Dr. Amber Childs

Biography

Amber W. Childs is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and a licensed clinical psychologist. She is the co-founder and director of the Getting Racism Work (GROW) Initiative and co-founder of the Yale Measurement-Based Care Collaborative. Childs is also the founder of M-Select, a comprehensive digital mental health solution for youth at Yale. In 2023, she served as the Chief Clinical Officer for BeMe Health after successfully commercializing M-Select. Her leadership roles at Yale include Director of Training for the Doctoral Internship in Clinical Community Psychology and Co-Director of the Division of Quality Innovation at the Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital (YNHPH). Childs is heavily involved in antiracism and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts within the Psychiatry Department, serving as Co-Chair and a member of various committees. Her work aims to improve equity and access to psychiatric services, with a focus on underrepresented youth. She has earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and has completed her doctoral internship and post-doctoral residency at the Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital, specializing in child and adolescent services.

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