Ernestine Briggs-King, PhD, is a licensed psychologist with over 30 years of experience in the fields of child maltreatment and child traumatic stress. Over the last 24 years she has had multiple roles at the Center for Child and Family Health (Director of Research) and  Duke University School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Associate Professor, Associate Director of DEI and Network Relations for the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress). She recently transitioned to a position at Kennedy Krieger Institute as the Vice President of Community and Family Interventions. She is a clinical/community psychologist with a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

As part of her current work, she is involved in the implementation, dissemination, and evaluation of evidence-based practices aimed at reducing the sequelae associated with maltreatment and child traumatic stress. Dr. Briggs-King is also a co-investigator on several multisite, longitudinal studies examining the developmental and psychosocial impact of trauma and violence. She also has expertise in the area of cultural, gender, community, and systemic issues. She is a clinical/community psychologist with a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.