Ana Stefancic

Ana Stefancic is an Adjunct Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. Her research focuses on community mental health, with specific interests in supportive housing models, early psychosis intervention, and health policy for individuals with serious mental illness. Her recent work includes national surveys of Housing First implementation in Brazil, evaluations of the OnTrackNY learning healthcare system for youth with early psychosis, and studies on culturally tailored suicide prevention for Latina adolescents. She has also investigated telehealth-delivered psychosis services and mentorship disparities for underrepresented minority nurse faculty. Her research emphasizes implementation science and community-based participatory approaches to improve mental health care delivery across diverse populations.