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Maria Ferrara, MD

Assistant Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry
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Assistant Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry

Biography

Dr. Ferrara's clinical and research interests are focused on improving the care of individuals with psychotic disorders. As staff psychiatrist for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse in Modena, she led the development of an assertive outreach based coordinated service for first episode psychosis in the province of Modena. She helped create implementation protocols, organized educational activities for area mental health professionals and primary care physicians, as well as public awareness events targeting youth, families and community members. She has, since 2012, served as the principal psychiatrist for new onset psychosis services at a community mental health center. In 2017, Dr. Ferrara has joined the research team at the STEP Program where she will help coordinate the implementation and analysis of the NIH-funded STEP-ED project that includes a campaign (MindMap) to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis in a 10 town region surrounding the STEP clinic. Dr. Ferrara’s other research interests include HIV Psychiatry, metabolic side effects of antipsychotic medications, physical health monitoring in severe mental illness, and biomarkers for treatment response in psychosis.

Appointments

Education & Training

Resident
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy (2012)
Visiting Scholar
HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program (HNRP), UCSD, San Diego, CA (2012)
MD
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy (2007)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Maria Ferrara's published research.

Publications

2024

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Travel Award

  • honor

    Best Research Dissertation Thesis

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