Director, Suicide Prevention Research Program, Center for Precision Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital. Staff Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Kate Bentley, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at Mass General and assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on the prediction and prevention of suicidal and nonsuicidal self-injurious thoughts and behaviors. Dr. Bentley completed her PhD in clinical psychology at Boston University and her predoctoral internship in the Mass General cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) track. She currently holds a five-year National Institute of Mental Health career development award that focuses on using mobile devices to improve the short-term prediction of suicide risk following psychiatric hospitalization. She also has multiple other externally- and internally-funded ongoing projects focused on developing, evaluating and implementing scalable, transdiagnostic interventions for reducing suicide risk.

Executive Director, Learning and Emotional Assessment Program (LEAP), Massachusetts General Hospital

Ellen Braaten, PhD, is the founder and executive director of the Learning and Emotional Assessment Program (LEAP) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the past co-director of The MGH Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, and an associate professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Dr. Braaten received her MA degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Colorado and her PhD in Psychology from Colorado State University. She completed her internship and postdoctoral training at MGH/HMS and has been affiliated with MGH/HMS since 1998. She holds the title of Visiting Professor at Charles University Second College of Medicine in Charles, Czech Republic. She is the inaugural recipient of the Kessler Family Chair in Pediatric Neuropsychological Assessment at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Braaten is widely recognized as an expert in the field of pediatric neuropsychological and psychological assessment, particularly in the areas of assessing learning disabilities and attentional disorders. She has been the recipient of funding to conduct research studies on children with nonverbal learning disabilities, dyslexia, and attentional disorders and has published dozens of papers, chapters, and reviews on ADHD, learning disabilities, intelligence, and neuropsychological and psychological assessment of children. She is the co-author of “Straight Talk about Psychological Testing for Kids”, a book that has become a classic for parents and professionals. She has also written “The Child Clinician’s Report Writing Handbook”, which has been called “the most comprehensive child assessment handbook available.” Dr. Braaten also published “Finding the Right Mental Health Care for Your Child” in 2009 and the best-selling book, “Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up”. She edited the “Sage Encyclopedia of Intellectual and Developmental Disorders” in 2018 and co-edited the “Massachusetts General Hospital Guide to Learning Disabilities”, also published in 2018. Her newest book, “Bright Kids Who Couldn’t Care Less”, was recently published.

Dr. Braaten is the past recipient of several teaching and mentorship awards from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Braaten has a strong interest in educating the public on topics related to child mental health. She is frequently asked to write articles for parenting and consumer publications maintain an active speaking schedule and contributes regularly to local and national TV, radio, and print news outlets such as NBC and the New York Times.

Director, Precision Prevention Program, MGH Center for Precision Psychiatry. Staff Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Karmel Choi, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and assistant professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital and director of the Precision Prevention Program in the MGH Center for Precision Psychiatry. Supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, her research program leverages tools from data science, developmental epidemiology and statistical genetics to understand why some people show resilience in the face of risk and adversity, and identify strategies for preventing stress-related disorders such as depression and PTSD. Dr. Choi provides evidence-based interventions for patients managing depression, anxiety or stress-related health conditions. She completed her PhD in clinical psychology at Duke University and her clinical internship in behavioral medicine at Mass General.

Director, Learning and Emotional Assessment Program (LEAP). Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Molly Colvin, PhD, is a developmental neuropsychologist, director of MGH’s Learning and Emotional Assessment Program (LEAP), and assistant professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Colvin graduated from Wellesley College, completed a PhD in cognitive neuroscience at Dartmouth College, and completed a clinical psychology program at Suffolk University. Her clinical training included a psychology internship at MGH and a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at MGH and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is a licensed clinical psychologist in Massachusetts. She is board certified in clinical neuropsychology with subspecialty certification in pediatric neuropsychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).

Director, Marjorie E. Korff Parenting At a Challenging Time (PACT) Program. Timothy Christopher Davidson Chair of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital. Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Paula Rauch, MD, is the founding director of the Marjorie E. Korff Parenting At a Challenging Time (PACT) program. Dr. Rauch is a consultation child psychiatrist; she specializes in the impact of medical illness on families and on the emotional health and well-being of children.

Dr. Rauch has practiced at Mass General since 1982 and is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is the inaugural incumbent of the Timothy Christopher Davidson Chair of Psychiatry at Mass General.

Dr. Rauch has been honored with numerous clinical and teaching awards, including the Kenneth B. Schwartz Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award and the Simon Wile Leadership in Consultation Award from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. She co-authored the book Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick along with many chapters and journal articles.

Dr. Rauch graduated from Amherst College and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She completed her psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and her child psychiatry fellowship at Cambridge Hospital. She is board certified in adult psychiatry and in child and adolescent psychiatry. She is a longtime consultant to Children’s Broadcasting at PBS including the cartoons Arthur and Wombats Work It Out. She is a trustee emerita at Amherst College.

Associate Director, The Chester M. Pierce MD Division of Global Psychiatry. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Giuseppe Raviola, MD, MPH, serves as associate director of the Chester M. Pierce, MD Division of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital), director of the Program in Global Mental Health and Social Change at Harvard Medical School and director of Mental Health for Partners in Health. He is an assistant professor of Psychiatry, and of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda, and Academic Consultant, University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospitals Complex, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Dr. Raviola received an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College (History, 1994), a medical degree from Harvard Medical School (2002), and a public health degree from the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health (Clinical Effectiveness, 2012). He completed his postgraduate training in psychiatry at MGH-McLean Hospital (2006), and in child and adolescent psychiatry at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (2008). From 2008-10 he served as an inpatient psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital, and from 2010-2016 he established and led the Psychiatry Quality Program at Boston Children’s Hospital.

He is a recipient of the 2009 and 2010 Excellence in Tutoring Award, Harvard Medical School Academy for Learning and Teaching; 2009 Monte and Rita Goldman Teaching Award, Boston Children’s Hospital; 2011 Jonathan F. Borus Outstanding Early Career Educator Award in Medical Student Education in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; 2015 Member-elect, American College of Psychiatrists; 2018 Burke Fellowship, Harvard Global Health Institute; 2020 Member-elect, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry; 2021 Bruno Lima Award in Disaster Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association; 2021 Outstanding Psychiatrist Award for the Advancement of the Profession, Massachusetts Medical Society; 2022 Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

Clinical Director of Child Psychology. Co-Director, Integrated Primary Care. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Nancy Rotter, PhD, is a pediatric psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She is the Clinical director of Child Psychology and is the psychology director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Service. Dr. Rotter also co-founded and co-directs of the Integrated Primary Care (IPC) program, improving access to mental health care by integrating psychologists into primary care pediatrics and adolescent medicine clinics. She is the director of Psychological Services in the Food Allergy Center, where she provides therapy to children with food allergies and their families and collaborates with the medical team to help children manage anxiety related to medical procedures, eating, and allergic reactions, and conducts Quality Improvement initiatives to improve identification and intervention for food allergy-related anxiety in parents and children. Clinical program development has been central to her work at MGH, and she previously co-founded and co-directed the Pediatric Behavioral Medicine program, in which she supervises psychologists embedded in pediatric medical subspecialty programs. She has supervised and mentored countless psychology trainees and staff psychologists.

Associate Chief of Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry and Medicine. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Felicia Smith, MD, is associate chief of Psychiatry for the Division of Psychiatry and Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is a graduate of Middlebury College and the University of Vermont College of Medicine. She completed her residency at MGH/McLean followed by fellowship training in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Mass General.

Dr. Smith is committed to the care of those with comorbid psychiatric and medical illness. She has held a number of leadership positions including director of the MGH Acute Psychiatry Service, where she was privileged to direct one of the busiest psychiatric emergency services in New England before transitioning to the role of Program Director of the MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Program. She subsequently returned as chief of the Avery D. Weissman MD, Consultation Psychiatry Service in 2017 where she divides her time between leadership, clinical work and education in addition to providing outpatient psychiatric care in the MGH HIV clinic.