Johanna Folk, PhD

Johanna Folk, PhD (she/they) is a licensed clinical psychologist, Assistant Professor, Associate Director of the Juvenile inJustice Behavioral Health Lab, and the Director of Research, Evaluation and Analysis in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Dr. Folk's research and clinical work focus on addressing the behavioral health needs of youth and families impacted by the legal system. She uses community engaged and longitudinal research methods to understand the effects of adverse childhood experiences and legal system contact on adolescent trajectories, as well as participatory co-design methods to develop and evaluate technology-based interventions.