Tresha A. Gibbs, M.D., is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident at the NYU Child Study Center. Dr. Gibbs’ interests include children’s public mental health services, school based mental health, dialectical behavior therapy, group therapy, and global mental health.

After graduating from Midwood High School, here in New York City, Dr. Gibbs received her B.A. in chemistry from Princeton University. She earned her medical degree at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Gibbs completed her adult psychiatry residency at Columbia University, New York Presbyterian, and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI). She served as Chief Resident at Columbia / NYSPI.

Dr. Gibbs has conducted research on biological indicators of suicidality in adolescents and co-authored a book chapter on neuroimaging studies of suicidal behavior. She has written about cultural psychiatry, the mental health system in the Dominican Republic, and recently completed a manuscript on mental disorders in Caribbean and African Americans in the United States.

Dr. Gibbs is a member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In addition, she was an APA/SAMHSA Minority Fellow between 2009 and 2011.