She received her B.A. from Boston University and her PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She completed her internship at the National Crime Victims Center, Medical University of South Carolina and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University. Dr. Walsh joined the faculty in Fall 2014 and has taught courses in Cognitive Assessment and Violence, Emotion Regulation, and Substance Abuse. Her research focuses on trauma exposure, particularly sexual assault, and mental health outcomes including posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders, and emotion dysregulation.