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Rumi Kato Price, PhD, MPE

Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine Faculty Scholar, Institute for Public Health Scholar, Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences

Dr. Rumi Kato Price is a professor of psychiatry and a psychiatric epidemiologist who brings her expertise to bear on a range of research topics in the areas of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse and other behavioral sequela of traumatic experiences in vulnerable populations. Most recently, she began methodologic and epidemiologic analyses of trafficking in persons. She focuses on global and domestic strategies for the tracking and identification of victims and survivors of human trafficking, as well as behavioral prevention and intervention strategies including mental health. Dr. Price leads the Human Trafficking Collaborative Network, at Washington University’s Institute for Public Health.