia. "Healthcare execs on the state of psychedelic medicine". Healthcare Brew. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ "Rachel Yehuda". Icahn School of Medicine. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ "Rachel Yehuda". Big Think. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ "World Renowned Researcher to Discuss Epigenetics at Ramapo College". College News & Media. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ "Rachel Yehuda, PHD, Elected to National Academy of Medicine | Mount Sinai - New York".
- ^ R Yehuda citation record in Google Scholar
- ^ "Study finds epigenetic changes in children of Holocaust survivors". www.research.va.gov. Archived from the original on 2025-09-03. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ "Rachel Yehuda - How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations". On Being with Krista Tippett. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
- ^ Rodriguez, Tori (2015-03-01). "Descendants of Holocaust Survivors Have Altered Stress Hormones". Scientific American. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ Genes associated with posttraumatic-stress disorder (PTSD) https://patents.google.com/patent/US9243293B2/en and https://patents.google.com/patent/EP2334816A1/en
External links
- Publications by Rachel Yehuda at ResearchGate
- Profile at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
