Aria Fiat

Aria Fiat

Aria E. Fiat, PhD, is an assistant professor and pediatric psychologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She is committed to making mental health care more equitable and accessible through integrated systems of service delivery that emphasize prevention. As a clinician, researcher, educator, and consultant, Dr. Fiat works to enhance the capacity of systems to promote behavioral health and wellness, with an emphasis on supporting the educators and caregivers who help students thrive. She is particularly focused on initiatives that enhance organizational well-being as a key facilitator of systems change.

Dr. Fiat has coauthored more than three dozen peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings on topics related to school mental health. Dr. Fiat is the creator of the Seven Cs: A Tool Kit for Caregivers Coping in a Crisis and a codeveloper of the Adult Resilience Curriculum, a wellness-promotion program that has been implemented in school districts across the country to counteract educator stress and burnout. Dr. Fiat belongs to the National Association of School Psychologists, the American Psychological Association, and the Society of Pediatric Psychology. She is also a certified instructor of Yoga Calm for Children. Outside of her role as a psychologist, Dr. Fiat is the cofounder of and vice president on the board for Supplies for Dreams, a Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to mitigating educational inequities.

Dr. Fiat received a bachelor’s degree in education and social policy from Northwestern University and a master’s degree and doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities.