Prior to joining the Lindner Center of HOPE, Ms. Wells worked in the Division of Psychiatry at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). In her 13 years there, she held roles on the Consult/ Liaison Service and performed psychiatric evaluations in the Emergency Department. The last eight years she served as a dedicated Outpatient Therapist. Ms. Wells has been involved in two major research studies in the field of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  She was a Co-Investigator of the Cincinnati site of the NIMH Treatment of Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS).  She also held the role of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Supervisor in this study which compared the effectiveness of CBT, medication, combination of medication and CBT, against a placebo control.  More recently, she was a Co-Investigator in the Family Focused Therapy (FFT) study, an NIMH study which is evaluating the effectiveness of adding intensive family therapy to standard medication management for adolescents with Bipolar Disorder. 

While at CCHMC, Ms. Wells was instrumental in developing a policy for the clinical advancement of Social Workers within the hospital, exemplifying the importance of keeping good clinicians in direct care roles and the work of interdisciplinary teams.