Ellen Braaten, Ph.D.
Ellen Braaten, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Learning and Emotional Assessment Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is the author of Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up (#CommissionsEarned).
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