Kristen Haut, PhD

Kristen M. Haut, PhD, received her doctorate in clinical science and psychopathology research from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in 2010. She completed her clinical training in serious mental illness assessment and treatment at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and then worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Psychology Department at UCLA and then at Yale University. In 2016 she joined the faculty in the Psychiatry Department at Rush University Medical Center.

Haut’s research uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate neural mechanisms underlying cognitive and social cognitive deficits in individuals with psychosis and other disorders. In addition, she is developing imaging based markers of neuroplasticity in response to cognitive training in these populations. Haut is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy, social skills training and psychodiagnostic assessment.