Nancy Lever

Nancy Lever, Ph.D. received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Temple University. She completed her psychology internship and a school mental health postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.  In 1998 she joined the faculty of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and currently is an Associate Professor.  She worked directly in high schools providing expanded school mental health services for 10 years and is very active in advancing graduate and professional training related to school mental health.  Dr. Lever is the Director of two school mental health programs in Baltimore City.  She joined the Center for School Mental Health (CSMH) in 1996 and for many years served as the Director of Training and Outreach.  In July 2010, she was appointed the Co-Director of the CSMH.  Dr. Lever has a particular focus on training, outreach, dissemination, and resource advancement, especially as it relates to promoting high quality, evidence-based research, training, policy, and practice in school mental health.  She oversees the content of the Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health, helps to facilitate the National Community of Practice on Collaborative School Behavioral Health, and represents the CSMH on local, state, and national committees.  She has presented and written extensively about school mental health and is co-editor of the Handbook of School Mental Health.