Christine B. Cha, PhD

Christine B. Cha, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and youth mental health researcher at Yale School of Medicine. She is an associate professor at the Yale Child Study Center and the inaugural core faculty member at the Yale Center for Brain and Mind Health. For nearly 20 years, Dr. Cha’s research has focused on youth suicide: how best to assess, predict, and reduce the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors early in life. Dr. Cha’s work has been funded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, and Developmental Psychopathology, and she has received the Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science.

Prior to joining Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Cha was a tenured faculty member at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she maintains an affiliation as Honorary Research Associate Professor. Dr. Cha received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and Spanish from Wellesley College and her doctorate in clinical psychology from Harvard University. She completed her internship training at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (Clinical Child Track). Dr. Cha is a licensed clinical psychologist in both Connecticut and New York