Sofia Noori, MD, MPH
About
Biography
Dr. Sofia Noori is the co-founder of Nema Health, a virtual clinic focused on high-quality care for trauma survivors with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She is also a staff psychiatrist at Cornell Scott Hill Health Center, where she focuses on immigrant and women's mental health. Dr. Noori serves as a perinatal psychiatrist for the state of Connecticut's ACCESS hotline, which provides perinatal psychiatric input to healthcare providers caring for pregnant patients across the state.
Dr. Noori is an Assistant Clinical at Yale Department of Psychiatry and a graduate of the department's Adult Psychiatry Residency Program. While a resident, she served as the department's first Chief Resident of Digital Psychiatry and co-developed the nation's first digital psychiatry residency curriculum, which educates trainees on digital health and app prescribing. At Yale she served as the curriculum lead for Innovation to Impact, a NIDA-funded substance use entrepreneurship program that helps addiction researchers and clinicians commercialize their insights for the public good. She was a founding member of the Center for Digital Psychiatry at the Connecticut Mental Health Center, which aims to integrate digital health in the care of patients with serious mental illness.
Aside from her endeavors in digital health, she is the co-founder of the Women’s Mental Health Conference at Yale, which increases awareness and education of important topics in women’s mental health. She is also the co-founder of the Yale Women's Housestaff Organization, an organization dedicated to improving the well-being and advancement of self-identified women at Yale.
Dr. Noori's clinical focus lies in trauma, PTSD and women's mental health. She speaks both English and Spanish.
She is an MD graduate of the PRIME program at UCSF School of Medicine, a dual-degree program that trains emerging physician-leaders to transform care for underserved populations. Dr. Noori received her MPH in health policy and management at UC Berkeley.
Appointments
Education & Training
- MD
- UCSF School of Medicine (2017)
- MPH
- UC Berkeley (2016)
- BA
- UC Berkeley, Psychology (2011)
- BA
- UC Berkeley, Integrative Biology (2011)
Research
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Walter S. Mathis, MD
Publications
2022
Navigating the digital divide: providing services to people with serious mental illness in a community setting during COVID-19.
Noori S, Jordan A, Bromage W, Fineberg S, Cahill J, Mathis WS. Navigating the digital divide: providing services to people with serious mental illness in a community setting during COVID-19. SN Social Sciences 2022, 2: 160. PMID: 35971454, PMCID: PMC9368693, DOI: 10.1007/s43545-022-00470-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Nonconsensual Porn as a Form of Intimate Partner Violence: Using the Power and Control Wheel to Understand Nonconsensual Porn Perpetration in Intimate Relationships.
Eaton AA, Noori S, Bonomi A, Stephens DP, Gillum TL. Nonconsensual Porn as a Form of Intimate Partner Violence: Using the Power and Control Wheel to Understand Nonconsensual Porn Perpetration in Intimate Relationships. Trauma, Violence & Abuse 2020, 1524838020906533. PMID: 32100637, DOI: 10.1177/1524838020906533.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
activity Founding Member
Public ServiceThe Women's Mental Health Conference at YaleDetails11/01/2018 - Presentactivity Founding Member
CommitteesYale Women's Housestaff OrganizationDetails12/12/2018 - 06/30/2021activity Committee Member
Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsAmerican Psychiatric Association Committee on Mental Health ITDetails10/01/2019 - 06/30/2021honor Minority Fellowship
National AwardAmerican Psychiatric AssociationDetails06/09/2019United Stateshonor PRIME-US Health Equity Scholarship
Regional AwardUCSF School of MedicineDetails06/15/2017United States
Links & Media
News
- November 16, 2023
Noori Launches Nema Health, a Virtual Platform for Trauma and PTSD Care
- April 12, 2023
Registration Open for 2023 Women's Mental Health Conference
- September 23, 2022Source: USA Today
Levels of Stress, Anxiety and Sadness Among Women Are at a 10-Year High, Survey Shows
- February 21, 2022
2022 Women's Mental Health Conference Accepting Submissions For Session Proposals