Kennedy Krieger names Ernestine Briggs-King, Ph.D, to lead department for family and community interventions

By Kennedy Krieger Institute Ernestine Briggs-King, Ph.D., an expert in child, adolescent and family psychology, will oversee the Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress and the Therapeutic Foster Care Program at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore. (Courtesy photo) Kennedy Krieger Institute’s leadership team announced that Ernestine Briggs-King, Ph.D will join the Institute as vice president of the Department for Family and Community Interventions. She will also have a faculty appointment at Johns Hopkins University.In her new role at Kennedy Krieger, Briggs-King will lead the Department of Family and Community Interventions, which includes the Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress and the Therapeutic Foster Care program. In addition, she will lead research, mentor staff and early career-stage learners and provide psychological care for patients and their family members.Briggs-King will be a community-facing subject matter expert for the Institute on trauma-related topics and continue to advance Kennedy Krieger’s strong reputation and work in the field of child, adolescent and family psychology.& “We are elated that Dr. Briggs-King, who is such a strong national voice on the topics of child and family well-being as well as mental health disparities and inclusion, will join our team as a leader, clinician and...