Bradley E. Karlin, Ph.D., MSCP, MBA

Dr. Brad Karlin joined ARPA-H in August 2024. Karlin has extensive leadership experience transforming and innovating behavioral health care in several of the nation’s largest payor and provider health systems. He previously served as Executive Medical Director at Highmark Health, Vice President and Chief of Mental Health and Aging at the Education Development Center, and as National Mental Health Director for Psychotherapy and Psychogeriatrics at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, where he led the nation’s largest implementation of evidence-based psychological treatments and transformed geriatric mental health care. 

Karlin is a past president of the Society of Clinical Psychology, a fellow of the American Psychological Association, and is board-certified in geropsychology. He has authored more than 100 publications and is the recipient of numerous national awards for his work to transform mental health and dementia care. Karlin is currently an Adjunct Full Professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and serves as Scientific Advisor to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.