Jessica Henderson Daniel Children’s Hospital—Boston
Jessica Henderson Daniel, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., is an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and director of training in psychology and associate director of the LEAH (Leadership Education in Adolescent Health) Training Program at Children’s Hospital--Boston. She is adjunct associate professor of psychology in the Clinical Psychology Program at Boston University.
Active in the American Psychological Association (APA), she is a past president of the Society for the Psychology of Women, Division 35. While president, she formed two task forces: black adolescent girls; and adolescent girls and the media. She also served as a member of the APA Presidential Task Force on Adolescent Girls.
Mentoring and instruction/training have been prominent in her professional career. She developed Next Generation, a mentoring program to increase the number of black women who conduct research on black adolescent girls. She also organized Emerging Leaders, a mentoring program to increase the number of women of color who are leaders in psychology.
Daniel is coeditor of the Complete Guide to Mental Health for Women (Beacon Press, 2003). Her writings have addressed trauma—sexual and racial—in the lives of black females.
Children’s Hospital—Boston Department of Psychiatry
Children's Department of Psychiatry is a recognized regional center of excellence for the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with a wide range of emotional and behavioral disorders. Caring for more than 15,000 outpatients and 400 inpatients each year, the Department of Psychiatry is one of the largest pediatric psychiatric services in New England. Dedicated to caring for children with complex psychiatric and medical problems, the department is committed to providing an integrated patient care approach, where a variety of methods (cognitive, behavioral, psychoeducational, pychodynamic, family, group, developmental, and biological) are unified into practical, effective interventions. The experienced, multidisciplinary staff cares for children and adolescents with various disorders.
