Cristina Hudak-Rosander, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist with over ten years’ experience providing psychology services to children and adolescents in outpatient, day treatment, and inpatient behavioral health settings in Utah. Dr. Hudak-Rosander received her bachelor’s degree from Haverford College in Pennsylvania where she majored in Chemistry and minored in Psychology. She completed her graduate studies at the University of Utah where she received her master’s and PhD in clinical psychology and focused her clinical and research interests on youth with histories of trauma. Dr. Hudak-Rosander went on to complete her clinical internship and postdoctoral residency at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute and subsequently spent four years there as a staff psychologist.

Currently, Dr. Hudak-Rosander has been practicing psychology at Primary Children’s Hospital's Center for Safe and Healthy Families since 2019 and has been serving as the Integrated Behavioral Health Clinic Manager for the past five years, leading a team of psychologists and social workers in providing evidence-based treatments to youth with histories of trauma. Dr. Hudak-Rosander is trained in multiple evidence-based treatments for trauma, including Parent Child Interaction Therapy and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. As part of her commitment to improving access to trauma-informed care for children and adolescents, she has achieved certification as a Within Agency Trainer for PCIT, a facilitator of both Child Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) and the Core Curriculum in Childhood Trauma, and an in-house trainer in Components for Enhancing Career Experience and Reducing Trauma (CE-CERT). When not practicing psychology, Dr. Hudak-Rosander enjoys hiking, skiing and coaching her daughters in soccer and basketball.