Chief Science Officer
ICF
New York, New York, United States
Dr. Christine Walrath, a senior vice president and chief science officer in public health at ICF, brings over 25 years of expertise in behavioral health research and program evaluation. Dr. Walrath's experience has been dedicated to understanding the patterns and characteristics of individuals at risk for suicidal behavior or experiencing mental illness, focusing on such areas as children's mental health services systems, child traumatic stress, school-based mental health, mental health promotion, co-occurring disorders, serious emotional disorders and mental illness, culturally appropriate evaluations, and engagement of individuals with lived experience. Since 1994, Dr. Walrath has supported Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) on numerous high-priority behavioral health initiatives, serving as Principal Investigator (PI) of large-scale, national evaluations of SAMHSA-funded programs, including the National Suicide Prevention Evaluation (NSPE). Her recent work includes designing and implementing multimodal, multilevel, and multisite approaches to data collection, developing instruments, analyzing large-scale primary and extant behavioral health data, using data to drive program and practice, providing training and technical assistance (T/TA) in the areas of data collection, management, and submission, and disseminating research findings to diverse audiences. Dr. Walrath has a dual background in community psychology and public mental health and began her career at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she still holds an adjunct faculty position.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
Building the Evidence Base for the National Crisis Care Continuum
Thursday, April 3, 2025
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM East Coast USA Time