Joy D. Osofsky, Ph.D.
Joy D. Osofsky, Ph.D. is a clinical and developmental psychologist, Paul J. Ramsay Chair and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. She is editor of Children in a Violent Society (Guilford, 1997), Young Children and Trauma: Intervention and Treatment (Guilford, 2004), Clinical Work with Traumatized Young Children (Guilford, 2011), and author of Treating Infants and Young Children Impacted by Trauma: Interventions that Promote Healthy Development (American Psychological Association, in press). She is past president of Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families and the World Association for Infant Mental Health. She has played a leadership role in the Gulf Region in developing response and recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. She was co-director of the Louisiana Rural Trauma Services Center (LRTSC), a center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and Clinical Director for Child and Adolescent Initiatives for the State of Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina. She serves as Co-Director of the Mental and Behavioral Health Capacity Project which is part of the Gulf Region Health Outreach Program following the Gulf Oil Spill and the Terrorism and Disaster Coalition for Child and Family Resilience, an NCTSN center. Dr. Osofsky is widely published and in 2007, received the Sarah Haley Award for Clinical Excellence for trauma work from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. In 2010, Dr. Osofsky was honored with a Presidential Commendation from the American Psychiatric Association for her work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Joy D. Osofsky, Ph.D. is a clinical and developmental psychologist, Paul J. Ramsay Chair and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. She is editor of Children in a Violent Society (Guilford, 1997), Young Children and Trauma: Intervention and Treatment (Guilford, 2004), Clinical Work with Traumatized Young Children (Guilford, 2011), and author of Treating Infants and Young Children Impacted by Trauma: Interventions that Promote Healthy Development (American Psychological Association, in press). She is past president of Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families and the World Association for Infant Mental Health. She has played a leadership role in the Gulf Region in developing response and recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. She was co-director of the Louisiana Rural Trauma Services Center (LRTSC), a center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and Clinical Director for Child and Adolescent Initiatives for the State of Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina. She serves as Co-Director of the Mental and Behavioral Health Capacity Project which is part of the Gulf Region Health Outreach Program following the Gulf Oil Spill and the Terrorism and Disaster Coalition for Child and Family Resilience, an NCTSN center. Dr. Osofsky is widely published and in 2007, received the Sarah Haley Award for Clinical Excellence for trauma work from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. In 2010, Dr. Osofsky was honored with a Presidential Commendation from the American Psychiatric Association for her work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.