Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center
Member, Committee on Global Thought
Neil Krishan Aggarwal is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University and a research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. His areas of research interest are cultural psychiatry, cultural-competence training, and psychiatric anthropology. He is especially interested in conceptions of mental health and illness among South Asian and Middle Eastern populations.
Website
Select Publications
- Media Persuasion in the Islamic State (2019)
- Mental Health in the War on Terror: Culture, Science, and Statecraft (2015)
Select Honors and Awards
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services
- American Psychiatric Association
Education
- A.M., Harvard University
- M.D./M.B.A., Case Western Reserve University
- B.A., Case Western Reserve University