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Srishti Sardana

Assistant Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University (New York)
Visiting Faculty, Ashoka University (India)

Education

PhD, Columbia University, New York City, 2023

Teaching Schedule

Course Num	Title	Meets
PSYCH 211-001	Current Topics in Psychology: Introduction to Global Mental Health	TR 10am-11:15am
PSYCH 697-001	Field or Research Placement in Psychology for Seniors	No Meeting Pattern
PSYCH 742-001	Empirically-Supported Interventions	R 2pm-4:40pm
PSYCH 845-001	Practicum in Empirically-Supported Interventions	No Meeting Pattern

Courses Taught

Psychology 742 Empirically Supported Interventions

Teaching Interests

I seek to answer two questions in my research, clinical practice and teaching: 1) How do we build systems of care that meet the increasing mental health treatment gap in low- and middle-income countries as well as in high income countries with low mental health resources and 2) To explore who, what, where, when and how do we collaborate and synergize in domestic and international regions to learn together and build efficient capacity in adaptation and delivery of evidence-based mental health and psychotherapy resources around the world.

To advance these foci, the Mental Health Scientific advancements and Empowerment initiatives of Vulnerable people Anywhere in the world (mhSEVA) Lab is pioneering the knowledge-exchange model of designing, delivering and disseminating culturally adapted and contextually-valid approaches to reduce human suffering and increase thriving for the most-in-need and high-risk populations globally. These include trafficking survivors, refugees, displaced communities and people living with limited resources.

mhSEVA achieves this through partnerships with global agencies such as the United Nations, iNGOs/NGOs, government and public partnerships. This mission is achieved via advancing and improving measurement in psychotherapy outcomes research as well as hinging all initiatives in simultaneous partnering within domestic and international partners.

Research Interests

Global Mental Health (Humanitarian Health)
Social Determinants of Health
Evidence-based Psychotherapies and Mental Health
Mixed Methods Approached in Resource Constraint Settings
Social Networks, Social Capital and Conflict

Selected Publications

Mwobobia, J. M., Sardana, S., Abouelella, D., Posani, S., Ledbetter, L., Graton, M., ... & Knettel, B. A. (2025). Experiences of cancer‐related stigma in Africa: A scoping review. International Journal of Cancer, 156(12), 2265-2282

Kaminer, Debra, Duane Booysen, Kate Ellis, Christian Haag Kristensen, Anushka R. Patel, Katy Robjant, and Srishti Sardana. "Improving access to evidence‐based interventions for trauma‐exposed adults in low‐and middle‐income countries." Journal of Traumatic Stress (2024).

Kaminer, D., Booysen, D., Ellis, K., Kristensen, C. H., Patel, A. R., Robjant, K., & Sardana, S. (2024). Improving access to evidence‐based interventions for trauma‐exposed adults in low‐and middle‐income countries. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 37(4), 563-573.

Knettel, B. A., Knippler, E., Martinez, A., Sardana, S., Agor, D., Mwobobia, J., ... & Goldston, D. B. (2023). A scoping review of counseling interventions for suicide prevention in Africa: Few studies address this life-saving aspect of mental health treatment. Journal of affective disorders, 328, 183-190.

Sardana, S. (2022). Coping with Depression: A Dynamic Networks Approach to the Study of Social Network Constellation, Cohesion and Conflict. Columbia University.

Kandlur, R., Sardana, S., & Richardson-Vejlgaard, R. (2022). The Agrarian distress: factors explaining the will to live among rural and distressed family farmers. Psychiatry research communications, 2(1), 100019.

Mumey, A., Sardana, S., Richardson-Vejlgaard, R., & Akinsulure-Smith, A. M. (2021). Mental health needs of sex trafficking survivors in New York City: Reflections on exploitation, coping, and recovery. Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy, 13(2), 185.

Hajak, V. L., Sardana, S., Verdeli, H., & Grimm, S. (2021). A systematic review of factors affecting mental health and well-being of asylum seekers and refugees in Germany. Frontiers in psychiatry, 12, 643704.

Sardana, S., Marcus, M., & Verdeli, H. (2016). Narratives of violence, pathology, and empowerment: mental health needs assessment of home‐based female sex workers in rural India.  Journal of clinical psychology, 72(8), 827-838.