Katie Newkirk, PhD
Director of Evidence-Based Practices
Katie Newkirk, PhD, joined CHDI in 2022 as a Senior Associate working on performance improvement in children's behavioral health. In late 2024, she was promoted to Director of Evidence-Based Practices, managing our team's dissemination of evidence-based practices - including TF-CBT, MATCH-ADTC, and CBITS/Bounce Back - to providers statewide.
Prior to joining CHDI, Katie served as a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of Medicine. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and an MA in Community Counseling from Northeastern Illinois University. Her research has focused broadly on mental health in the context of family relationships across the lifespan. She is a Licensed Psychologist with clinical specialties in perinatal maternal mental health and integrated behavioral health. Katie has clinical experience in community mental health centers and medical settings.