Miryam Sperka, PhD
Training Director, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Dr. Sperka is a clinical psychologist in Trauma and Readjustment Services at JJP VAMC. She joined the Yehuda Lab as a postdoctoral clinical research fellow in 2017, where she continues to serve as a study psychologist and diagnostic evaluator on several research projects. As training director, Dr. Sperka runs the MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD Education Program, which focuses on clinician training and curriculum development to address the specific needs of military and veteran populations. At the VA, Dr. Sperka provides trauma-focused therapy, including evidence-based treatments such as prolonged exposure, cognitive processing therapy, eye movement and desensitization reprocessing therapy, and treatments for moral injury. She also trains and supervises psychology interns and postdoctoral fellows within the PTSD clinic.