Dr. Stephani Stancil is a clinician scientist in the Divisions of Adolescent Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Innovation at Children’s Mercy and an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She was clinically trained as a Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of Kansas, received a PhD in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Missouri – Kansas City and completed a NICHD T32 post-doctoral fellowship in Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. For over a decade, her clinical practice has focused on adolescents and young adults who are traditionally underserved and under-researched, including those with mental health conditions as well as those experiencing homelessness. Her interdisciplinary, translational research focuses on improving the health of youth through development of precision therapeutics for mental health. Her other research interests include improving reproductive health care in teens and reducing risks of vulnerable youth. She continues to be inspired by the remarkable resilience, tolerance and strength of her teen patients and strives to ensure they have an open, safe environment to not only receive health care, but to actively participate in the research to improve it.