Dr. Roger Harrison (he/him) is a pediatric psychologist with Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware, and clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Sidney Kimmel College of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Brigham Young University and completed his pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Nemours.

As a clinician educator, Dr. Harrison supervises and trains graduate students, pre-doctoral interns, and postdoctoral fellows. He provides psychological services to patients and consultation to pediatric primary care providers in the primary care clinics affiliated with Nemours in Wilmington. He is a co-founder and co-chair of the DREAM IPC Conference, a national biennial conference in Wilmington, Delaware that focuses on pediatric integrated primary care. Within the hospital outpatient setting, Dr. Harrison conducts psychological testing for youth with significant mood and/or thought disorders and directs the Parent Child Behavior Clinic, a parent and child group therapy program offered to families of children with behavioral and/or attention concerns.

Dr. Harrison currently serves as chair of the Delaware Psychological Association’s diversity committee and is 2024-2025 President of the DPA. He has previously served as Delaware’s diversity delegate to the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Practice Leadership Conference. At Nemours, he co-chairs the Division of Behavioral Health’s diversity subcommittee and facilitates educational and experiential cultural diversity seminars for various professionals.

In the community, Dr. Harrison serves on the Social Determinants of Education Work Group of the Redding Consortium for Educational Equity, a task force created to guide policies and practices to achieve educational equity in Wilmington and Northern New Castle County, Delaware. In addition, he serves as a commissioner to the Delaware Health Care Commission, appointed by Governor John Carney.

Dr. Harrison is the honored recipient of various awards, including the 2023 Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (APAHC) John Robinson Distinguished Contributions in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award, the 2021-2022 Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) Biennial Award for Excellence in Diversity Training, and the 2020 Nemours Delaware Valley Educator of the Year Award, among others.

Dr. Harrison is happily married to Ayanna and has three remarkable daughters, Anaya, Aliyah, and Amara.