Dr. Rina Das Eiden is an Applied Developmental Psychologist and a Senior Research Scientist at the Research Institute on Addictions (RIA), University at Buffalo (UB), SUNY. She also has adjunct faculty appointments in the departments of Pediatrics and Psychology. She received her Ph.D. in 1992 from the University of Maryland. She has been conducting research with children of substance using parents for over 25 years. Many of these children experience significant levels of family and community violence since early childhood. The goal of her research has been to understand when and under what circumstances do developmental trajectories of children who are risk for maladjustment due to parental substance abuse and associated risks begin to diverge from normative trajectories? Are there developmental mechanisms that explain the association between these risk factors and children’s developmental and health outcomes? Are there experiences or individual differences in these children that promote resilience in the face of risk or increase the potential for maladjustment? If so, what are these, when do they occur, and are they amenable to intervention? All of this work has been supported by continuous funding mostly from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She is currently Chair of the Psychosocial Development, Risk and Prevention Study Section in the NIH Center for Scientific Review, received the Clinical Translational Research Award from UB in 2017, and has been editorial board member on leading scientific journals in her field.