Sara L Kornfield, Ph.D.

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Maternal Wellness Initiative, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Research Director and Administrative Lead, Mothers MATTER Perinatal OUD Treatment Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Director, Penn Center for Women's Behavioral Wellness, Psychiatry Department, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Psychiatry

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3535 Market Street, 3rd floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2157461255
Fax: 2155738881
Lab: 2157461255
Education:
B.A. (Psychology)
Barnard College, Columbia University , 2003.
M.S. (Clinical Psychology)
Drexel University, 2008.
Ph.D. (Clinical Health Psychology)
Drexel University, 2010.
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Selected Publications

Tan, M. T., Darden, N., Peterson, K., Trout, K. K., Christ, L., Handley, S. C., Kornfield, S. L., Power, M. E., Montoya-Williams, D., Lewey, J., Gregory, E. F., Lorch, S. A., DeMauro, S. B., Levine, L. D., & Burris, H. H. : Bringing postpartum care to the NICU-An opportunity to improve health in a high-risk obstetric population. Journal of perinatology: official journal of the California Perinatal Association, Journal of Perinatology 43(1): 1-2, January 2023.

White*, L.K., Himes*, M.M., Waller, R., Njoroge, W.F.M., Chaiyachati, B.H., Barzilay, R., Kornfield, S.L., Burris, H.H., Seidlitz, J., Parish-Morris, J., Brady, R.G., Gerstein, E.D., Laney, N., Gur, R.E. Duncan, A.F. : The Influence of Pandemic-Related Worries During Pregnancy on Child Development at 12 Months. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. Child Psychiatry and Human Development In Press, 2023.

Duffy, K. A., Sammel, M. D., Johnson, R. L., Kim, D. R., Wang, E. Y., Ewing, G., Hantsoo, L., Kornfield, S. L., Bale, T. L., & Epperson, C. N. : Maternal adverse childhood experiences impact fetal adrenal volume in a sex-specific manner. Biology of sex differences. Biology of Sex Differences 14(1), 2023.

White*, L.K., Kornfield*, S.L., Himes, M.M., Forkpa, M., Waller, R., Njoroge, W.F.M., Barzilay, R., Chaiyachati, B.H., Burris, H.H., Duncan, A.F., Seidlitz, J., Parish-Morris, J., Elovitz, M.A., Gur, R.E.: The Impact of Postpartum Social Support on Postpartum Mental Health Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Archives of Women’s Mental Health 26(4): 531-541, 2023.

Waller, R., Kornfield, S.L., White, L.W., Chaiyachati, B.H., Barzilay, R., Njoroge, W.F., Parish-Morris, J., Duncan, A., Himes, M.H., Rodrigues, Y., Seidlitz, J., Riis, V., Burris, H.H., Gur, R.E., & Elovitz, M.A. : Objective Childbirth Outcomes, Subjective Childbirth Trauma, and Risk for Postpartum Depression. Archives of Women’s Mental Health 25(5): 985-993, 2022.

Kornfield, S.L., Nicol, G.N., Lenze, E.J., Yingling, M., Wetherell, J.L. : Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in older individuals: Who benefits the most? Advances in Mind Body Medicine 36(1): 4-12, 2022.

Njoroge, W.F.M., White, L.K., Waller, R., Forkpa, M., Himes, M.M., Morgan, K., Seidlitz, J., Chaiyachati, B.H., Barzilay, R., Kornfield, S.L., Parish-Morris, J., Rodriguez, Y., Riis, V., Burris, H.H., Elovitz, M.A., Gur, R.E.: The COVID-19 Pandemic, Endemic Systemic Racism, and Postpartum Anxiety and Depression Among Black Birthing Individuals. JAMA Psychiatry 79(6): 600-609, 2022.

Kornfield, S. L., Johnson, R. L., Hantsoo, L. V., Kaminsky, R. B., Waller, R., Sammel, M., & Epperson, C. N. : (2022). Engagement in and Benefits of a Short-Term, Brief Psychotherapy Intervention for PTSD During Pregnancy. Frontiers in Psychiatry 13, 2022.

Kornfield*, S.L., White*, L.K., Waller, R., Njoroge, W.N., Barzilay, R., Chaiyachati, B.H., Himes, M., Rodriguez, Y., Riis, V.M., Simonette, K., Elovitz, M.A., Gur, R. E. *denotes shared first author: Risk and resilience factors underlying postpartum depression and impaired mother-infant bonding during an acute stressor. Health Affairs 40(10): 1566-1574, October 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00803.

Weiss, S., Flynn, H., Christian, L., Hantsoo, L., Lanza Di Scalea, T., Kornfield, S., Muzik, M., Simeonova, D., Strahm, A., & Deligiannidis, K. : Symptom profiles of women at risk of mood disorders: A latent class analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders 12(295): 139-147, August 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.013.

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