Dr. Aradhana Bela Sood is a senior professor of Child Mental Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has spent 30 years providing tertiary care to children with serious emotional disturbance and in the past decade shifted her focus to prevention efforts particularly in under-resourced populations. Recognized for her contributions to public mental health work by state and national organizations, her prevention efforts span infancy, childhood and transition age youth. She has edited two books on mental health policy and prevention in children's mental health.