Hi, everyone. This is Ashley Cooper.

Welcome back to another episode of the anti-racism and medicine series of the Clinical Problem

Solvers podcast. As always, our goal on the podcast is to equip our listeners at all levels

of training with the consciousness and tools to practice anti-racism in their health

professions careers. Today's episode is focused on the topic of youth suicide and how we might

begin to ameliorate the racial health disparities currently facing many youth of color. And to talk

about this with us, we have two incredible guests.

So could you go ahead and introduce Dr. Benton for us?

Yeah, of course. Dr. Tammy Benton is the Frederick Allen Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the psychiatrist-in-chief and chair of the Department of Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She is the president of the American Association of

of Directors of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the president of the American Academy of

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She served on the National Institute of Mental Health

Advisory Council and the APA's Council for Research. Dr. Benton mentors clinical and research

physicians, fellows, and postdoctoral trainees. She was awarded the Society of Biological Psychiatry

Humanitarian Award and the Community Outreach Award by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Dr. Benton's career has been dedicated to developing leadership for a diverse child psychiatry workforce.

Her mission, preparing the next generation of diverse physician leaders in pediatric health care and mental

health and creating partnerships between communities and academic centers will be critical for

eliminating disparities among minority populations. Thank you so much for joining us today, Dr. Benton.

Thank you for inviting me. And now I'll go ahead and introduce our second guest.

Dr. Kevin M. Simon, MDM.PH, is Boston's inaugural chief behavioral health officer,

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