Over the last two decades, she has served as an external evaluator for a broad array of state and federally funded initiatives and conducted many community-based research projects. She has served as the lead evaluator on several early childhood mental health consultation projects and as the Project Director for the national Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation, funded by the Office of Head Start. Dr. Perry has published extensively—with more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and dozens of translational research to practice briefs—and currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Infant Mental Health Journal. She has a PhD in maternal and child health from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a master’s degree in psychology.