About me
Jeremiah D. Simmons, PhD (Yankton Sioux/Navajo) is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences in the School of Medicine at Stanford University. Jeremiah, a native New Mexican, was raised on the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation in Mescalero, NM. While he associates himself with the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, his family originates from the Yankton Sioux and Navajo tribes. Jeremiah graduated with a B.A. from Stanford University, a M.S in Clinical Psychology from the University of New Mexico, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of New Mexico.
From a clinical practice perspective, Jeremiah currently works Native American populations with co-occurring mental health and substance use problems and ensures that empirically-supported interventions are culturally centered and linguistically appropriate. His research activities are broadly focused on adolescent health disparities with an emphasis on mental and behavioral health, behavioral health policy, and co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders.