Avital Falk, Ph.D.
Avital Falk, Ph.D.
Treats Children
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About Avital Falk, Ph.D.
Avital Falk Graf, Ph.D. is the Director of Child and Adolescent Psychology and the Division Director of the Division of Digital and Treatment Innovations.
She is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in evidence-based interventions for children, adolescents and young adults suffering from OCD and anxiety disorders. She is the Director of the Weill Cornell Pediatric OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program (POCAT), and specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure and response prevention (ERP) for OCD and anxiety disorders.
Dr. Avital Falk completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she received research and clinical training in evidence-based interventions for children, adolescents and adults. She has received numerous awards for her research, including the Norma and Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award and, as the recipient of the UCLA Clinical Psychology Training Program’s Scientist Practitioner Award, Dr. Falk has contributed multiple publications and presentations on clinical research.
Dr. Falk completed her clinical internship training at the NYU Child Study Center and Bellevue Hospital Center and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College through the Youth Anxiety Center to work with emerging adults in addition to children and adolescents. She founded the Intensive Treatment Program (ITP) for OCD and Anxiety and is currently the Director of the Weill Cornell Pediatric OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program (POCAT), the Director of Child and Adolescent Psychology and the Division Director of the Division of Digital and Treatment Innovations.
Charisse Chinery Clinical Scholar (2024)
Children's Health Council Investigator's Fund Recipient (2020)
Norma and Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award (2013)
UCLA Psychology Department Scientist Practitioner Award (2012)
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Ph.D.University of California, Los Angeles2014
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M.A.University of California, Los Angeles2010
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B.A.University of Pennsylvania2009
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Associate Attending PsychologistNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
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Associate Professor of Psychology in Clinical PsychiatryWeill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
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Charisse Chinery Clinical ScholarWeill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
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