about

harini sridhar, ms is a dancer, art model, improv performer, writer, psychiatry resident at yale, and lecturer in columbia university’s narrative medicine program. her scholarly and creative work explores the intersection of psychiatry, phenomenology, narrative, and embodiment. she was awarded the dr. marc amaya north carolina child and adolescent psychiatry award for her mental health advocacy and essay on heideggerian thrownness in psychiatry.

previously, she received her md from the university of north carolina at chapel hill, master’s in narrative medicine from columbia university and her bachelor’s in biology from duke university. between school, she worked as an applied behavior analysis therapist for children with autism and cofounded we are saath, a south asian mental health nonprofit.

her experiences led her to find the beauty of psychiatry and of story in diagnosis and treatment. she is excited to help patients with chronic conditions as they navigate illness, embodiment, and their world.