Amy E. Street, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
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.
Other Positions
- VA Boston Healthcare System
Education
- University of Georgia, PhD
- University of Georgia, MS
- Auburn University, BA
Publications
- Published on 6/8/2023
Vogt D, Rosellini AJ, Borowski S, Street AE, O'Brien RW, Tomoyasu N. How well can U.S. military veterans' suicidal ideation be predicted from static and change-based indicators of their psychosocial well-being as they adapt to civilian life? Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2024 Feb; 59(2):261-271. PMID: 37291331.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/15/2023
Jaycox LH, Morral AR, Street A, Schell TL, Kilpatrick D, Cottrell L. Gender Differences in Health Among U.S. Service Members: Unwanted Gender-Based Experiences as an Explanatory Factor. Rand Health Q. 2023 May; 10(2):8. PMID: 37200827.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/8/2023
Reinhardt KM, McCaughey VK, Vento SA, Street AE. In Their Own Words: Women Veterans Identify the Personal Consequences of Military Sexual Trauma Victimization. Violence Against Women. 2024 Mar; 30(3-4):722-742. PMID: 36617939.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/30/2022
Galovski TE, Street AE, Creech S, Lehavot K, Kelly UA, Yano EM. State of the Knowledge of VA Military Sexual Trauma Research. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Sep; 37(Suppl 3):825-832. PMID: 36042078.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/30/2022
Galovski TE, Street AE, McCaughey VK, Archibald EA, Wachen JS, Chan AC. WoVeN, the Women Veterans Network: an Innovative Peer Support Program for Women Veterans. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Sep; 37(Suppl 3):842-847. PMID: 36042082.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/6/2022
Borowski S, Rosellini AJ, Street AE, Gradus JL, Vogt D. The First Year After Military Service: Predictors of U.S. Veterans' Suicidal Ideation. Am J Prev Med. 2022 Aug; 63(2):233-241. PMID: 35527173.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/21/2022
Zelkowitz RL, Archibald EA, Gradus JL, Street AE. Postdeployment mental health concerns and family functioning in veteran men and women. Psychol Trauma. 2023 May; 15(4):705-714. PMID: 35311338.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/16/2022
Zelkowitz RL, Jiang T, Horváth-Puhó E, Street AE, Lash TL, Sørensen HT, Rosellini AJ, Gradus JL. Predictors of nonfatal suicide attempts within 30 days of discharge from psychiatric hospitalization: Sex-specific models developed using population-based registries. J Affect Disord. 2022 Jun 01; 306:260-268. PMID: 35304235.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/1/2021
Gradus JL, Lash TL, Rosellini AJ, Galatzer-Levy I, Street AE, Jiang T, Horváth-Puhó E, Sørensen HT. Gradus et al. Respond to "Machine Learning and Suicide Prevention: New Directions". Am J Epidemiol. 2021 12 01; 190(12):2534-2535. PMID: 33878158.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/1/2021
Gradus JL, Rosellini AJ, Horváth-Puhó E, Jiang T, Street AE, Galatzer-Levy I, Lash TL, Sørensen HT. Predicting Sex-Specific Nonfatal Suicide Attempt Risk Using Machine Learning and Data From Danish National Registries. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 12 01; 190(12):2517-2527. PMID: 33877265.
Read at: PubMed
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