Kayla Mehjabin Parr, PhD is an attending psychologist at Boston Children's Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School. She recently completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital's Trauma and Community Resilience Center and Children's Hospital Primary Care Center, with a specialization in providing Trauma Systems Therapy for Refugees. She earned her Ph.D. from the School Psychology program at Teachers College and completed her predoctoral clinical internship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, with a specialization in Integrated Behavioral Health in primary care. Her clinical, research, and teaching interests have focused on reducing health inequities and increasing access to care for youth of color and forcibly displaced youth and families; implementing culturally-informed and trauma-informed prevention and intervention programs for youth of color and forcibly displaced communities; and, providing systems-level consultation and program development in schools and primary care settings. She was previously a Leadership in Neurodevelopmental and Disabilities fellow and Student/Early Career Leader on the National Association for School Psychologists' Multicultural Affairs Committee. Prior to her graduate training, Kayla was an educator in Boston and New York City public schools. As an undergraduate, she studied International Studies, with specializations in Ethics and Social Justice and Islamic Civilizations and Societies.

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