Dr. Bernadine Waller is an international award-winning Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Translational Epidemiology and Mental Health Equity at Columbia University Irving Medical Center where she focuses intervention and implementation science. 

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Her ground-breaking research is nationally lauded and transforming the landscape of domestic violence service provision. She developed the first theories that identify US Black women's help-seeking process. Her scholarship is being used to reshape domestic violence service provision system in NYC.

 

Dr. Waller's research interest stems from more than a decade of practice experience, providing trauma-informed services to IPV survivors and court-mandated offenders. Her scholarship has been published in high impact journals including The Lancet. Her work has been highlighted on national TV news, including The Roland Martin Show, and Dr. Phil's Merit Street Media, along with Spectrum NY1 News, Fox 29 Philadelphia and the New York Times.

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Uniquely positioned as a scholar-clinician, Dr. Waller has taught in academia for more than 15 years. Her pedagogical prowess has also been nationally lauded.

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Dr. Waller is an award-winning former journalist and marketing consultant who serves as a member of the Council for the Role and Status of Women, a sub-committee of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and the Research Capacity and Development Committee (RCDC) of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). She also volunteers as a Board Member for the Long Island Children's Museum. ​