Dionne Coker-Appiah, PHD, MAED

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychiatry
Georgetown University School of Medicine

2115 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Suite 140
Washington, DC 20007

Phone: 202-687-2504
Fax: 202-687-0694 
Email: dms229@georgetown.edu

General Information

Undergraduate Degree: University of Virginia

Graduate Degree: Wake Forest University (MAED); University of Tennessee-Knoxville (PhD)

Internship: The Ohio State University

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Areas of Interest: Dr. Coker-Appiah’s research program focuses on using a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach to explore African American Mental Health and Adolescent Dating Violence Prevention, in rural communities in both the US and Ghana, West Africa.

“I provide clinical care for adolescents and emerging adults.“

BIO

Dionne Smith Coker-Appiah, PhD, MAED, is an Associate Professor and Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at GUMC. Within the department, she also serves as a Co-Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Director of Research for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division. Dr. Coker-Appiah provides clinical care for adolescents and emerging adults. Her research program focuses on Rural Adolescent Dating Violence Prevention and Rural Adolescent Mental Health, with a specific focus on African American youth and communities. Her research extends internationally to Ghana, West Africa. She has dedicated her career to engaging in clinical care and innovative research designed to promote the mental health of African Americans. She is passionate about using her clinical skills, research and prevention efforts to ensure that all adolescents and emerging adults are mentally healthy and able to live healthy, violence-free lives.

Areas of Research: Adolescent dating violence, Adolescent mental health, Adolescent sexual health, Child/Adolescent exposure to interpersonal violence, Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), low income and minority populations, Adolescent Neuropsychology

Degrees

2004: PHD: Psychology (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
2000: MAED: Counselor Education (Wake Forest University)
1995: BA: Sociology (University of Virginia)

Training

2003-2004: Pre-Doctoral Internship: Psychology (The Ohio State University)
2004-2006: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Johns Hopkins University)
2006-2008: Kellogg Health Scholars Fellowship (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)