Sofia Matta

Dr. Sofia Matta serves as the Medical Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT), where she leads global efforts to advance culturally responsive, systems-based care for individuals and communities in areas affected by conflict, mass violence, natural disasters, displacement, and humanitarian crisis.  She is board certified in Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Brain Injury Medicine, and Addiction Medicine. Her clinical and academic work focuses on post-traumatic stress (PTS), traumatic brain injury (TBI), pain, substance use disorders, and the broader effects of stress and toxic exposures. 

Prior to joining HPRT, Dr. Matta served in leadership roles within both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. She has served as medical director in addiction, rehabilitation, and emergency psychiatric services across military and civilian health systems and received the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service from the U.S. Army. Dr. Matta has published extensively on acute stress, PTS, and the intersection of psychiatric and medical illness. Through her work at HPRT, she continues to build collaborative, cross-cultural, and global frameworks that support dignity, resilience, and healing in communities facing the psychological and physical consequences of disaster, violence, conflict, and forced displacement.