Kirsten Cullen Sharma, Psy.D. is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and she serves as the Clinical Director for the ParentCorps in the Institute for Prevention Science. Dr. Sharma is also a Clinical Neuropsychologist in the Institute for Learning and Academic Achievement.

As part of the ParentCorps program, an evidence-based family- and school-based universal preventive intervention that promotes behavioral and academic competencies and physical health in early childhood, Dr. Cullen Sharma supervises clinical and training activities. She is currently working with the Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood to train and supervise social workers in public schools to disseminate ParentCorps throughout New York City.

In the Institute for Learning and Academic Achievement, where she completed her post-doctoral training, Dr. Cullen Sharma provides neuropsychological and educational assessments for children and teenagers. She also provides cognitive behavioral therapy for children who have co-morbid learning difficulties and emotional or behavioral difficulties. Her work emphasizes parent use of evidence-based strategies in the home setting.

Dr. Cullen Sharma received her M.S. and Psy.D. from Pacific University in Oregon. She completed her internship at Kings County Hospital Center, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, where she focused on neuropsychological assessment, and received advanced training in infant and toddler assessment and structural family therapy.

In addition to her work at the NYU Child Study Center, Dr. Cullen Sharma is very active in legislative advocacy on behalf of the science and profession of psychology. She has held advocacy positions at the state and national levels and has traveled to Capital Hill a number of times to lobby for mental health related legislative proposals or legislation that has been introduced to congress.

Dr. Cullen Sharma is a member of the American Psychological Association, the New York State Psychological Association, where she serves as a Board Member on the Division of Early Career Psychologists, and the Society for Prevention Research.

She has published in scholarly journals and presented at local, national, and international conferences on a variety of topics including neuropsychological assessment, educational advocacy, and cognitive behavioral interventions.