Trupti Rao, M.A., Psy.D., is a New York State licensed psychologist and serves as the director of Child Welfare Services and the director of Psychology Training at the Westchester Institute for Human Development, in Valhalla, New York. She has been at WIHD for 20 years and is responsible for leading and managing the continuum of Child Welfare programs including the Pediatric Medical Unit, Educational Coordination, Evaluations, Project IMPACT and Every Family Counts Aftercare program. Dr. Rao also serves as the Director of Psychology Training, leading and managing the recruitment, training and supervision of pre- and post-doctoral level psychology trainees. She was co-developer of Project IMPACT, WIHD’s intensive, in-home preventive parenting program serving parents with intellectual disabilities, and has had several peer reviewed journal articles published in relation to Project IMPACT. Dr. Rao has also presented information about the program and findings about the efficacy of the model at both local presentations and national conferences. She has experience providing direct services, managing programs, and supervising clinical staff. She is an assistant professor at the School of Health Sciences and Practice at New York Medical College and an adjunct faculty professor in the Psychology Department at Iona University. Dr. Rao previously served as Vice-President of a board that provided supports to South Asian survivors of domestic violence.

Areas of Expertise

• Child Welfare System
• Parents with Intellectual Disabilities
• Children with Developmental Disabilities
• Clinical and Developmental needs of Children

Education

• B.A., Psychology, Boston University
• M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Hartford
• Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Hartford

Publications

• Mitra S, Banka N, Basu S, et. al. "Ultrastructural polymicrobial Staphylococcus aureus-Pseudomonas aeruginosa interactions and antimicrobial resistance in ex vivo cornea model." Future microbiology, (), (2024) 1-19. doi: 10.1080/17460913.2024.2417617
• Zhang J, Qu S, Huang Y, et. al. "Tuina Promotes Repair of Chronic Cervical Muscle Injury by Regulating Satellite Cell Proliferation and Differentiation and Inhibiting Myocyte Apoptosis." Journal of pain research, 17(), (2024) 3419-3429. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S475942
• Pan S, Yuan T, Xia Y, et. al. "SMYD2 Promotes Calcium Oxalate-Induced Glycolysis in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells via PTEN Methylation." Biomedicines, 12(10), (2024) . doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12102279
• Russo G, Armetta F, Rao T, et. al. "Composite Nanostructures for the Production of White Light." Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 29(19), (2024) . doi: 10.3390/molecules29194605
• Yao X, Yang S, Chen L, et. al. "The bach1/G9a/Slc7a11 axis epigenetically promotes renal fibrosis by mediated ferroptosis." International immunopharmacology, 143(Pt 1), (2024) 113363. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2024.113363
• Shukla SK, Rao TS, N M, et. al. "Active-bromide and surfactant synergy for enhanced microfouling control." Archives of microbiology, 206(11), (2024) 430. doi: 10.1007/s00203-024-04154-6
• Schaefer T, Mittal N, Wang H, et. al. "Nuclear and cytosolic fractions of SOX2 synergize as transcriptional and translational co-regulators of cell fate." Cell reports, 43(10), (2024) 114807. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114807

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