Valerie Hoffman, PhD, MPH

Head of Research 

Sonia Health

Valerie is passionate about improving the lives of those affected by mental health challenges. She is the current Head of Research at Sonia Health, an AI-mental health support company, where she leads evidence generation. She has authored over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and presented at over 100 national scientific conferences. She was the former VP of Woebot Health and Chief Research Officer at Meru Health and a psychiatric epidemiologist by training, earning an MPH from Yale University and a PhD from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she was an NIMH predoctoral fellow.