Ilana Gratch

Ilana Gratch is a clinical psychology doctoral student currently serving as a Psychology Intern at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian.13 She is in her sixth year of doctoral studies, focusing her research on the characterization of nonverbal behaviors exhibited during suicide assessments using machine learning-based approaches.1

Gratch's academic background includes:

• B.A. from Middlebury College
• M.S. from Teachers College, Columbia University1

Her research interests encompass:

• Novel methodological approaches to short-term suicide risk assessment and intervention2
• Nonverbal behaviors in suicide assessments1
• Combining existing and novel methodologies to study suicide risk5

Gratch has published works in peer-reviewed journals, including:

• Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
• Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology4

She is affiliated with the Laboratory for Clinical and Developmental Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she works under the direction of Dr. Christine B. Cha.1 Gratch's professional network on LinkedIn includes over 500 connections3, indicating her active engagement in the field of clinical psychology.