Dr. Mary Acri is Chief of the Child and Adolescent Services Research Program in the Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch within the Division of Services and Intervention Research at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Prior to joining NIMH, Dr. Acri was a Research Associate Professor at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine and a mental health services researcher for over a decade.

Dr. Acri’s portfolio includes research designed to improve the content, quality, outcomes, organization, and delivery of mental health services for youth and their families. Funded research projects span multiple sectors and settings in which mental health services are delivered to youth, including schools, primary care, child welfare, juvenile justice, community and faith-based organizations, and mental health specialty care.

*Non-financial relationships: No non-financial relationships have been disclosed.