Laurie Keefer, PhD is a clinical health psychologist specializing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease with extensive experience in psychosocial care integration within GI settings. She received her PhD from SUNY Albany and completed a residency and postdoc at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.  Dr Keefer is currently an Associate Professor and Director of the Gaining Resilience through Transitions [GRITTTM]-IBD subspecialty medical home at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in NYC, overseeing a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and scientists to provide early, effective psychosocial care for high risk pediatric and adult patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Her current research program focuses on resilience and the application of positive psychology interventions in this population.