Dr. Alethea Desrosiers

Associate Professor

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Biography

Alethea Desrosiers is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. Her research focuses on promoting global mental health, with particular emphasis on underserved youth and families. Desrosiers utilizes implementation science to improve the quality of mental health interventions in settings with limited resources. Her tools include human-centered design, task-sharing strategies, and digital innovations. Her projects span the Global South, with significant work in countries like Sierra Leone, Colombia, and Ecuador. Desrosiers is a faculty member of the Brown Research Implementation Dissemination Guide Evidence Use (BRIDGE) Program and the Center for Global Health Equity. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University and completed a T32 postdoctoral fellowship in Substance Abuse Prevention Research at Yale School of Medicine. Through her work, Desrosiers aims to design sustainable mental health solutions and integrate them into community-driven systems to better serve youth and families.

Research Interests

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics