Angela Narayan MS, PhD

Angela J. Narayan, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Clinical Child Psychology Ph.D. program at the University of Denver, and an assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She completed her doctoral training in clinical child psychology at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, and her postdoctoral training at the Child Trauma Research Program within the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF. Her research focuses on developmental psychopathology, childhood trauma, perinatal and infant mental health, and resilience. One of her current research directions focuses on understanding how the prenatal period is a key turning point to buffer the intergenerational transmission of risk in pregnant women and fathers-to-be with histories of childhood trauma and promote resilience in parents and infants. Dr. Narayan is also a licensed clinical psychologist and a clinical supervisor in the Child and Family Clinic at the University of Denver Department of Psychology.