Joan Cook PhD
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Joan Cook PhD
Biography
Dr. Joan Cook is a clinical psychologist and Professor in the Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. She has over 100 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of traumatic stress, geriatric mental health and implementation science fields. Dr. Cook has worked clinically with a range of trauma survivors, including combat Veterans and former prisoners of war, men and women who have been physically and sexually assaulted in childhood and adulthood, and survivors of the 2001 terrorist attack on the former World Trade Center. She has served as the principal investigator on seven federal grants, was a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) Guideline Development Panel for the Treatment of PTSD and the 2016 President of APA's Division of Trauma Psychology. Since October 2015, she has published over 100 op-eds in places like NBC Think, CNN, TIME Ideas, Newsweek and The Hill.
