Catherine Monk, PhD

Catherine Monk, PhD, is the inaugural Diana Vagelos Professor of Women’s Mental Health in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Research Scientist VI at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Dr. Monk is also the founding director of Women’s Mental Health @Ob/Gyn. In this embedded initiative, she and other mental health professionals help women with stress, depression, and anxiety across their lifespans.

After completing her NIH post–doctoral fellowship in the Psychobiological Sciences at Columbia in 2000, Dr. Monk joined the faculty and established the Perinatal Pathways Laboratory.