Dr. Abiba Salahou

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Abiba Salahou is a Psychiatry Resident at Yale University School of Medicine and a member of the 2024-2025 APA SAMHSA Minority Fellowship. She is dedicated to addressing childhood trauma, racial socialization, race-based trauma, acculturation stress, and immigrant mental health. With a strong interest in narrative medicine, she served as a Doximity Op-Med Writing Fellow for the 2022-2023 year. Abiba is involved in medical education, mentoring premedical and medical students, and is passionate about community organizing, antiracism, and restorative social justice work, aiming to de-stigmatize mental illness. She has presented her work at national conferences, including the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Abiba is currently engaged in leadership roles within the Yale Psychiatry Residents' Association and the Yale Young Physicians' Leadership Curriculum. Her professional aspiration is to serve diverse communities as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.

Research Interests

Experience

Psychiatry Resident

2024-05-01 — Present

Yale University School of Medicine • New Haven, CT, United States

Resident physician in the Department of Psychiatry.

Awards

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Resident Diversity Award

2024-06-10
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APA SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Award

2024-05-04
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USPHS Excellence in Public Health Award

2023-05-11
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Center for Community Engagement Service Award

2023-05-11
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SNMA A to Z Medical Excellence Scholarship

2022-08-22

Requirements for Yale University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Speaking
Required:7.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, or Mathematics
Application Checklist
  • Statement of academic purpose
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Application fee ($105)
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

Administered via the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). GRE General is optional for PhD.