Research Scientist, Rhode Island Hospital Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center
Instructor (Research), Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Brittney Poindexter, PhD received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Ohio University and recently received her doctorate degree in psychology from the University of Rhode Island. As an early-career researcher, Dr. Poindexter serves as the project director for multiple NIH-funded studies, including a prospective cohort study exploring the longitudinal developmental course of delinquency, behavioral risk and mental health outcomes among court-involved but non-incarcerated juvenile offenders. She is also an Instructor (Research) within the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Poindexter’s research investigates the influence of cultural and socio-contextual factors that contribute to pediatric behavioral and health outcomes and aims to reduce pediatric health disparities that impact youth in disadvantaged populations.