Deborah Perry, Ph.D, MPH, is a Professor of Pediatrics at Georgetown University and Deputy Director of Research at the Georgetown University Thrive Center for Children, Families, and Communities. She has served as the external evaluation partner for several local government and community-based agencies including the DC Department of Health, DC Department of Behavioral Health, Mamatoto Village and the Early Childhood Innovation Network. She also serves as the director of research and evaluation for the Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance—a medical-legal partnership that seeks to reduce the effects of health-harming legal issues for vulnerable families in DC.