Psychiatry Resident PGY4/Research Fellow
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Erin Davidowicz MD is a PGY4 psychiatry resident at Yale University/Yale New Haven Hospital interested in reproductive psychiatry and the intersection of women's mental health with LGBTQ+/trans health and will be starting a C-L Psychiatry fellowship this upcoming academic year. She is the chair of the Women's Mental Health Conference at Yale, an international conference that has reached thousands of attendees across 26 different countries, and has featured leading experts in the field of reproductive psychiatry and women's mental health. Her research interests are neuroendocrinology and the role of elevated androgen hormones in the relationship between Polycystic Ovary Syndrome/hirsutism and mental health outcomes, primarily PTSD/suicidality. Her past research has focused on reproductive health disparities, gender-responsive care for pregnant women seeking OUD treatment, cognitive dysfunction in catatonia, LGBTQ+ med education, and the intersection of abortion policy and mental health. She was awarded the Advanced Women's Health Research Fellowship through the VHA and is currently working as a research fellow for her PGY4 year. She was elected as an APA Fellow in LGBTQ/HIV Psychiatry in 2019.
The Effect of Hyperandrogenism on Risk for PTSD in Women
Friday, November 10, 2023
9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST