Voluntary faculty are typically clinicians or others who are employed outside of the School but make significant contributions to department programs at the medical center or at affiliate institutions.
Voluntary rank detailsJennifer McQuaid, PhD, MA, BA
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Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine
Biography
Dr. McQuaid is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale Center for Asylum Medicine. Since joining in 2017, she has focused on capacity building - training, speaking and supervising - in the network of pro-bono medical and psychological clinicians, trainees and students who collaborate with legal teams representing asylum seekers. At YCAM, Dr. McQuaid coordinates and performs mental health evaluations of asylum seekers in order to provide objective psychological assessments of reported histories of torture and persecution. She is coordinating three research studies focused on the mental health and well-being of asylum seekers during the post-migration period, and serves as a faculty mentor on the implementation of trauma-informed care at HAVEN refugee clinic.
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General Internal Medicine
Assistant Clinical ProfessorPrimary
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Education & Training
- PhD
- Teachers College, Columbia University, Clinical Psychology (2005)
- MA
- Tufts University, Applied Child Development (1996)
- BA
- Williams College, Art History (1993)
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ORCID
0000-0002-7873-2450
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Publications Timeline
Research Interests
Michelle Alejandra Silva, PsyD
Refugees
Social Determinants of Health
Publications
2026
Trauma “Permeates Everything”: A Simulation-Based Research Study Exploring the Role of Supervision in Trauma-Informed Practice for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Tarshis S, Baird S, McQuaid J, Diallo M. Trauma “Permeates Everything”: A Simulation-Based Research Study Exploring the Role of Supervision in Trauma-Informed Practice for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Studies In Clinical Social Work Transforming Practice Education And Research 2026, 1-22. DOI: 10.1080/28376811.2026.2725739.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Using Simulation to Train Service Providers in Responding to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Trauma
Tarshis S, McQuaid J, Diallo M, Baird S, Asakura K. Using Simulation to Train Service Providers in Responding to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Trauma. Families In Society 2024, 105: 442-456. DOI: 10.1177/10443894241246570.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsPersecution as stigma-driven trauma: Social determinants, stigma, and violence in asylum seekers in the United States
McQuaid J, Mandavia A, Cassidy G, Silva M, Esmail K, Aragula S, Gamez G, McKenzie K. Persecution as stigma-driven trauma: Social determinants, stigma, and violence in asylum seekers in the United States. Social Science & Medicine 2024, 350: 116761. PMID: 38701637, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2023
Asylee perspectives on psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress
Cassidy G, McQuaid J, Heatherington L, Su C. Asylee perspectives on psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2023, 36: 373-384. PMID: 36882382, DOI: 10.1002/jts.22917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2021
Telling the Story: Capacity-Building in the Asylum Network
McQuaid J. Telling the Story: Capacity-Building in the Asylum Network. HPHR Journal 2021 DOI: 10.54111/0001/bb17.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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