Jessica Bonatakis

Jessica Bonatakis, PsyD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Penn State University, affiliated with the Penn State Neuroscience Institute. Her research focuses on health disparities, particularly in vulnerable populations and minoritized communities, with a clinical emphasis on parent-child interaction therapy and pediatric neuropsychological outcomes. She actively contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals addressing equity and health.

Her work examines racial and ethnic inequities exacerbated by pandemics like COVID-19, using a bio-psycho-sociocultural lens. Recent collaborations include studies on predictive success factors in therapy models for marginalized families and neuropsychological disparities post-COVID-19.