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Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. is the Senior Fellow of The Child Trauma Academy, a not-for-profit organization based in
Houston (www.ChildTrauma.org) and adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
at Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago. Dr. Perry is the author, with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy
Who Was Raised As A Dog, a bestselling book based on his work with maltreated children and Born For Love: Why
Empathy is Essential and Endangered, was published in April of 2010. Over the last thirty years, Dr. Perry has
been an active teacher, clinician and researcher in children’s mental health and the neurosciences holding a variety
of academic positions.
Dr. Perry was on the faculty of the Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry at the University of Chicago School
Of Medicine from 1988 to 1991. From 1992 to 2001, Dr. Perry served as the Trammell Research Professor of Child
Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. During this time, Dr. Perry also was Chief of Psychiatry
for Texas Children's Hospital and Vice-Chairman for Research within the Department of Psychiatry. From 2001 to
2003, Dr. Perry served as the Medical Director for Provincial Programs in Children's Mental Health for the Alberta
Mental Health Board. He continues to serve as a Senior Consultant to the Ministry of Children’s Services in Alberta,
Canada.
Dr. Perry has conducted both basic neuroscience and clinical research. His neuroscience research has examined the
effects of prenatal drug exposure on brain development, the neurobiology of human neuropsychiatric disorders,
the neurophysiology of traumatic life events and basic mechanisms related to the development of neurotransmitter
receptors in the brain. His clinical research and practise has focused on high-risk children - examining long-term
cognitive, behavioural, emotional, social, and physiological effects of neglect and trauma in children, adolescents
and adults. This work has been instrumental in describing how childhood experiences, including neglect and
traumatic stress, change the biology of the brain – and, thereby, the health of the child.
His clinical research over the last ten years has been focused on integrating concepts of developmental
neuroscience and child development into clinical practises. This work has resulted in the development of innovative
clinical practises and programs working with maltreated and traumatized children, most prominently the
Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT). The Child Trauma Academy has multiple partners in various sectors
of the community and has created many programs in context of public-private partnerships with the goal of
promoting positive change within the primary institutions that work with high risk children such as child protective
services, mental health, public education and juvenile justice.
His experience as a clinician and a researcher with traumatized children has led many community and governmental
agencies to consult Dr. Perry following high-profile incidents involving traumatized children such as the Branch
Davidian siege in Waco, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Columbine school shootings, the September 11th terrorist
attacks, Katrina hurricane, the FLDS polygamist sect and most recently, the earthquake in Haiti.
Dr. Perry is the author of over 300 journal articles, book chapters and scientific proceedings and is the recipient of
numerous professional awards and honours, including the T. Berry Brazelton Infant Mental Health Advocacy Award,
the Award for Leadership in Public Child Welfare and the Alberta Centennial Medal.
He has presented about child maltreatment, children's mental health, neurodevelopment and youth violence in a
variety of venues including policy-making bodies such as the White House Summit on Violence, the California
Assembly and U.S. House Committee on Education. Dr. Perry has been featured in a wide range of media including
National Public Radio, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Nightline, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC and CBS News
and the Oprah Winfrey Show. His work has been featured in documentaries produced by Dateline NBC, 20/20, the
BBC, Nightline, CBC, PBS, as well as dozen international documentaries. Many print media have highlighted the
clinical and research activities of Dr. Perry including a Pulitzer-prize winning series in the Chicago Tribune, US News
and World Report, Time, Newsweek, Forbes ASAP, Washington Post, the New York Times and Rolling Stone.
Dr. Perry, a native of Bismarck, North Dakota, was an undergraduate at Stanford University and Amherst College.
He attended medical and graduate school at Northwestern University, receiving both M.D. and Ph.D. Degree's. Dr.
Perry completed a residency in general psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and a fellowship in Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry at The University of Chicago.
Houston (www.ChildTrauma.org) and adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
at Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago. Dr. Perry is the author, with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy
Who Was Raised As A Dog, a bestselling book based on his work with maltreated children and Born For Love: Why
Empathy is Essential and Endangered, was published in April of 2010. Over the last thirty years, Dr. Perry has
been an active teacher, clinician and researcher in children’s mental health and the neurosciences holding a variety
of academic positions.
Dr. Perry was on the faculty of the Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry at the University of Chicago School
Of Medicine from 1988 to 1991. From 1992 to 2001, Dr. Perry served as the Trammell Research Professor of Child
Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. During this time, Dr. Perry also was Chief of Psychiatry
for Texas Children's Hospital and Vice-Chairman for Research within the Department of Psychiatry. From 2001 to
2003, Dr. Perry served as the Medical Director for Provincial Programs in Children's Mental Health for the Alberta
Mental Health Board. He continues to serve as a Senior Consultant to the Ministry of Children’s Services in Alberta,
Canada.
Dr. Perry has conducted both basic neuroscience and clinical research. His neuroscience research has examined the
effects of prenatal drug exposure on brain development, the neurobiology of human neuropsychiatric disorders,
the neurophysiology of traumatic life events and basic mechanisms related to the development of neurotransmitter
receptors in the brain. His clinical research and practise has focused on high-risk children - examining long-term
cognitive, behavioural, emotional, social, and physiological effects of neglect and trauma in children, adolescents
and adults. This work has been instrumental in describing how childhood experiences, including neglect and
traumatic stress, change the biology of the brain – and, thereby, the health of the child.
His clinical research over the last ten years has been focused on integrating concepts of developmental
neuroscience and child development into clinical practises. This work has resulted in the development of innovative
clinical practises and programs working with maltreated and traumatized children, most prominently the
Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT). The Child Trauma Academy has multiple partners in various sectors
of the community and has created many programs in context of public-private partnerships with the goal of
promoting positive change within the primary institutions that work with high risk children such as child protective
services, mental health, public education and juvenile justice.
His experience as a clinician and a researcher with traumatized children has led many community and governmental
agencies to consult Dr. Perry following high-profile incidents involving traumatized children such as the Branch
Davidian siege in Waco, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Columbine school shootings, the September 11th terrorist
attacks, Katrina hurricane, the FLDS polygamist sect and most recently, the earthquake in Haiti.
Dr. Perry is the author of over 300 journal articles, book chapters and scientific proceedings and is the recipient of
numerous professional awards and honours, including the T. Berry Brazelton Infant Mental Health Advocacy Award,
the Award for Leadership in Public Child Welfare and the Alberta Centennial Medal.
He has presented about child maltreatment, children's mental health, neurodevelopment and youth violence in a
variety of venues including policy-making bodies such as the White House Summit on Violence, the California
Assembly and U.S. House Committee on Education. Dr. Perry has been featured in a wide range of media including
National Public Radio, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Nightline, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC and CBS News
and the Oprah Winfrey Show. His work has been featured in documentaries produced by Dateline NBC, 20/20, the
BBC, Nightline, CBC, PBS, as well as dozen international documentaries. Many print media have highlighted the
clinical and research activities of Dr. Perry including a Pulitzer-prize winning series in the Chicago Tribune, US News
and World Report, Time, Newsweek, Forbes ASAP, Washington Post, the New York Times and Rolling Stone.
Dr. Perry, a native of Bismarck, North Dakota, was an undergraduate at Stanford University and Amherst College.
He attended medical and graduate school at Northwestern University, receiving both M.D. and Ph.D. Degree's. Dr.
Perry completed a residency in general psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and a fellowship in Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry at The University of Chicago.
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Dr. Linda Chamberlain
Dr. Chamberlain, an epidemiologist specializing in childhood exposure to violence and brain development,
is the founding director of the Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project and a consultant for the Family
Violence Prevention Fund. An internationally renowned keynote speaker, Dr. Chamberlain is known for her
ability to translate science into practical information with diverse audiences. Her passionate belief that
everyone can make a difference conveys a message of hope and opportunity. Dr. Chamberlain holds
faculty appointments at the University of Alaska and Johns Hopkins University. She earned her public
health degree from Yale School of Medicine and her doctorate from Johns Hopkins. Dr. Chamberlain has
published extensively and is editor for the e-journal, Family Violence Prevention and Health Practice. She
serves on the National Advisory Board for the Institute for Safe Families. Awards and recognition for her
work include a National Kellogg Leadership Fellowship. Living on a rural homestead outside of Homer,
Alaska with her husband and dog team, she has developed a highly innovative lecture series on leadership
and teamwork called “Lessons from the Trail” and teaches a graduate course on public health and
leadership. For her first book, Arctic Inspirations, she traveled from Alaska through the northern Canada
and on to Siberia to gather stories of women starting businesses in the Arctic. She is currently working on
a book on “Mushing the Mail on the Iditarod Trail.” website
is the founding director of the Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project and a consultant for the Family
Violence Prevention Fund. An internationally renowned keynote speaker, Dr. Chamberlain is known for her
ability to translate science into practical information with diverse audiences. Her passionate belief that
everyone can make a difference conveys a message of hope and opportunity. Dr. Chamberlain holds
faculty appointments at the University of Alaska and Johns Hopkins University. She earned her public
health degree from Yale School of Medicine and her doctorate from Johns Hopkins. Dr. Chamberlain has
published extensively and is editor for the e-journal, Family Violence Prevention and Health Practice. She
serves on the National Advisory Board for the Institute for Safe Families. Awards and recognition for her
work include a National Kellogg Leadership Fellowship. Living on a rural homestead outside of Homer,
Alaska with her husband and dog team, she has developed a highly innovative lecture series on leadership
and teamwork called “Lessons from the Trail” and teaches a graduate course on public health and
leadership. For her first book, Arctic Inspirations, she traveled from Alaska through the northern Canada
and on to Siberia to gather stories of women starting businesses in the Arctic. She is currently working on
a book on “Mushing the Mail on the Iditarod Trail.” website