Carly E. McCord, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and the Founding and Executive Director of the Texas A&M Health Telehealth Institute. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Medicine and Educational Psychology in the School of Education. She has a proven and documented expertise in providing high-quality mental health services via long-distance technology, engaging rural communities in order to reduce mental health disparities, and starting a successful and innovative training and supervision model for telepsychology. In both research and practice she is well-versed in underserved populations, training and supervision, and telehealth.