## About Kalo C. Sokoto, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and postdoctoral fellow at Boston Medical Center (BMC) who provides group-based PTSD treatment to adult patients through BMC’s cross-departmental Immigrant and Refugee Health Center and the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) in the Department of Psychiatry. She also currently co-facilitates a mental health support group for Haitian mothers ... through BMC’s Refugee Women’s Health Clinic and is part of the clinical team of the BMC/BU [RESTORE Center](/node/171571 "RESTORE Center | Boston Medical Center (bmc.org)"). Dr. Sokoto earned her doctorate (PhD) in counseling psychology from West Virginia University in Morgantown and completed pre- and postdoctoral clinical training focused around multicultural psychology at Boston Medical Center/Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Sokoto is a long-term advocate for health equity. Her doctoral dissertation looked at racism in United States dental care settings and its relationship to dental anxiety and dental visits, and her findings deepened her interest in anxiety disorders among people of African descent. Dr. Sokoto’s current research interests include (1) understanding traumatic stress in people of African descent; (2) culturally responsive tailoring of existing evidence-based interventions for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); and (3) studying the implementation of evidence-based PTSD treatments in group format. As a T32 fellow in the BU–MGH Global Psychiatry Clinical Research Training Program, Dr. Sokoto is interested in collaborating with mental health researchers and providers in Kenya to advance the discourse on trauma exposure and PTSD interventions. Dr. Sokoto has lived and worked on three continents and identifies as a global citizen. In addition to English, she is fluent in Kiswahili. Read More - ### Departments [Psychiatry](/departments/psychiatry), [Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights](/departments/psychiatry/boston-center-refugee-health-and-human-rights), [Immigrant and Refugee Health Program](/departments/adult-primary-care/immigrant-and-refugee-health-program), [Refugee Women’s Health Clinic](/departments/obstetrics-and-gynecology/refugee-womens-health-clinic) - ### Specialties Community-based research; decolonizing psychology; global health; health disparities; immigrant populations; mental health in individuals identifying as Black - ### Pronouns She/Her - ### Contact [617.414.4238](tel:617.414.4238) - ### Primary Location BMC, Crosstown Center [801 Massachusetts Ave. 1st Floor Boston, MA 02119](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=801+Massachusetts+Ave.%2C+Boston%2C+MA+02119) - ### Administrative Title T32 Global Mental Health Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine [View Dr. Sakoto’s RESTORE Center profile](https://restore-center.bu.edu/team#comp-m4788lkf3__46672644-7761-4945-a683-2566b72ff506) - ### Fellowship T32 Global Health Psychiatry Fellowship, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA - ### Education PhD, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 2023 ## Affiliations ### ![Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Busm%20from%20BMC.jpeg?itok=oBelzJKj) [View profile](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/psychiatry/education-2/t32-global-fellowship/fellows-alumni/) ## Affiliations ### ![Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Busm%20from%20BMC.jpeg?itok=oBelzJKj) [View profile](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/psychiatry/education-2/t32-global-fellowship/fellows-alumni/)