KerimMunirMDMPH DSc

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry

Developmental Medicine Center, Boston Children's Hospital

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Boston Children’s Hospital
300 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-355-7166

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Dr. Munir is a developmental psychiatrist with board certifications in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. He holds a doctorate in public health from Harvard School of Public Health in psychiatric epidemiology and maternal-child health. He is Director of Psychiatry in the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities and Leadership Education Program in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders in the Division of Developmental Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. He currently also serves as Scholars in Medicine Fellow, William Hinton Society, Harvard Medical School.

Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1987
University of London Faculty of MedicineClass of 1979
Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry
Massachusetts General HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Psychosomatic an Psychopharmacology Unit
Harvard School of Pubic HealthMPH, DSc
University of LondonMB, BS

IACAPAP Medal International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professionals, 2024
International Service Award Association of University Centers on Disabilities, USA, 2023
Presidential Award World Psychiatric Association, 2023
T. Berry Brazelton Award in Pediatric Innovation Boston Children’s Hospital, 2014
George Tarjan Award in Developmental Disabilities American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
Klaus Peter Award in International Medical Education Harvard Medical School, 2006
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PubMed

255 citations
PRENATAL STRESS AND RISK FOR AUTISM
Dennis K. Kinney, Kerim Munir, David J. Crowley, Andrea M. Miller
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 2008-10-01
74 citations
A family study of patients with attention deficit disorder and normal controls.
Joseph Biederman, Kerim Munir, Debra Knee, Wendy Habelow, Marie Armentano
Journal of Psychiatric Research. 1986-01-01
73 citations
Environmental Risk Factors for Autism: Do They Help Cause De Novo Genetic Mutations That Contribute to the Disorder?
Dennis K. Kinney, H Daniel, Bogdan Chayka, Siena Napoleon, Kerim Munir
Medical Hypotheses. 2010-01-01

The Cost-Effectiveness of Treatments for Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic ReviewMarch 9th, 2021
One in Five Adolescents Have Suicidal Thoughts or AnxietyJune 22nd, 2020
About 5,000 Young People Suffering from Autism: ExpertDecember 5th, 2016

International Bioethics Research Training InitiativesFogarty International Center, NIH2019–2024
Global RDoCNational Institute Of Mental Health2016–2019
NCD Lifespan Global Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental DisabilitiesFogarty International Center and NIMH2014–2019
Fogarty International Research Ethics Initiative - Turkey/C. AsiaFogarty International Center2012
International Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities Research Training ProgramFogarty International Center2007–2011
Mental Health/Disabilities(Mhdd)Research Education ProgramNational Institute Of Mental Health2005–2011
International Mental Health And Developmental Disabilit*Fogarty International Center2002–2006
International Mental HEALTH, Developmental DisabilitiesFogarty International Center2001
Mental Health &Developmental Disabilities ProgramNational Institute Of Mental Health2000–2001
Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities ProgramNational Institute Of Mental Health1999
NIMH Child &Adolescent Mental Health Faculty AwardNational Institute Of Mental Health1989–1991