Dr. Olsen graduated Summa Cum Laude with honors in Psychology, Psychiatry, and Clinical Research from the B.S./M.D. program at Stony Brook University. She was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Dr. Olsen then joined The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University for General Psychiatry Residency and remained for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, where she served as Co-Chief and received the Haffenreffer House Staff Excellence Award. During training, she enrolled in the NIMH-funded R25 research training program under the mentorship of Drs. Larry Brown and Laura Whiteley, examining the biopsychosocial influences on the health outcomes of vulnerable youth, including familial factors, substance use, and psychiatric symptoms. She then joined the Brown postdoctoral T32 Fellowship in Adolescent and Young Adult Biobehavioral HIV Research and concurrently served as a Junior Attending at Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, providing coverage services to the inpatient and partial hospital programs. Dr. Olsen is now the Associate Program Director for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Assistant Professor within the DPHB, and a staff outpatient psychiatrist within the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center. Her current research focuses on addressing co-occurring psychiatric and substance use concerns among adolescents through mental health interventions.
