Biography
Dr. Street is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, as well as the Deputy Director of the Women's Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD, which focuses on the special issues of women and PTSD, including pioneering research on the psychological impact of military service on women Veterans. She is also Co-Director (Psychology Track) at VHA Advanced Fellowship in Women's Health.
Dr. Street has an active program of research investigating negative health outcomes associated with interpersonal trauma, including sexual harassment, sexual assault and intimate partner violence in Veteran and civilian populations. A secondary research interest involves examining gender differences in traumatic stress exposure and stress-related disorders, with a focus on deployment stressors.
Her research has received funding from the VA and the National Institutes of Health, and has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Street completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and VA Boston Healthcare System in 2000. She received her PhD & MS in Clinical Psychology from the University of Georgia in 1998 & 1996, and her BA in Psychology from Auburn University in 1993.
She received the Leadership Award from the Association of VA Psychology leaders in 2012 as was an invited attendee to the American Psychological Association's Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology in 2013.
Dr. Street has served on numerous VA and DoD research, education and advisory committees focused on the needs of female Service members and received several Special Contribution Awards from VA in response to her extensive education and policy efforts focused on the treatment needs of Veterans who experience military sexual trauma.