Martha G. Welch, MD, DFAPA is a Professor of Psychiatry In Pediatrics and In Pathology & Cell Biology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she also serves as Director of the Nurture Science Program (NSP). She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Welch is the 2014 recipient of the Gold Medal for Meritorious Service to College of Physicians & Surgeons (Columbia University), the 2013 recipient of the Physicians & Surgeons Alumni Lifetime Learning Award (Columbia University), and the 2011 honoree for the Columbia University Alumni Medal for Meritorious Service. She also holds an appointment at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden as Associate in Pediatrics.