Shelli Avenevoli
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Shelli Avenevoli | |
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| Alma mater | Temple University |
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| Fields | Epidemiology |
| Institutions | National Institute of Mental Health |
| Thesis | The continuity of depression from childhood to adolescence (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Laurence Steinberg |
Shelli Avenevoli is an American psychologist and epidemiologist. She was the acting director of the National Institute of Mental Health from June 2024 to April 2025. She is a co-investigator on the National Comorbidity Study.[1][2]
Avenevoli received her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Temple University.[3] Her 1998 dissertation was titled The continuity of depression from childhood to adolescence. Avenevoli's doctoral advisor was Laurence Steinberg.[4]
Avenevoli completed an National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded postdoctoral fellowship in psychiatric epidemiology at Yale School of Medicine.[3]
