Janice L. Cooper, PhD

Director, Child Health and Mental Health
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Dr. Janice L. Cooper is a health services researcher who specializes in children’s mental health. Her research has focused on quality of care for children and youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), cultural and linguistic competence and mental health financing. Since 2005, she has led the work of Unclaimed Children Revisited, a series of policy and impact analyses of mental health services and supports for children, youth and their families. She also teaches a graduate course in Child Health Policy at the Mailman School of Public Health.

Janice’s prior positions include: Associate, Abt Associates; Director, Children’s Mental Health Division State of Minnesota, Director, New York State Coalition for School-Based Primary Care and Coordinator, AIDS and Family Life Education, Christian Health Association of Liberia. She is a Director-at-Large of the American Orthopsychiatry Association (Ortho). She is also a board member of the American College of Mental Health Administration (ACMHA). Janice is a member of the Multicultural Advisory Committee of the New York State Office of Mental Health.

She received her PhD in Health Policy from Harvard University.