Ranak Trivedi
Assistant Professor of Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Ranak Trivedi, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and investigator with the HSR&D Center for Innovation to Implementation, in Palo Alto, California and an assistant professor of Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University. Dr. Trivedi's work is focused on understanding how families and patients can better collaborate to improve health outcomes for both. Her work has addressed the barriers and facilitators of chronic illness self-management, and developing family centered self-management programs that address the needs of both patients and their family members. Dr. Trivedi's work has highlighted the need of improving assessment and treatment of mental illnesses in primary care settings. She has been funded by the VA and NIH. Dr. Trivedi is a past recipient of an HSR&D Career Development Program award and leads the VA National Caregiver Research Interest Group.