Dr. David Bard is a health services researcher with expertise in implementation science, psychometrics, biostatistics, informatics, and the applied science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). He is currently Professor and Director of the Biomedical and Behavioral Methodology Core in the University of Oklahoma HSC Department of Pediatrics, and a Children’s Health Foundation Endowed Research Chair. He is also Director of the Center for Environmental and Biological Research on ACEs and Resiliency (EmBRACER). Dr. Bard is active in multiple lines of research aiming to establish effectiveness and improve quality of ACEs intervention services. These services directly address prevention of future adverse experiences and equip families with caregiving strategies and resources that build child resiliency. Dr. Bard’s team is also working to identify and better understand the long-term biological and social consequences of early adversity exposures and their enduring impact on health and wellness later in life.