Founding President and Medical Director
Child Mind Institute
Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, is the founding president and medical director of the Child Mind Institute, the only independent national nonprofit dedicated to child and adolescent mental health. As one of the nation’s leading child and adolescent psychiatrists, Dr. Koplewicz was previously founding director of the NYU Child Study Center and served as director of the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology and author of several books, including Scaffold Parenting: Raising Resilient, Self-Reliant, and Secure Kids in an Age of Anxiety. The Child Mind Institute’s award-winning website, childmind.org, has brought accessible information to more than 90 million parents, teachers, and mental health professionals. In June 2020, the Starvos Niarchos Foundation awarded the Child Mind Institute a $55 million grant to establish the SNF Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute and transform clinical care, scientific research, public education, and anti-stigma efforts on a global scale. Since its inception, the Child Mind Institute has raised more than $250 million in private philanthropic dollars and more than $170 million in government funds to support our mission to transform the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders.