Uju Obi Berry
About Uju Obi Berry
Uju Obi Berry is an Assistant Professor at the NYU Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and serves as the Medical Director for the NYC Gender-Based Violence Mental Health Collaboration at NYC Health + Hospitals.
Current Title
Uju Obi Berry holds the position of Assistant Professor at the NYU Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is also the Medical Director of the NYC Gender-Based Violence Mental Health Collaboration, a role she has been in since 2020.
Professional Background
Before her current roles, Uju Obi Berry accumulated extensive experience in various prestigious institutions. She worked as a Postdoctoral Clinical and Research Fellow in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center from 2018 to 2020. Subsequently, she served as an Instructor of Psychiatry at the same institution for six months from 2017 to 2018. Her earlier roles include working as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at New York-Presbyterian Hospital from 2015 to 2017 and as a Psychiatrist and Researcher at Bronx Family Justice Center from 2014 to 2020.
Educational Background
Uju Obi Berry completed her MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2010. Prior to that, she earned her Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Harvard Medical School, graduating in 2011. Her undergraduate studies were conducted at Harvard University, where she graduated with an AB in History and Science in 2004.
Earlier Career Roles
Earlier in her career, Uju Obi Berry served in various roles that diversified her expertise. She was a Board Member at the Institute of Domestic Violence in the African American Community from 2006 to 2020. She also served as a Public Health and Epidemiology Fellow at the CDC from 2008 to 2009 and as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Surgeon General at the US Department of Health and Human Services from 2004 to 2005.