Katherine Musacchio Schafer, PhD, MS, MEd

Dr. Katherine Musacchio Schafer is a clinical psychologist and assistant professor with the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Department of Behavioral Sciences and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Clinically her work focuses on the treatment of PTSD through Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Written Exposure Therapy. Her research work centers on patient and provider centered care in the improvement of processes connecting high risk patients to mental health referrals. She completed a Master’s of Science and Doctorate of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology at Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida). She subsequently completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship at the Southeast Louisiana Health Care (New Orleans, Louisiana VA) and post-doctoral fellowship in healthcare quality improvement with the VA Quality Scholars at the Tennessee Valley Healthcare Systems (Nashville, Tennessee VA). Dr. Schafer is broadly interested in using informatics tools to improve access to and delivery of mental health treatments.