Sara Whitcomb, PhD
Co-Director of BIRCh Center; Associate Director of Research and Evaluation, Boston Children’s Hospital Neighborhood Partnerships
Dr. Sara Whitcomb is a licensed psychologist, associate director of research and evaluation with Boston Children's Hospital's Neighborhood Partnerships Program, and member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She is also co-director of the BIRCh Center at UMass Boston. Prior to her current role, she was a professor in the UMass Amherst school psychology program and a teacher in general and special education settings in Oregon, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Dr. Whitcomb's research and practice interests are in behavioral assessment, social-emotional learning, and organizational consultation in schools. She has authored a number of texts and journal articles on these topics, and her book, Bolstering Resilience, recently received a Foreword INDIES Book Award and Independent Book Publisher Award. Dr. Whitcomb has consulted with over 100 school districts in Massachusetts to build capacity to meet all students' behavioral health needs.