Kenya Malcolm, Ph.D.

Kenya Malcolm, PhD, IECMH-E®. Dr. Malcolm earned her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from The University of Arkansas. Over the last 20 years, Kenya has worked across a wide range of settings that provide developmental and mental health services to children including inpatient, day treatment, ...

Kenya Malcolm, PhD, IECMH-E®. Dr. Malcolm earned her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from The University of Arkansas. Over the last 20 years, Kenya has worked across a wide range of settings that provide developmental and mental health services to children including inpatient, day treatment, preschools, private practice, and primary care clinics. Much of her time is in collaboration with caregivers and other professional working for and on behalf of children as a clinician, supervisor, program leaders.

Dr. Malcolm is the Director of Infant and Early Childhood Initiatives at the University of Rochester Medical Center in the Department of Psychiatry. The two related limbs of her work are
1. Integrated care, ensuring that children and families have access to behavioral and mental health services in their pediatric office.
2. Workforce support, ensuring that adults from all disciplines that work with young children and their families have appropriate training and supervision. She enjoys working with professional leaders to advance the field, ensure fidelity, and increase capacity.

In 2020, Dr. Malcolm was invited to become one of four IECMH experts across New York State to become a member of the Early Childhood Endorsement Leadership cohort. In addition, she is an Early Childhood Consultant for NY State’s Project TEACH, a service for pediatricians aimed to increase access to psychiatric consultation.

An additional passion of Dr. Malcolm’s is community engagement, literacy, and creative expression. She uses her free time to promote reading and volunteer with non-profit agencies in various ways.

Dr. Malcolm’s current line of clinically- oriented research is focused on 1) developing programs for families seeking mental health services for their children and 2) how to best support providers that work with care- seeking families through training and supervision.

Dr. Malcolm has research...

Dr. Malcolm’s current line of clinically- oriented research is focused on 1) developing programs for families seeking mental health services for their children and 2) how to best support providers that work with care- seeking families through training and supervision.

Dr. Malcolm has research experience across all aspects of the research process including grant writing, building community partnerships, program development, and publication/ dissemination. She has also supervised teams of undergraduate students, mentors, and mental health professionals. Detailed information regarding responsibilities and duties as well as a list of professional poster presentations is available upon request. Current scholarship endeavors focus on training and program implementation in outpatient and integrated primary care settings.