Rebecca Fortgang, PhD

I am a clinical psychologist, an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and a research scientist working in the Center for Precision Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. I also hold an appointment as a Research Associate in Harvard University’s Department of Psychology. My research primarily focuses on serious mental illness, suicide, and impulsivity. My work is currently supported by an NIMH K23 Pathway to Independence Award.

I completed my PhD in Clinical Psychology at Yale University and my predoctoral clinical internship in Clinical and Community Psychology at Yale School of Medicine. I completed a Harvard College Fellowship in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, as well as a postdoctoral T32 training fellowship in psychiatric epidemiology and biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health/Harvard University Department of Psychology. I am currently involved in several ongoing projects related to impulsivity in psychopathology and to predicting, preventing, and understanding suicide and psychosis, using methods including real-time monitoring and passive sensing.