Saadia Elahi

Saadia Elahi, MS, is a Doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Clinical Psychology Practicum Student at the Yale Child Study Center. During her graduate training, she has completed clinical practicums at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago's Pediatric Stress and Anxiety Disorders Clinic. Saadia's clinical interests include assessment and treatment of psychopathology in children and adolescents, with a particular focus on trauma and anxiety. Saadia's research focuses on implementation science and evaluation of school- and community-based mental health interventions as a means to increase service access for traditionally underserved populations. Her master's thesis explored systemic and individual drivers of adoption of early interventions for trauma in schools. Saadia is now preparing her dissertation, which will describe development and implementation of a universal mental health promotion program for middle grade classrooms.