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Advisory Committee

The Center’s Advisory Board meets annually to assess Center progress and to advise the Center. The board consists of 3 leaders in the field with experience running other funded Centers.

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Rinad S. Beidas, PhD

Chair and Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor of Medical Social Sciences Northwestern University
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David Brent, MD

Academic Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Katherine Elkington, PhD

Professor of Medical Psychology, Columbia University
Research Scientist, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Director, Center for Behavioral Health and Youth Justice, Columbia University
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