Paul Perrin

Paul Perrin is Professor of Data Science and Psychology at the University of Virginia and a core faculty member in the Clinical Psychology PhD Program. He holds a joint appointment with the UVA School of Data Science and serves as Co-Director of the Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Program at the Central Virginia Veterans Affairs Health Care System. As editor-in-chief of Rehabilitation Psychology, he bridges academic research with clinical practice in the field of disability and health.

Dr. Perrin's educational background includes a PhD in Counseling Psychology, MS in Psychology, BS in Psychology, and BA in English Literature, all from the University of Florida. He completed a trauma-focused clinical internship at the Maryland Veterans Affairs Health Care System and the University of Maryland School of Medicine, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Supervision at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to joining UVA, he spent eleven years as a faculty member at VCU.

His research program, centered around 'social justice in disability and health,' focuses on three interrelated facets: cultural and familial approaches to disability rehabilitation, social determinants of health including stigma and access to care, and social justice approaches to dismantle oppression. His work consistently addresses health disparities among medically underserved and minority populations with neurological conditions. The publication trends reveal a strong emphasis on traumatic brain injury, veterans' health, minority health disparities, and the application of data science methodologies to understand complex health outcomes.

Dr. Perrin is passionate about mentoring students across psychology, data science, and allied fields, teaching courses in multivariate statistics, behavioral research methodology, data science methodology, health disparities, health psychology, multicultural psychology, and community intervention. He directs the Social Justice in Disability and Health Lab, which brings together doctoral and undergraduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows from UVA, the VA system, and Virginia Commonwealth University.