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    Amanda Calhoun, MD/MPH

    Clinical Fellow
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    Clinical Fellow

    Solnit Integrated Program, Yale Child Study Center

    Biography

    Amanda Joy Calhoun, MD, MPH is Chief Resident of the Yale Albert J. Solnit Integrated Adult/Child Psychiatry program. She received her BA in Spanish from Yale University and her MD and MPH from Saint Louis University. Amanda J. Calhoun is currently a Viola W. Bernard Social Justice and Health Equity Fellow, a Diversity Equity and Inclusion Emerging Leaders Fellow with American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and an American Medical Association and Satcher Health Leadership Institute Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellow.

    Dr. Calhoun has authored over 30 publications, 19 of which she is has first-authored, and has presented abstracts and oral presentations in numerous conferences. Her research focuses on the mental health sequelae of anti-Black racism in children and has been funded by the Yale Child Study Center Pilot Research Award and is the recipient of prestigious National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program award.

    Dr. Calhoun also specializes in the effects of medical anti-Black racism. She writes for the general press and has published over 20 op-eds in the past 2 years, including, but not limited to, Boston Globe, TIME magazine, Washington Post, and HuffPost. She has been interviewed on countless radio shows and TV platforms, including CBS News, PBS Newshour, and MSNBC, discussing how racism affects the health of Black Americans and most importantly, what we can do about it.

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    Education & Training

    MD/MPH
    Saint Louis University (2019)
    BA
    Yale, Spanish (2011)

    Research

    Overview

    Dr. Calhoun is a Psychiatry resident in the Albert J. Solnit Adult/Child Integrated Program. As a pre-medical student, Dr. Calhoun engaged in global clinical mental health interventions and psychiatric research projects around the world, including Haiti, New Zealand, Guatemala, Nigeria, and Honduras.

    Prior to medical school, her projects included coordinating a clinical intervention teaching infant massage techniques as a means of decreasing maternal depression and increasing mother-infant bonding in Cap Haïtien, Haiti and editing a medical school textbook surrounding Maori mental health at University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand.

    During medical school, Dr. Calhoun served as PI on an AACAP and APA-funded research project assessing the mental health infrastructure in Sololá, Guatemala for depressed children and adolescents. Additionally, Dr. Calhoun served as PI of a research project in Lagos, Nigeria which assessed youth-generated solutions of ways to decrease stigma around HIV self-testing among Nigerian youth. She was awarded the Community Health Scholarship from Saint Louis University due to her commitment to underserved minority research.

    As a resident, Dr. Calhoun continued her global work in Nigeria as the PI of two projects, a needs assessment of the gaps in child/adolescent psychiatric care in Nigeria.

    Currently, Dr. Calhoun's research focuses on the mental health sequelae of anti-Black racism in children and has received the Pilot Trainee award from Yale Child Study Center as well as the LRP award from NIMH.

    Medical Research Interests

    Psychiatry and Psychology

    Public Health Interests

    Global Health; Implementation Science

    Research at a Glance

    Publications Timeline

    A big-picture view of Amanda Calhoun's research output by year.
    10Publications
    74Citations

    Publications

    2020

    • “I feel like I know them”: the positive effect of celebrity self-disclosure of mental illness. Academic Psychiatry.
      Calhoun A. and Gold J. “I feel like I know them”: the positive effect of celebrity self-disclosure of mental illness. Academic Psychiatry. Accepted for publication.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research In Press

    2019

    • Young, Angry, and in Need of a Liver Transplant
      Calhoun A., and Newman B. Young, angry, and in need of a liver transplant. Current Psychiatry An adverse effect to valproic acid in an otherwise healthy 21-year old. Current Psychiatry. 18(5): 45-51.
      Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes

    2018

    2017

    2015

    • Water and Sanitation
      Calhoun A. Water and Sanitation. In Atlas of Pediatrics in the Tropics and Resource-Limited Settings, 2nd edition, eds. J.M. Spector and T.E. Gibson, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL, pp. 25-30.
      Books
    • Neglected Tropical Diseases
      Calhoun A. Neglected Tropical Diseases. In Atlas of Pediatrics in the Tropics and Resource-Limited Settings, 2nd edition, eds. J.M. Spector and T.E. Gibson, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL, pp. 7-8.
      Books

    2012

    • Rapid phenotyping of autism spectrum disorders: inclusion of direct observation in feasible paradigms for clinical assessment
      Constantino, J., Zhang, Y., Abbacchi, A., Calhoun, A., Scofield, F., Grafeman, S.J. Rapid phenotyping of autism spectrum disorders: inclusion of direct observation in feasible paradigms for clinical assessment. Neuropsychiatry, 2(3), 203-212. doi:10.2217/npy.12.28.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research

    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    • honor

      NIH LRP award

      National AwardNational Institute of Mental Health
    • honor

      Viola Bernard Social Justice and Health Equity Fellowship

      Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Child Study Center
    • honor

      American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Diversity Equity and Inclusion Emerging Leaders Fellowship

      National AwardAmerican Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    • honor

      Satcher Health Leadership Institute Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship

      National AwardAmerican Medical Association
    • honor

      Child Study Center Pilot Research Award

      Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Child Study Center
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