1LT Shelby Ryan

Clinical Psychologist 

1LT Shelby Ryan is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. She holds master’s degrees in clinical and forensic psychology. Prior to pursuing her PhD, Shelby worked as a Certified Specialist in Psychometry at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, where she supported operational psychologists in Special Operations Assessment and Selection and qualification course settings.

She has experience providing clinical care in a joint-service Military Treatment Facility and at the National Institutes of Health. Her dissertation research focuses on infertility within the military community.