Cara Fuchs, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Fuchs received her B.A. in Psychology from Tufts University in 2000, her MPH in Epidemiology from Boston University in 2005, and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from University of Massachusetts, Boston, in 2011. She served as a Psychology Resident, Adult Track, at the University of Washington School of Medicine (2010-2011), as an APA Clinical Fellow in Primary Care Behavioral Health at Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital in Bedford (2011-2012) and as a Research Fellow in Integrated Primary Care at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She was appointed as Instructor in Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2015, was appointed as Assistant Professor in 2015. She has been employed as an Associate Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital since 2015 and appointed as Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School since 2016.

Publications

  • Published 3/27/2025

    Alshabani N, Godfrey L, Fuchs C, Villa R, Perez D, Valentine SE. Assessing implementation and health equity determinants to develop a facilitation plan for varied intensity posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatments in minority-serving institutions. Psychol Serv. 2025 Mar 27. PMID: 40146572.

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  • Published 2/1/2024

    Lim CT, Fuchs C, Torous J. Integrated Digital Mental Health Care: A Vision for Addressing Population Mental Health Needs. Int J Gen Med. 2024; 17:359-365. PMID: 38318335.

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  • Published 5/25/2023

    Godfrey LB, Cloitre M, Elwy AR, Fortuna LR, Fuchs C, Valentine SE. Study protocol for a hybrid 1 effectiveness-implementation trial of Brief Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (Brief STAIR) and web-administered STAIR (webSTAIR) for posttraumatic stress disorder in integrated primary care. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Aug; 131:107241. PMID: 37244367.

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  • Published 5/4/2023

    Valentine SE, Fuchs C, Olesinski EA, Sarkisova N, Godfrey LB, Elwy AR. Formative evaluation prior to implementation of a brief treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care. Implement Sci Commun. 2023 May 04; 4(1):48. PMID: 37143109.

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  • Published 12/10/2021

    Valentine SE, Fuchs C, Godfrey L, Elwy AR. Redesign of a brief PTSD treatment in safety net integrated primary care: Supporting implementation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2022 Jan-Feb; 74:94-101. PMID: 34924217.

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Education

  • University of Massachusetts Boston, PhD
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH
  • Tufts University Fletcher School, BA

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