Chief, Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Michael C. Freed, PhD, EMT is Chief of the Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Under his guidance, the branch sets research priorities, develops funding initiatives, and administers a public health–oriented research portfolio to increase access, continuity, quality, equity, and value of mental health services to those in need. The branch also leads NIMH's dissemination and implementation science research agenda. In his role, Dr. Freed leads and co-leads various initiatives across the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and across the federal government. Most recently, Dr. Freed represented NIMH as part of the NIH HEAL Initiative.
Dr. Freed joined NIMH from the Department of Defense (DoD), where, as the research director of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, clinicians, and support staff, he worked to transform behavioral health care across the military health system, to include developing and testing models of care integration. He served in principal and co-investigator roles on several key epidemiological and health services research studies, which include clinical trials. He also assisted with research priority setting and helped design a system to expedite the translation of findings from research to practice.
Dr. Freed is a licensed psychologist, holds academic appointments in the Department of Psychiatry and the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and has been repeatedly recognized for significant achievement by multiple federal agencies, including the DoD, the NIH, and the Health Resources & Services Administration.
2023 ACLP Developing Scholars Research Colloquium
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
