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Rachel Ouellette, PhD

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Associate Research Scientist
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Associate Research Scientist

Biography

Dr. Rachel Ouellette is an Associate Research Scientist in the Yale School of Medicine Division of Prevention and Community Research. She is a prevention scientist and consultant who partners with a range of community partners to promote the well-being of youth and youth-serving adults (e.g., teachers and after-school providers) through the dissemination and implementation of knowledge. She obtained her PhD in Child and Adolescent Psychology from the Clinical Science Program at Florida International University after completing her predoctoral internship at the Yale School of Medicine with the Yale Consultation Center and West Haven Mental Health Clinic. Her dissertation was funded by an NIH F31 Predoctoral National Research Service Award with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and utilized mixed methods to examine effectiveness supporting youth and social connectedness across staff as predictors of after-school staff work-related well-being, including job stress and satisfaction. She completed her postdoctoral training in the Yale DPCR T32 Postdoctoral Training Program funded by NIDA in Substance Abuse Prevention. Her ongoing research covers two areas: 1) She engages in research, community consultation, and program evaluation to promote data-driven decision-making, social connectedness, and emotional well-being among youth and youth-serving adults in public spaces, including school, after-school, and social media; 2) She engages in mixed method research exploring social media as a potential source of risk and ecological context for dissemination of information to mitigate youth substance use.

Last Updated on July 12, 2024.

Appointments

  • Psychiatry

    Associate Research Scientist
    Primary
    Psychiatry

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

NIDA T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Yale School of Medicine (2024)
PhD
Florida International University, Clinical Science in Child and Adolescent Psychology (2022)
Yale Doctoral Internship in Clinical & Community Psychology
Yale University (2022)
MS
Florida International University, Clinical Science in Child and Adolescent Psychology (2019)
BS
Yale University, Psychology (2013)

Advanced Training & Certifications

Certificate in Mixed Methods Research
University of Michigan

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Rachel Ouellette's published research.

Publications

2025

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Honors

  • honor

    Early Scholar Award

    09/01/2025Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI)
  • honor

    'Best 5 min talk' at 6th Annual Yale Postdoc Symposium

    05/25/2023Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Postdoc Association
  • honor

    APA Minority Fellowship Program Psychology Summer Institute Fellow

    06/12/2020National AwardAmerican Psychological Association
  • honor

    Graduate Student Research Seed Fund Award

    09/20/2019, 09/07/2018Other AwardFlorida International University
  • honor

    Peter and Malina James & Dr. Louis P. James Legacy Scholarship

    09/13/2019National AwardAmerican Psychological Foundation - Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology
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