About

Rebecca Ford-Paz, Ph.D. (pronouns: she/her/ella) is a clinical child psychologist at Lurie Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Ford-Paz is the Co-Director of Lurie Children’s Forensic Assessment for Immigration Relief (FAIR) Clinic which provides psychiatric and medical evaluations to minors seeking asylum or other forms of humanitarian relief. Dr. Ford-Paz has a long-standing interest in immigrant/refugee mental health. Her work focuses on promoting health equity by increasing access to evidence-based and culturally attuned prevention and treatment interventions, building the capacity of community-based providers, and conducting community-engaged research.