Rachel Yehuda, PhD
Director, Professor of Psychiatry

Dr. Rachel Yehuda, PhD, is the Endowed Chemers Neustein Family Professor of Trauma and Resilience and the former Director of Mental Health at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center (now managing a research portfolio at VA). A renowned expert in the field of trauma, she founded the Traumatic Stress Studies Division at Mount Sinai in 1991, where she conducted groundbreaking research on trauma’s psychological and biological effects. In 2020, Dr. Yehuda established The Parsons Research Center for Psychedelic Healing at Mount Sinai, where she currently serves as the Director, leading pioneering efforts in psychedelic-assisted therapy for trauma recovery.