Dr. Rachel Levy Bell

Biography

Rachel Levy-Bell is a Clinical Associate Professor at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, specializing in Psychiatry. She holds a PsyD from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, along with an MA from the same institution and a BA from Clark University. Dr. Levy-Bell's dissertation focused on the relationships between coping styles, spirituality, and adaptation to HIV disease among African-American women. She has completed an internship at Cook County Hospital’s Women & Children’s HIV Clinic and residency training at Temple University Hospital, where her focus was on assessment and therapy for cardiac and pulmonary transplant candidates in inpatient psychiatry. Her postdoctoral training at Boston University Medical Center involved clinical work in various settings including emergency services and outpatient psychiatry. Dr. Levy-Bell’s research interests consist of HIV disease in multicultural populations, medical psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and disaster psychology. She has provided professional training on HIV risk assessments and served as a clinician with the Federal Emergency Management Team.

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