Dr. Nina Silander is a clinical health psychologist and graduate of Regent University. Dr. Silander completed her internship at the Syracuse VA Medical Center and postdoctoral residency in the trauma surgery department at UF Health-Jacksonville. She subsequently worked in inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, providing psychotherapy, conducting varied pre-surgical evaluations, and consulting with a neighboring hospital’s level 2 trauma service. Dr. Silander currently works for Veteran Affairs as a primary care psychologist and has conducted psychological evaluations for bariatric surgery.

After becoming increasingly concerned about ideological bias as a trainee, Dr. Silander allocates time to connect this research base to clinical practice and communicate about the threat it presents to mental health professions and the public through engagement in media and publications.