Writers

Judy Cameron

Judy Cameron, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychiatry and the Clinical Translational Science Institute at the University of Pittsburgh and a member of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the Scientific Council of the Child Mind Institute. Research areas in Dr. Cameron’s lab include the interaction between genetic factors and early life experiences on shaping behavioral development, identification of factors that lead to stress sensitivity versus stress resilience, and the interactions between physical health and mental health. Dr. Cameron’s newest research initiative is Working for Kids: Building Skills™, a novel community-based program that teaches the fundamentals of brain development to those who work with children at a community level. This program has won several innovation awards in Pittsburgh, as well as from the National Science Foundation.