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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
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.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident in Psychiatry and Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati/The Christ Hospital, 2014-2019.
Fellow in National Clinician Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2021.
Certifications
American Board of Family Medicine, 2019.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2019.
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Description of Research Expertise

Integrated Care for Behavioral Health

Selected Publications

Steinberg MB, Weiss M, Benjamin Wolk C, Pieri MF, Kishton R, Beck S, Bellini L, Becker-Haimes EM.: Four-year patterns of a mental health support service for employees of a healthcare system delivered by lay professionals. J Occup Environ Med May 2026.

Rubau-Apa N, Hayes C, Francisco A, Rush S, Rana H, Islam M, Hunter L, Pritschet L, Salo T, Senapati S, Hantsoo L, Indrakanti D, Beydler EM, Baller EB, Barzilay R, Calkins ME, Cieslak M, Detre JA, Dhaliwal S, Elliott MA, Huang H, Keller AS, Kirwan CB, Kishton R, Moore TM, Kornfield SL, Scott JC, Taso M, Tisdall MD, Vossough A, White LK, Zafman K, Wolf DH, Roalf DR, Shanmugan S.: The PMADS Project: A Longitudinal Multimodal Cohort Study to Understand Risk for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. bioRxiv Apr 2026.

Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Gonzales R, Bellini L, Asch DA, Mitra N, Yang L, Kishton R, Beck S, Balachandran M, Wolk CB, Merchant RM.: Differential Impact of a Digital Mental Health Engagement Platform on Black and Female Health Care Workers: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial. J Gen Intern Med Apr 2026.

Southwick L, Gonzales R, Bellini L, Asch DA, Mitra N, Balachandran M, Wolk CB, Becker-Haimes EM, Kishton R, Beck S, Merchant RM, Agarwal AK.: Proactively Delivered Digital Mental Health Support for Health Care Workers: Usability and Acceptability Evaluation. JMIR Form Res 9: e74086, Dec 2025.

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.

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