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Boston Children’s Hospital is making headlines locally, nationally, and around the globe for our advances in mental health care and achievements in psychiatric research. Visit the links below to learn more.

  • Molly Jordan, MSW, LICSW, is the 2015 recipient of the David S. Weiner Award for Leadership and Innovation in Child Health. Jordan, who serves as the project coordinator for Break Free From Depression, an initiative within the Boston Children's Hospital Neighborhood Partnerships Program (CHNP), has been involved with the program since 2012.

  • Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, MD, and Kerim Munir, MD, were named two of Boston Magazine's Top Doctors in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

  • Saida Abdi, MSW, LCSW, director of community relations at the hospital’s Trauma and Community Resilience Center, joined political and law enforcement leaders from across the United States and the world at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. Abdi was also a guest on WGBH’s “Greater Boston” program to talk about the summit. And, an interview on the Huffington Post can be found here.

  • Sue Costello, LICSW, a CHNP clinician, designed and implemented a Sleep Campaign at the Lee School K-8 in Dorchester. CHNP provided information about sleep in every classroom and had an evening event for students and their families.