Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP
Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP, is a member of the Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology; is a Professor with tenure, Emory University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Chief Psychologist, Grady Health System; and Special Assistant to the Provost. She holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Psychology, Pediatrics, and Emergency Medicine, and the Rollins School of Public Health. At Emory, she is Past-President of the University Senate and Past-Chair of the Faculty Council. Dr. Kaslow received her doctorate at the University of Houston and completed her internship and postdoctoral fellowship training at the University of Wisconsin. Prior to joining the faculty at Emory University in 1990, Dr. Kaslow was an assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Child Study Center, and Pediatrics at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Kaslow has received a number of awards including:
American Psychological Association (APA) Division 29 Krasner Award for Distinguished Early Career Contribution to Psychotherapy (1994),
APA’s Division 43 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Family Psychology (1999),
Spielberger Empathy Award (2003),
APA’s Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training Award (2004),
Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers Outstanding Teacher Award (2005),
Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Training (2007), and
Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology (2009).
In 2006, she received a Presidential Citation from the APA for her efforts to assist displaced interns and postdoctoral fellows in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In 2000, she was a Primary Care Public Policy Fellow through the United States Public Health Service under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services and she received the APA Hesier Award for her efforts in legislative advocacy and public policy.
From 1998-2002, Dr. Kaslow was the Chair of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers and she is now a board member Emeritus of this organization. From 1999-2002, she was a member of the Board of Educational Affairs of the APA. She is President of the American Board of Clinical Psychology and the Division of Psychotherapy (29), President-Elect of the American Board of Professional Psychology Board of Trustees, President of the Family Process Institute, President of the Wynne Center for Family Research, and Past President of both the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12) and the Division of Family Psychology (Division 43). In 2002, she chaired the multinational 2002 Competencies Conference: Future Directions in Education and Credentialing in Professional Psychology. Dr. Kaslow was a Fellow in the 2003-2004 Class of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women and she currently is core faculty for the program. She also was a Fellow in the 2004 Woodruff Leadership Academy. The Editor-Elect of the Journal of Family Psychology, she has been a member of the National Institute of Mental Health Interventions and Treatment and Child Psychopathology and Treatment Institutional Review Groups. Currently, she is the recipient of grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Mental Health focused on the treatment of intimate partner violence and suicidal behavior in African American women, as well as a grant from the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention focused on helping families cope with the loss of a loved one to suicide. Dr. Kaslow has over 230 publications on the assessment and treatment of family violence (intimate partner violence, child maltreatment), assessment and treatment of depression and suicide in youth and adults, couples and family therapy, women’s mental health, pediatric psychology, and supervision and training of psychology interns and postdoctoral fellows. A member of Rosalynn Carter’s Mental Health Advisory Board, she serves on a number of community boards, including the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence. Dr. Kaslow is a frequent guest on local and national radio and television programs, and is often called upon to comment to newspapers and magazines on a broad array of mental health topics relevant to children, women, families, and stress and coping during times of tragedy. Dr. Kaslow remains passionately involved in taking ballet classes and teaching ballet and serves as the psychologist for the Atlanta Ballet.
