Rachel Elizabeth Kishton, MD, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health
Medical Director, Penn Medicine COBALT Program
Medical Director, Penn Integrated Care
Service Chief , Outpatient Integrated Psychiatric Care
Department: Family Medicine and Community Health
Contact information
Penn Family Care
3737 Market Street, 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3737 Market Street, 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (History of Science and Medicine)
Yale University , 2008.
MD
Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, 2014.
MSHP (as part of National Clinicians Scholars Program)
University of Pennsylvania, 2021.
Permanent linkBA (History of Science and Medicine)
Yale University , 2008.
MD
Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, 2014.
MSHP (as part of National Clinicians Scholars Program)
University of Pennsylvania, 2021.
Description of Research Expertise
Integrated Care for Behavioral HealthSelected Publications
Agarwal AK, Gonzales RE, Southwick L, Schroeder D, Sharma M, Bellini L, Asch DA, Mitra N, Balachandran M, Wolk CB, Becker-Haimes EM, Kishton RE, Beck S, Merchant RM.: Understanding health care workers' mental health needs: insights from a qualitative study on digital interventions. BMC Health Serv Res 25: 654, May 2025.Goldberg DG, Soylu TG, Hoffman CF, Kishton RE, Cronholm PF.: Clinicians' perspectives on the adoption and implementation of EMR-integrated clinical decision support tools in primary care. Digit Health 11: 20552076251334043, Apr 2025.
Keller AS, Sun KY, Francisco A, Robinson H, Beydler E, Bassett DS, Cieslak M, Cui Z, Davatzikos C, Fan Y, Gardner M, Kishton R, Kornfield SL, Larsen B, Li H, Linder I, Pines A, Pritschet L, Raznahan A, Roalf DR, Seidlitz J, Shafiei G, Shinohara RT, White LK, Wolf DH, Alexander-Bloch A, Satterthwaite TD, Shanmugan S.: Reproducible sex differences in personalised functional network topography in youth. Br J Psychiatry 2025.
Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Pelullo A, McCalpin HJ, Gonzales RE, Asch DA, Livesey C, Bellini L, Kishton R, Beck S, Merchant RM.: Cross-sectional analysis of healthcare worker mental health and utilisation of a digital mental health platform from 2020 to 2023. BMJ Open Qual 13: e002896, Sep 2024.
Keller AS, Sun KY, Francisco A, Robinson H, Beydler E, Bassett DS, Cieslak M, Cui Z, Davatzikos C, Fan Y, Gardner M, Kishton R, Kornfield SL, Larsen B, Li H, Linder I, Pines A, Pritschet L, Raznahan A, Roalf DR, Seidlitz J, Shafiei G, Shinohara RT, Wolf DH, Alexander-Bloch A, Satterthwaite TD, Shanmugan S.: Reproducible Sex Differences in Personalized Functional Network Topography in Youth. bioRxiv Sep 2024.
Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Gonzales RE, Bellini LM, Asch DA, Shea JA, Mitra N, Yang L, Josephs M, Kopinksy M, Kishton R, Balachandran M, Benjamin Wolk C, Becker-Haimes EM, Merchant RM.: Digital Engagement Strategy and Health Care Worker Mental Health: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open 7: e2410994, May 2024.
Goldberg DG, Soylu T, Hoffman CF, Kishton RE, Cronholm PF.: "Anxiety, COVID, Burnout and Now Depression": a Qualitative Study of Primary Care Clinicians' Perceptions of Burnout. J Gen Intern Med 2024.
Kishton R, Patel H, Saini D, Millstein J, Levy A.: Listening as medicine: A thematic analysis. Patient Experience Journal 10(1): 64-71, 2023 Notes: doi: 10.35680/2372-0247.1728.
He Y, Ortiz R, Kishton R, Wood J, Fingerman M, Jacobs L, Sinko L.: In their own words: Child and adolescent perceptions of caregiver stress during early COVID-19. Child Abuse Negl 124: 105452, Feb 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105452. Epub 2021 Dec 22.
Kishton R, Sinko L, Ortiz R, Islam MN, Fredrickson A, Sheils NE, Buresh J, Cronholm PF, Matone M.: Describing the Health Status of Women Experiencing Violence or Abuse: An Observational Study Using Claims Data. J Prim Care Community Health 13: 21501319221074121, Jan 2022 Notes: Observational Study. doi: 10.1177/21501319221074121.