Abir Aldhalimi, PhD, a graduate of the Yale Department of Psychiatry's Doctoral Internship in Clinical & Community Psychology, has been awarded the James Marshall Public Policy Fellowship.
This professional development opportunity is offered by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and is administered through the American Association for the Advancement of Science Congressional Science Fellowship program.
Aldhalimi will spend one year serving on the staff of a Member of Congress or congressional committee to learn about the intricacies of federal policy making and to utilize scientific psychology to support the development, implementation, evaluation and enhancement of evidence-based policies.
While at Yale from 2015 to 2016, she trained with Dwain Fehon, PsyD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, at Yale-New Haven Hospital in the Behavioral Medicine Service.
She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Division of Pain Medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center.