
Youth Mental Health Expert
Dr. Katherine Grill is an internationally recognized leader in the field of youth mental health, having won over 25 awards for her work in social impact and entrepreneurship.
During her tenure as CEO of Neolth, she made profound and lasting contributions to mental health technology. She built an expansive youth ambassador network that was scaled to 35 states and 20 countries, collaborating with hundreds of young people on co-design. Her work transformed the way youth engage with mental health resources, particularly in helping launch the nascent field of digital interventions to support teens and young adults.
Dr. Grill is the creator of the Stories, Science & Strategies framework for social media, which earned her invitations to be a Collaborator at UCLA's Center for Scholars & Storytellers and a member of WHO Fides, a network of healthcare influencers fighting misinformation. She also hosts the New Mexico Department of Health’s YouTube series on teen mental health.
Before her work in technology and media, Dr. Grill managed NIH clinical research studies on adolescent behavioral health, taught university courses in psychology and neuroscience, and worked clinically in psychiatric care.
Dr. Grill has authored 24 publications and given over 100 presentations about digital and youth mental health. She has received numerous accolades, including being named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in 2022, the 2022 Outstanding Young Alumni Award from Canterbury School, the Rising Star Alumni Award in 2023 from American University, and was honored with a display on the Nasdaq Tower in Times Square.