Alessandro De Nadai, PhD

Alessandro S. De Nadai, PhD, is a translational data scientist who focuses on improving pediatric mental health outcomes. He is the director of Data Science and Computational Medicine, Nancy and Richard Simches Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and a member of the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. De Nadai and his team take new findings in computer science, mathematics, and statistics and translate them into clinically actionable information. He has applied new developments in machine learning and health economics to a number of conditions, including anxiety, OCD, PTSD, autism, ADHD, substance addiction, and self-harm. Dr. De Nadai has also developed a mentorship-based data science training program for first-generation students from diverse backgrounds.