Sara A. Snyder- Doctor of Psychology
- Massachusetts General Hospital & Cambridge Health Alliance | Harvard Medical School
Sara A. Snyder
- Doctor of Psychology
- Massachusetts General Hospital & Cambridge Health Alliance | Harvard Medical School
PsyD, MPH, MA -
Trauma psychologist and health equity researcher
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Introduction
Current institution
Massachusetts General Hospital & Cambridge Health Alliance | Harvard Medical School
Additional affiliations
January 2016 - May 2016
Position
- Research Assistant
Description
- Sole teaching assistant for Michael Wessells' Psychosocial & Mental Health Issues in Forced Migration course
July 2015 - December 2015
Position
- Research Assistant
Description
- Lead teaching assistant for a core course titled Global Development, Polices, Programs & Practices (GD3P). Oversaw 20 teaching assistants.
January 2016 - May 2016
Position
- Research Assistant
Description
- Sole teaching assistant for Les Robert's Epidemiology Methods for Measuring Human Rights Abuses course.
Education
August 2016 - September 2021
September 2014 - May 2016
September 2012 - May 2014
Publications
Publications (9)
Introduction: Teaching graduate medical trainees to conduct forensic medical and mental health evaluations (FMEs) of people seeking asylum fosters knowledge and skills needed to care for displaced and trauma-exposed populations. The national Asylum Medicine Training Initiative (AMTI) is the new standard for training clinicians to conduct FMEs but h...
Inspired by the work of Fonagy (2008) and Dent and Christian (2019), this study applies a form of quantitative textual analysis to 300 terms of psychoanalytic interest in the PEP archives by tracking their historical prevalence in five-year increments using the aggregate number of articles featuring each term in the field's journals. Our results co...
Snyder S.A., Changala M., & Akinsulure-Smith A.M. (2022) Module 11: Vicarious Trauma and Vicarious Resilience in Forensic Evaluators. In Emery E., DeFries T. (2022). Asylum Medicine Training Initiative: Asylum Medicine Introductory Curriculum. Panopto. https://pro.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?tid=c20739a1-fbb5-4e0f-907e-aee7013a0869
Sidhu S.S., Snyder S.A., Castillo Y., Gutman A.R., Bousleiman S., Chammaa F., Changala M., & Kallivayalil D. (2022). Module 3: Introduction to the Forensic Mental Health Evaluation. In Emery E., DeFries T. (2022). Asylum Medicine Training Initiative: Asylum Medicine Introductory Curriculum. Panopto. https://pro.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx...
Mishori R., Molina R.L., Ottenheimer D., Heinrichs G.A., Narayan P., Ibala R.W., Snyder S.A.*, & Hampton K.* (2022). Module 7: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). In Emery E., DeFries T. (2022). Asylum Medicine Training Initiative: Asylum Medicine Introductory Curriculum. Panopto. https://pro.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?tid=209b568f-...
Background:
Adolescents experience high rates of depression, initiation of sexual activity, and substance use.
Objectives:
To better understand the demographics of adolescents presenting to an adolescent clinic in Uganda, and to elucidate which factors are associated with depressive symptoms, sexual initiation, and substance use.
Methods:
A re...
The Eric Garner case was unique because this police-induced death was caught on video from before the moment of physical confrontation. A mixed-methods representative household survey and Garner's arrest video were used to determine NYS voters’ opinions (n = 119) about police indictment and Governor Cuomo's request for expanded authority. Responden...
Previous research has demonstrated that the use of emotion regulation strategies can vary by sociocultural context. In a previous study, we reported changes in the use of two different emotion regulation strategies at an annual alternative cultural event, Burning Man (McRae et al., 2011). In this sociocultural context, as compared to typically at h...
