Michelle Fernando, PhD
Michelle Fernando, PhD
Affiliated Investigator
Behavioral Science Division
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Academic Appointment
- Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Internship, 2022
- Eastern Michigan University, Clinical Psychology, PhD, 2022
- Eastern Michigan University, Clinical Psychology, MS, 2019
- Providence College, Biology and Psychology, BS and BA, 2016
Expertise and Interests
- Race-based stress and racial trauma
- Ethnoracial and cultural influences in PTSD
- Culturally-informed assessment and treatment
- Treatment utilization and acceptability
- Military sexual trauma
Membership in Professional Societies
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America
- International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
- American Psychological Association
Awards and Honors
- BIPOC Membership Scholarship, Anxiety and Depression Association of America (2023)
- VA ICARE Values Award, VA Boston Healthcare System (2022)
- Fellowship, Eastern Michigan University (2016-2020)
Selected Publications
Fernando, M., Schubert, J. R., Valentine, L. M., Koch, E. I., & Sexton, M. B.(2024, advanced online publication). Posttraumatic cognitions about the self are associated with depression symptoms in veterans endorsing a history of assaultive military sexual trauma. Psychological Services. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000850
Fernando, M., Fite, R. E., & Thompson-Hollands, J.(2024). Brief family involvement enhances veteran homework quality during trauma-focused psychotherapy. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001678
Grau, P. P., Fedele, K. M., Fernando, M., Hall-Clark, B. M., Rauch, S. A. M., Porter, K. E., & Sexton, M. B. (2024). Examining ethnoracial differences in retention in evidence-based treatments for PTSD secondary to military sexual trauma. Violence and Victims. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1891/VV-2023-0069
Nillni, Y. I., Fox, A. B., Fernando, M., Perez, J., & Galovski, T. E. (2024). Ethnoracial disparities in perinatal outcomes among women veterans. Journal of Women’s Health, 33 (7), 863-869. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2023.0162
Fernando, M., Tu, J. W., Grau, P. P., Koch, E. I., Blevins, E. J., Jefferson, S., Sexton, M. B. (2023). Differential associations between posttraumatic cognitions, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and race among Black and White veterans seeking treatment for assaultive military sexual trauma. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 39(3-4), 631-650. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231197773
