Kathryn S. Macia

Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry

Bio

Kathryn Macia is a postdoctoral fellow in VA's Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment at the National Center for PTSD, Dissemination & Training Division, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University. Her research interests focus on traumatic stress, substance use, emotion regulation, social support, interpersonal functioning, and homelessness among veterans and vulnerable populations, as well as advanced statistical methods.

Professional Education

Ph.D., Palo Alto University, Clinical Psychology (2019)
B.S., College of Charleston, Psychology; minor: Mathematics (2010)

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