Leah G. Pope, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and an Associate Professor of Clinical Behavioral Medicine in the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry (Division of Behavioral Health Services and Policy Research). Trained as an anthropologist, Dr. Pope has extensive experience conducting mixed methods research in the public mental health and criminal legal system. Dr. Pope’s research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Science Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and private foundations including the Sozosei Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the van Ameringen Foundation, and the Wenner Gren Foundation. Dr. Pope’s current work focuses primarily on crisis response for people with serious mental illnesses. She is the Principal Investigator on a study to conduct a national survey of mobile crisis teams, and is a Co-Investigator on several other studies, including a randomized controlled trial of Crisis Intervention Team training for police officers and a project on the development of the crisis response workforce. Dr. Pope has an AB from Harvard University and a PhD from Columbia University Teachers College.