Valerie Harder
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
- Post-Doctoral, University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry Research Center for Children Youth and Families, Burlington, VT (2009)
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Mental Health Epidemiology, Baltimore, MD (2008)
- M.H.S., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Biostatistics, Baltimore, MD (2005)
- B.S., Northwestern University, Biomedical Engineering, Evanston, IL (1999)
BIO
Dr. Valerie Harder has a doctorate in Mental Health Epidemiology and a master’s in Biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Harder has extensive experience leading research and evaluation teams to measure the impact of public health interventions to improve physical and mental health outcomes of youth and young adults. She leads a team of researchers to leverage large administrative healthcare data sources to assess the impact of quality improvement efforts, targeted interventions, and healthcare policies. In addition, Dr. Harder has conducted quantitative evaluations of improvement projects for health systems in primary and specialty care.
Publications
Valerie Harder Publications (PubMed)
Awards and Achievements
Dean’s Excellence in Research Award, Mid-Career Investigator (2022)
Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Mobile (m)Health Training Institute awardee (2016)
10th Annual Robins/Guze Award in honor of Eli Robins and Samuel Guze, presented to a young investigator in psychiatry, American Psychopathological Association (2010)
Travel Award, American Psychopathological Association, New York (2009)
Morton Kramer Award for demonstrating excellence in the application of biostatistical and epidemiologic methods to the solution of problems in mental health research, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University (2008)
Junior Investigator Women & Gender Travel Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence (2007)
Delta Omega Honor Society Poster Competition, Third Place Winner (2007)
Travel Award, CALDAR Biostatistics Summer Institute (2006)
NIDA Director's Travel Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence (2005)
Bio
Dr. Valerie Harder has a doctorate in Mental Health Epidemiology and a master’s in Biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Harder has extensive experience leading research and evaluation teams to measure the impact of public health interventions to improve physical and mental health outcomes of youth and young adults. She leads a team of researchers to leverage large administrative healthcare data sources to assess the impact of quality improvement efforts, targeted interventions, and healthcare policies. In addition, Dr. Harder has conducted quantitative evaluations of improvement projects for health systems in primary and specialty care.
Publications
Awards and Achievements
Dean’s Excellence in Research Award, Mid-Career Investigator (2022)
Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Mobile (m)Health Training Institute awardee (2016)
10th Annual Robins/Guze Award in honor of Eli Robins and Samuel Guze, presented to a young investigator in psychiatry, American Psychopathological Association (2010)
Travel Award, American Psychopathological Association, New York (2009)
Morton Kramer Award for demonstrating excellence in the application of biostatistical and epidemiologic methods to the solution of problems in mental health research, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University (2008)
Junior Investigator Women & Gender Travel Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence (2007)
Delta Omega Honor Society Poster Competition, Third Place Winner (2007)
Travel Award, CALDAR Biostatistics Summer Institute (2006)
NIDA Director's Travel Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence (2005)
Academic Appointments
Professor of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2024- present)
Professor of Psychiatry, Research Center for Children Youth and Families, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2024-present)
Director, Health Services Research Team, Vermont Child Health Improvement Program (VCHIP), University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2013-present)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2017-2024)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Research Center for Children Youth and Families, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2017-2024)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2013-2017)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Research Center for Children Youth and Families, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2010-2017)