Samantha A. Farro, Ph.D. is a licensed Psychologist in Colorado. She holds an academic appointment in the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine and serves clinically as an integrated behavioral health psychologist in UCHealth’s Seniors Clinics. In her role, she successfully launched the Seniors Clinic’s first full-time integrated behavioral health program. The program aims to improve behavioral health access, reduce stigma, and provide excellence in clinical care to older adults in our community.

Dr. Farro is a past President of the Colorado Psychological Association, has previously held academic appointments in the Departments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and taught Health Psychology as adjunct faculty for the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology.

Dr. Farro was previously the Director of Evaluation and Research at Judi’s House/JAG Institute, a non-profit center for grieving children and families. There she helped launch the JAG Institute, initiate an internal evaluation and research department, and attain the largest research grant in the history of the organization at that time. Dr. Farro also previously served as a Clinical Research Psychologist with the Rocky Mountain MIRECC, Denver VAMC, where she helped successfully launch a multi-site clinical trial and clinical demonstration project, both of which focused on mitigating suicide risk among veterans.

Dr. Farro was previously trained by the National Center for Community and Organizational Readiness, where she assisted with community evaluation and capacity-building projects focused on drug abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention in Native-American tribal communities. She also worked at the University of Colorado, Denver’s Evaluation Center, where she provided external evaluation for the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.

Dr. Farro received a doctorate degree from Colorado State University, following a pre-doctoral internship specializing in mental health law and policy, public sector psychology, and organizational implementation of trauma-informed care. As a postdoctoral fellow with the Colorado Office of Behavioral Health and the University of Colorado, Dr. Farro managed statewide research.

Dr. Farro has authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles and a book chapter in topics ranging from Veteran suicide prevention to trauma-informed care to childhood bereavement.