Kamilah M. Woodson, Ph.D.

Kamilah M. Woodson, Ph.D.  is the Director and Owner of Metropolitan Comprehensive Health Services, PLC. Dr. Woodson has several years of experience in working with individuals, couples and groups. Her clinical interests include, but are not limited to, sexual victimization, sexual orientation issues, interpersonal relationships, bereavement, and depression.   She serves as the Director of the Triumph Church Family Counseling Center, and serves on the Mental Health Ministry.  Dr. Woodson is a graduate of the California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, where she received the Ph.D. & MA., degrees in Clinical Psychology.  She earned her Baccalaureate degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Dr. Woodson is currently an Assistant Professor and the Clinical Director in the Howard University School of Education, Department of Human Development and Psycho-educational Studies in the Counseling Psychology Program, where she teaches courses to Ph.D. students.  She was appointed Director of Program Coordination for the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Program at the Graduate School of Howard University in 2006, and remains a consultant with the program.  Dr. Woodson was previously Director of the Howard University Office of Nursing Research, Division of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, Nursing & Allied Health Sciences, where she taught research courses to nursing students.

Dr. Woodson works with the DC Baltimore Center for Reducing Health Disparities within the Howard University College of Medicine, and with Howard University Office for Undergraduate Research. Her research is in the area of health disparities, including the factors that impact health-related risk behaviors (HIV/AIDS & Substance Abuse) among people of color. 

Gregory K. Reed., Ph.D. 

Gregory K. Reed., Ph.D.  is the Director of Child and Adolescent Services at Metropolitan Comprehensive Health Services, PLC.  Dr. Reed received his doctorate in School Psychology from The University of Iowa. He completed his pre-doctoral internship in Behavioral Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Iowa (2002), and his post-doctoral fellowship at the Marcus and Kennedy Krieger Institutes and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2003).

After training, Dr. Reed continued as faculty at the Marcus Institute where he served as Director of Outpatient Services for the Pediatric Feeding Disorders program. Dr. Reed also served as a case manager in the intensive feeding disorders (Day Treatment) program at Marcus Institute.

Currently, Dr. Reed holds joint appointments at Howard University as an Associate Professor of School Psychology and as a Faculty member in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He also serves as the Clinical Director of the Child Behavior Clinic and Program Director for the Masters/CAGS level Programs in School Psychology. He coordinates the School of Education’s Testing Lab and the field-based training of School Psychology graduate students.  
 
The focus of Dr. Reed’s research has been on the assessment and treatment of severe behavior problems exhibited by children. Research conducted by Dr. Reed and colleagues has focused on identifying and manipulating relevant antecedent and consequent variables that serve to maintain, exacerbate, and aid in the treatment of severe problem behavior. Specifically, this work has examined the effects of function-based interventions on escape-maintained problem behavior, including general issues of compliance and food refusal.  In general, Dr. Reed’s research interests include: the intersection between culture, language, and cognitive assessment; reinforcement- and choice-based interventions for food refusal/selectivity and other behavior problems; parent & community-based interventions; and bio-behavioral contributions to the development, occurrence, and treatment of feeding problems. Future directions for research include (a) continuing to develop a wider array of empirically-based interventions for pediatric feeding disorders (PFD), (b) prevention studies aimed at reducing the occurrence of PFD’s in at-risk populations, and (c) reducing the prevalence of obesity and overweight among urban youth. Dr. Reed has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, and currently serves as a reviewer for that same journal.
 
Dr. Reed’s teaching experience includes formal (seminar-based) and clinic-based instruction in the areas of: clinical and educational research (applications of single-case design), applied behavior analysis, school psychology practice, ethics, and culturally competent assessment. Dr. Reed has trained medical residents, graduate students, and clinical staff at both the Marcus Institute and Children’s Hospital of Iowa. Currently, Dr. Reed provides direct instruction for graduate students in School, Counseling, and Educational Psychology programs at Howard University. He also provides supervision for the field experiences (practicum and internship) of Howard graduate students.