Victoria O'Keefe, PhD
Mathuram Santosham Chair in Native American Health; Associate Professor, Department of International Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Victoria O'Keefe, PhD, MS is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. Dr. O'Keefe is the Mathuram Santosham Endowed Chair in Native American Health at Johns Hopkins University. She is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of International Health (Social and Behavioral Interventions Program), an Associate Director at the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, and a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Dr. O'Keefe's community-based participatory research with Native communities focuses on strengths-based and culturally-informed suicide prevention, mental health promotion, and wellness. Dr. O'Keefe received her PhD in clinical psychology from Oklahoma State University and completed her clinical internship at the Puget Sound VA Health Care System – Seattle Division, both in 2016. In 2020, Dr. O'Keefe was honored by her Tribal Nation with a Cherokee Nation Community Leadership Individual Award.