Dr. Olga Acosta Price

Olga Acosta Price, Ph.D. is professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health and director of the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.  She is a clinical psychologist with postdoctoral training in school mental health. Dr. Acosta Price is dedicated to promoting prevention and early intervention programs that address the mental health needs of youth and their families, and has developed, implemented and evaluated programs promoting mental health and resilience conducted in school and community settings. In 1999, Dr. Acosta Price became founding director of the School Mental Health Program (SMHP) at the Department of Mental Health, an award-winning, comprehensive, community-based program, in Washington, DC in more than 30 public charter and DC public schools over six years.

Dr. Acosta Price recently completed her tenure as chair of the board of directors for the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC), is a national advisory member for the Hispanic and Latino Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, as well as a Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Research Advisory member for the National Council for Behavioral Health. Dr. Acosta Price has won numerous awards and recognitions throughout her career including the 2018 Martin C. Ushkow Community Service Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on School Health and is the recipient of the 2021 Juanita Cunningham Evans Memorial Award, the highest honor in her field of school mental health. Dr. Acosta Price received her Masters and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo and her undergraduate degree in psychology from Vassar College.