May 23, 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
McCosh Hall, Room 10

Moderator:

Jacob N. Shapiro
Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Panelists:

Paul Yellin ’75
Director, The Yellin Center for Mind, Brain and Education;  Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine

Esteban Fuertes ’85
Psychiatrist, Greater Binghamton Health Center/New York State Office of Mental Health

Lucy McBride ’95
Physician; Writer and Co-Founder and CEO of Ackerly McBride Group

Kathleen Stuart ’15
School Psychologist, Cherry Creek School District, Colorado

Sponsored by the Alumni Association of Princeton University

Participants:

Jacob N. Shapiro
Jacob N. Shapiro co-founded the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project and leads Princeton’s Accelerator initiative to advance research on the information environment. Shapiro has published extensively on conflict, economic development and security, including “The Terrorist’s Dilemma” (2013) and “Small Wars, Big Data” (2018). His fieldwork spans Afghanistan, Colombia, India and Pakistan. A recipient of the 2016 Karl Deutsch Award from the International Studies Association, he has advised government agencies, NGOs and tech companies on security policy and foreign influence. Shapiro holds a Ph.D. in political science and an M.A. in economics from Stanford University, and a B.A. from the University of Michigan. He is also a U.S. Navy veteran.

Paul Yellin ’75
Paul Yellin has dedicated his entire career to improving the well-being and development of young people. Prior to the establishment of the Yellin Center, he served for five years as national director of the Student Success Program at All Kinds of Minds, a nonprofit institute. There, he worked closely with researchers and clinicians to deliver a multidisciplinary model of learning assessments and personalized learning plans to thousands of students from across the world. In 2007, he created the Yellin Center to extend the scope of the learning assessment program and update it with the latest scientific research. Yellin is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine. The Yellin Center is affiliated with the Grossman School of Medicine and serves as a training site for its Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Fellowship program.

Esteban Fuertes ’85
Esteban Fuertes is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has dedicated his career to public service. He is currently the psychiatrist for the inpatient children’s service at the Greater Binghamton Health Center, a New York State Office of Mental Health facility. He works with vulnerable youth and families in the Southern Tier region of New York. In addition, he supervises nurse practitioner students from Binghamton University, physician assistant students from Marywood University and King’s College in Pennsylvania, and psychiatry residents from UHS Binghamton General Hospital. Previously, he worked for Santa Barbara County Alcohol Drug and Mental Health Services, Bronx Children’s Psychiatric Center and the Westchester County mobile crisis service. He is a 1989 graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.

Lucy McBride ’95
Lucy McBride is a primary care doctor in Washington, D.C., who has been seeing patients for more than 20 years. During the pandemic, she became a nationally recognized voice on the importance of addressing mental and physical health in tandem. She writes the popular medical newsletter “Are You Okay?” that reaches more than 35,000 people a week, and is the author of a forthcoming book about whole-person health from Simon & Schuster. She hosts a top-rated podcast called “Beyond the Prescription.” McBride has published numerous opinion pieces, including in The Atlantic and The Washington Post, and is a frequent media contributor advocating for an evidence-based, holistic approach to health. You can find her work and writing at lucymcbride.com.

Kathleen Stuart ’15
Kathleen Stuart is a school psychologist for a large district near Denver. School psychologists apply knowledge in mental health, learning and behavior to help children and youth succeed academically and socio-emotionally. They partner with families, teachers and school administrators to create safe, healthy and supportive learning environments. Stuart earned her doctorate of education in school psychology from Loyola University Chicago. A psychology major at Princeton, she also earned certificates in humanities and the Program in Teacher Preparation. She served as the Annenberg Fellow at Eton College and then taught for several years before becoming a school psychologist. Stuart has worked in a variety of schools (Title 1, private boarding, STEM, charter, public) in various locations (New Jersey, London, Chicago, Denver) with all age groups (pre-K through 12th grade). She is a nationally certified school psychologist and a licensed professional counselor candidate.