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	Associate Attending Psychologist
	Associate Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry

Sirey, Jo Anne

(914) 997-4333

(914) 682-6979

Jo Anne Sirey, Ph.D. received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from City University of New York and completed a post-doctoral Fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Sirey is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Associate Attending Psychologist and Clinical Director of the Geriatric Outpatient clinic of the New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Dr. Sirey has an expertise in developing partnerships and conducting mental health interventions in community based settings that serve older adults. In her research on the treatment of depression in commmunity based clinics she documented the negative impact of stigma on mental health treatment particpation and adherence to antidepressant medication. Her research focus is on the development, implementation and impact of interventions that address psychological barriers and stigma. Dr. Sirey is the Prinicipal Investigator of an intervention to increase use of mental health services among depressed community dwelling elders (R01) and an intervention to improve adherence among elders in primary care settings (K23). She is Director of Community Network Core the Cornell ACISR (P30) and is Associate Director of Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Mental Health (R25).

Dr. Sirey received the Woman of the Future award from the New York Women's Agenda, the Essel Investigator Award from the NARSAD Foundation and the New Investigator Award during the 40th Annual New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit Meeting (NCDEU) sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. In addition to her research Dr. Sirey is on the Board of Directors of the Mental Health Foundation and is a reviewer for The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) for SAMHSA and serves as a guest reviewer on NIMH CSR review panels as an expert on stigma.

Medical Practice(s)

	General Adult Psychiatry/Payne Whitney Westchester
	Geriatric Psychiatry/Payne Whitney Westchester
	Mood Disorder/Payne Whitney Westchester
	Psychology/Payne Whitney Westchester
	Psychotherapy/Payne Whitney Westchester
	Women's Wellness/Payne Whitney Westchester

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Clinical Expertise

Adult Psychiatry

Geriatric Psychiatry

Mood Disorders

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Psychiatry

General Psychiatry

Education

Ph.D., City University of New York, 1990

M.A., City University of New York, 1989