{"id":17594,"date":"2026-08-28T12:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/?page_id=17594"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:06:35","slug":"anushka-patel-phd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/faculty-staff\/anushka-patel-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Anushka Patel, PhD\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17594\" class=\"elementor elementor-17594\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f4bd64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f4bd64\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b612cc\" data-id=\"1b612cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c648a01 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c648a01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Anushka-Patel-PhD-e1787327676602.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17348\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Anushka-Patel-PhD-e1787327676602.jpg 539w, https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Anushka-Patel-PhD-e1787327676602-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Anushka-Patel-PhD-e1787327676602-450x402.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18798dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18798dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Dr. Anushka Patel<\/h5>\n<div><b style=\"letter-spacing: var(--spacing_value);\">&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Dr. Anushka R. Patel is the Assistant Director of the Division of Global Psychiatry and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She is a trauma-focused clinical psychologist. Dr. Patel specializes in assessing and treating trauma-related problems with a cultural lens in low-resource settings. She concentrates on survivors of gender-based and interpersonal violence, using community-based participatory approaches in her work. Dr. Patel\u2019s focus is to create scalable models of trauma-informed care in low-resource settings worldwide. Her program of research has been continuously funded by NIH since 2021, and her work has been cited in Al Jazeera and the New York Times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b986dcb\" data-id=\"b986dcb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23fa4dc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"23fa4dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"17560\" class=\"elementor elementor-17560\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c2c5aaa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c2c5aaa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55abfb2e\" data-id=\"55abfb2e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c9b02b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c9b02b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/faculty-staff\/\">Back to Faculty &amp; 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Dr. Anushka R. Patel is the Assistant Director of the Division of Global Psychiatry and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She is a trauma-focused clinical psychologist. Dr. Patel specializes in assessing and treating trauma-related problems with a cultural lens in low-resource settings. 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