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• Christy Walcott is an Associate Professor, Licensed Psychologist, &; Nationally Certified School Psychologist. Raised in the Chicago IL suburbs, she attended University of IL (UG) &; IL State Univ. (PHD). Dr. Walcott has been with ECU for 20+ years &; serves as a Graduate Program Director. She previously held joint appointment with the Department of Pediatrics at ECU, where she served for four years as the psychologist for the NICU Follow-Up Clinic. Dr. Walcott previously worked as a credentialed School Psychologist in Louisiana, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Her clinical interests include equitable school assessments, behavioral and mental health interventions, and general K-12 school psychological services. She has worked on federally-funded research (IES, DHHS) focusing on behavioral health frameworks across a continuum of school &; integrated care settings.Her research interests include behavioral health promotion for children/youth with &; without health-related conditions, links between education disparities &; health disparities, and outcomes related to ADHD &; attention problems.