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Rachel E. Kishton, MD
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health
- Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health in Psychiatry
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
- Residency: The Christ Hospital
- Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Spoken languages
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Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Family Medicine, 2019
- Psychiatry, 2019
- Association of Medicine and Psychiatry, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
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: 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: 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: 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: 2025,e74086
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: 2025,654
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: 2025,20552076251334043
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: 2024,e002896
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: 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: 2024,e2410994