Leslie Walker, MD

Dr. Leslie Walker is the Ford/Morgan Endowed Chair and Professor of the Department of Pediatrics as well as Associate Dean for the University of Washington. She is also the Chief Academic Officer and Senior Vice President for Seattle Children's Hospital. She has been dedicated to the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents for over 25 years, particularly in the area of prevention of adolescent substance use and promotion of healthy adolescent development. Her current focus is to raise awareness of and bring to national scale, proven interventions to prevent the development of substance use and mental health conditions in children and adolescents and to promote adopting evidence-based solutions to support adolescent and childhood thriving. In this effort she is Co-Chair of the Forum for Children’s Well Being: Promoting Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health for Children and Youth in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, National Co-convenor for Investing in Flourishing and President of the American Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs council (AMSPDC).