Amanda J. Calhoun, M.D., MPH

Dr. Amanda J. Calhoun is an Adult/Child Psychiatry Resident at Yale Child Study Center/Yale School of Medicine. Calhoun graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Spanish and received her M.D./MPH from Saint Louis University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, Missouri, where she grew up. Calhoun’s research focuses on identifying and mitigating the mental health effects of racism on Black American children, and is currently funded by an APA SAMHSA Minority Fellowship award. Calhoun has received numerous other awards to fund her global mental health research in Nigeria and Guatemala. She is an avid writer and has published a plethora of academic manuscripts, including in "New England Journal of Medicine," and has published several pieces in the general press, including TIME Magazine. Calhoun firmly believes that all doctors should be activists and is currently an OpEd Project Fellow at Yale University. You can find her on Twitter at @AmandaJoyMD and on Instagram at @amandajoymd.