Duane E. Thomas, Ph.D. is a training and technical assistance specialist for the Mid-Atlantic Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Network at Sheppard Pratt Health System and an affiliated researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is also a licensed clinical psychologist with an independent practice where he provides mental health services to children, youth and families and offers professional development trainings, professional coaching, and consultation to schools and service agencies on matters of mental health, racial equity, and prevention programming. His research examines risk and cultural protective factors impacting the socioemotional functioning of African American youth; school contextual determinants for the development of student conduct problems; and culturally responsive approaches to youth violence prevention and academic success in urban schools using academic-community partnerships.