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Office
Boston Children’s Hospital
300 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115Phone+1 617-355-7166Fax+1 617-730-0252- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Munir is a developmental psychiatrist with board certifications in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. He holds a doctorate in public health from Harvard School of Public Health in psychiatric epidemiology and maternal-child health. He is Director of Psychiatry in the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities and Leadership Education Program in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders in the Division of Developmental Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. He currently also serves as Scholars in Medicine Fellow, William Hinton Society, Harvard Medical School.
Education & Training
- Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1987
- University of London Faculty of MedicineClass of 1979
- Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry
- Massachusetts General HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Psychosomatic an Psychopharmacology Unit
- Harvard School of Pubic HealthMPH, DSc
- University of LondonMB, BS
Certifications & Licensure
- MA State Medical License 1982 - 2025
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- International Service Award Association of University Centers on Disabilities, USA, 2023
- Presidential Award World Psychiatric Association, 2023
- T. Berry Brazelton Award in Pediatric Innovation Boston Children’s Hospital, 2014
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 16 citationsDepression and post-traumatic stress disorder among Haitian immigrant students: implications for access to mental health services and educational programmingMary C. Smith Fawzi, Theresa S. Betancourt, Lilly Marcelin, Michelle Klopner, Kerim Munir
BMC Public Health. 2009-12-22 - 7 citationsEvaluation of attempted suicide in emergency departments in Sanliurfa province, southeastern TurkeyZeynep Şimşek, Canan Demir, Gülistan Er, Kerim Munir
Zeitschrift Fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of Public Health. 2013-04-23 - 209 citationsEvidence That Autistic Traits Show the Same Etiology in the General Population and at the Quantitative Extremes (5%, 2.5%, and 1%)Elise B. Robinson, Karestan C. Koenen, Marie C. McCormick, Kerim Munir, Victoria Hallett
Archives of General Psychiatry. 2011-11-07
Press Mentions
- The Cost-Effectiveness of Treatments for Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic ReviewMarch 9th, 2021
- One in Five Adolescents Have Suicidal Thoughts or AnxietyJune 22nd, 2020
- About 5,000 Young People Suffering from Autism: ExpertDecember 5th, 2016
Grant Support
- International Bioethics Research Training InitiativesFogarty International Center, NIH2019–2024
- Global RDoCNational Institute Of Mental Health2016–2019
- NCD Lifespan Global Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental DisabilitiesFogarty International Center and NIMH2014–2019
- Fogarty International Research Ethics Initiative - Turkey/C. AsiaFogarty International Center2012
- International Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities Research Training ProgramFogarty International Center2007–2011
- Mental Health/Disabilities(Mhdd)Research Education ProgramNational Institute Of Mental Health2005–2011
- International Mental Health And Developmental Disabilit*Fogarty International Center2002–2006
- International Mental HEALTH, Developmental DisabilitiesFogarty International Center2001
- Mental Health &Developmental Disabilities ProgramNational Institute Of Mental Health2000–2001
- Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities ProgramNational Institute Of Mental Health1999
- NIMH Child &Adolescent Mental Health Faculty AwardNational Institute Of Mental Health1989–1991
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
Other Languages
- Turkish
Hospital Affiliations
- Boston Children's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
- Boston Children's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
External Links
- Institute for Community Inclusionhttp://www.communityinclusion.org
- Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Developmental Medicinehttp://www.childrenshospital.org
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