She received an M.A. and Ph.D. in community/social psychology from the University of Louisville. Dr. Norris is a Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. She is also an affiliate of both the National Center for PTSD and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism. Her work focuses on social support after disasters, systems for providing disaster mental health services, the epidemiology of posttraumatic stress, and cross-cultural studies. Dr. Norris is the Statistical Editor for the Journal of Traumatic Stress. She was the 2005 winner of the Robert S. Laufer Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.