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Richard Puddy, PhD, MPH
Behavioral Scientist Center for Disease Control & Prevention
Richard W. Puddy joined the Division of Violence Prevention with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in March 2007. At the CDC, he serves as a Behavioral Scientist for a range of projects in the areas of suicide, child maltreatment, and youth violence prevention. Richard has over 15 years experience working in the field of child’s mental health, child welfare, and social services. He earned his Bachelors degree in psychology from Temple University and worked as a Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) Coordinator in Pennsylvania before pursuing his doctoral studies at the University of Kansas. While in Kansas, he earned Masters degrees in both Clinical Child Psychology and Public Health. He obtained his doctorate in Clinical Child Psychology and was awarded the Predoctoral New Investigator Award in Mental Health Services Research. Richard also received the American Psychological Association's Division 37 (Child, Youth, and Family Services) award for the outstanding doctoral dissertation exploring the role of service coordination for children with serious emotional disorders. He completed a two year Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Penn State Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development. Prior to joining the CDC, Richard served as Assistant Director of the University of South Florida’s Collaborative for Children, Families and Communities and also as a faculty member in the Department of Child and Family Studies at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.
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