Dr. Jennifer Barkin is a professor, inventor, academic administrator, entrepreneur and mother of two children.  She is a Research 1-trained psychiatric epidemiologist and completed her post-doctoral studies at the prestigious Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.  Anchored by a strong methodological background in biostatistics, epidemiology, survey design/psychometrics, and clinical trials, Dr. Barkin has produced a robust body of published work in reproductive health.  She has notable expertise in maternal mental health and postpartum functioning has made critical advances in our understanding of the connections between extreme weather events and perinatal mental health.  Her intellectual property, the Barkin Index of Maternal Functioning, has been implemented all over the world and across sectors including in industry-sponsored clinical trials.

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