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Director, Center for Health and Health Care in Schools The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services and the Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Julia Graham Lear, Ph.D., is the director of the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, sponsored by The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services and the Graduate School of Education and Human Development
For 20 years she has worked to develop school-based health programs and services as a means of promoting the well-being of children and adolescents. During this period she has worked with The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, directing a number of grant programs focused on improving health service delivery. Currently she is directing the RWJF-funded Caring for Kids: Expanding Mental and Dental Health Services through School-Based Health Centers.
Dr. Lear is an associate research professor at the George Washington School of Public Health and Health Services in the Department of Prevention and Community Health. She teaches courses at the university, writes and speaks frequently on the organization of health care for children and adolescents, and serves on advisory boards of a number of organizations dedicated to improving child health.
She graduated from Brown University and received her master's degrees and doctorate from Tufts University.