Rachel G. Klein, Ph.D., is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine and Director of the Anita Saltz Institute for Anxiety and Mood Disorders at the NYU Child Study Center. Dr. Klein has been an active researcher in child psychiatry for several decades and has been involved with a number of National Institute of Mental Health-funded studies, including research on Methylphenidate Efficacy and Safety in ADHD Preschoolers, Treatment of Child Anxiety in Nonpsychiatric Settings, Childhood Stimulant Impact on Later Drug Abuse, and Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Treatment Study (CAMS).

Dr. Klein received her B.A. in Comparative Literature from the City College of New York and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University Teachers College.

Prior to joining the NYU Child Study Center in 1999, Dr. Klein was a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University, and Director of Clinical Psychology at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Dr. Klein is the recipient of the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression's annual Joy and William Ruane Prize for Children and Adolescent Psychiatric Research and the National Institute of Mental Health's Merit Award. She was also elected as Honorary Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association.

Dr. Klein has authored close to 200 articles and seven books, including work published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, the Italian Journal of Psychopathology and the Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.