Dr. Kelly is the Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor of Psychiatry in Addiction Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the Founder and Director of the Recovery Research Institute at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the Associate Director of the Center for Addiction Medicine at MGH, and the Founder and Director of the National Center on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery. He also serves as the Chief of the Division of Addiction Treatment and Prevention across the Mass General Brigham (MGB) Academic Medical Centers (AMC) Department of Psychiatry (AMC Psychiatry). Dr. Kelly is a former President of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Society of Addiction Psychology, the current President of the American Board of Addiction Psychology and a Fellow of the APA. He has served as a consultant to U.S. federal agencies and non-federal institutions, as well as foreign governments, the United Nations and the World Health Organization. Dr. Kelly has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and books in the field of addiction medicine, and was an author on the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health. He has also been honored with national and international lifetime achievement awards for his research. His work has focused on addiction treatment and the recovery process, mechanisms of behavior change, and reducing stigma and discrimination among individuals suffering from addiction.