Shamaila Khan, PhD Hear my name
Clinical Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Psychiatry

PhD, Adelphi University
MA, Adelphi University
BS, City University of New York



Shamaila Khan, PhD is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with a psychodynamic background and an interest in postcolonial theory. Her specialty training is in Trauma: Individual trauma, group/community based trauma, disaster related trauma, immigration and postcolonial trauma. Her additional interests are in multicultural clinical practice and multivariate aspects of identity development and she has presented on these topics at varying national and international conferences. She was the Director of the Haiti SERG Program and then the Clinical Director of the Resilience Training Program at BMC. She was most recently the Director of BH Services at the Massachusetts Resiliency Center, serving the victims/survivors of the Boston Marathon Bombings. She travels nationally and internationally to provide Disaster relief services. She is an active member of the Multicultural Committee and Early Career Psychologists Committee of the APA Division of Psychoanalysis (39). She is also a member of the Professional Issues Committee of APA Division 39. She additionally serves on the Disaster Behavioral Health Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts DMH. She is a recipient of several awards, most recently including the “Service Appreciation Award” for her work following the Boston Marathon Tragedy; “Woman of the Year Appreciation Award” by Pakistani Association of NY; and an “Outstanding service award” by the U. S. Attorney’s Office for services provided during the Tsarnaev trail. She is of Pakistani American descent and as a Muslim raised on three different continents, she is conversant in seven languages.



Graduate Psychology Education Programs
07/01/2025 - 06/30/2028 (PI)
Health Resources and Services Administration/HRSA/DHHS

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program
07/01/2025 - 06/30/2026 (PI)
Bureau of Health Workforce/HRSA/DHHS

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program- American Rescue Plan
07/01/2021 - 12/31/2025 (PI)
Bureau of Health Workforce/HRSA/DHHS


Master Service Agreement between DMH and the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2021 (PI)
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health/DMH



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  1. Beinecke R, Raymond A, Cisse M, Renna K, Khan S, Fuller A, Crawford A. The Mental Health Response to the Boston bombing: A Three-Year Review. International Journal of Mental Health. 2017; 46(2):89-124.
  2. Khan S. Cross Cultural Disaster Behavioral Health. SAMHSA- A Quarterly Technical Assistance Journal on Disaster Behavioral Health. 2013; 9(1).

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20171


A Boston Marathon bombing survivor who won't stop running

NPR 4/15/2023

At the intersection of running and trauma, these marathoners find healing

WGBH 4/13/2023

When Medicine Gets Personal: 5 Narratives That Moved Us This Year

Health City 12/27/2022

The Top 5 HealthCity Stories of 2022: A Story of Equity and Innovation in Healthcare

HealthCity 12/20/2022

Hospital staff find safety, support using 'Buddy System''

WCVB 11/21/2022

A New Initiative Speaks to Healthcare's Crucial Role in Racial Justice Reform

HealthCity 3/29/2021

Cultural Humility vs. Cultural Competence — and Why Providers Need Both

HealthCity 3/9/2021

Suspended In Grief: How The Pandemic Has Changed Bereavement

WGBH 3/9/2021

Working with clients of color requires training, more listening

New England Psychologist 7/14/2020

2015 US Department of Justice: Award for Outstanding Service
2014 IMANA: Save Haiti Humanitarian Mission Service Award
2013 Boston Medical Center: Certificate of Appreciation
2000 Young Adult Institute for the Disabled: Achievement of Excellence Award Recipient
1999 Young Adult Institute for the Disabled: Merit Service Award
1998 Brooklyn College: Alfred A. Giardino Award for Outstanding Service
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