The field of child and adolescent psychiatry is still relatively underrepresented
in the medical and scientific literature. The department is particularly
committed to advancing the scientific knowledge base regarding the
mental health of children, and in training mental health professionals
in research investigation and academic writing for the promotion of
this knowledge.
Cambridge Health
Alliance is a health care system with strong clinical, academic
and research programs and diverse faculty interests. The training
program and the faculty are committed to providing top educational
opportunities for our Fellows within Cambridge Health Alliance,
as well as at affiliated Harvard teaching hospitals.
Margarita Alegria, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Understanding caregivers' recognition of youngsters' mental health
problems; concordance in the mental health problem reports of parent-child
dyads; gender and ethnic/race differences on youngsters' expression
of illness; CBT intervention for youngsters with PTSD.
Nick Carson,
MD
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Clinical Research Associate, Center for Multicultural Mental Health
Research; Child Psychiatrist, Center for Child and Adolescent Development.
Cultural psychiatry; mental health needs and service use of ethnic
minority youth; clinical trials in psychopharmacology of severe
mental illness in youth; popular culture and mass media.
Katherine
Grimes, MD, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Community systems of care outcomes for children with serious mental
health needs, when care is provided by integrated medical, mental
health, and social service interventions.
Karlen Lyons-Ruth,
PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School.
How genetic factors and qualities of parent-child attachment interact
to influence the adolescent's adaptation or psychiatric disorder.
Nancy Rappaport,
MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Optimizing special education delivery to students; conducting threat
assessments in school setting.
Robert Ziegler,
MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Assessment of needs of children who witness violence; families with
children at risk for out-of-home placement; depression in a middle
school population identified through a school survey.
|
|
Click here for an application (word)
Click
here for
a brochure (pdf)
|
