Nhung Tran, MD, FAAP, is a Board-certified Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician and recently joined as staff physician at Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin, Texas. She completed medical school and residency training in General Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, and her fellowship in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.  As a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician, her primary responsibilities are the evaluation and management of children with developmental delays and behavioral differences, with speech-language disorders, learning disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder and complex Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder being the most common conditions seen. She has special interests in children with dual diagnoses (an intellectual or developmental disability and behavioral or mental health disorder) and children with increased risks due to underlying genetic disorders, adverse childhood experiences or prenatal substance exposures, among others. She has a personal passion in medical education and advocacy, in order to reach as many children as possible by educating current and future pediatricians in early identification and management of developmental, behavioral and mental health issues in primary care and influencing policy whenever possible.  She has been the co-chair of the Texas Pediatric Society (TPS) Committee on Mental Health for several years, and also has co-chaired the TPS Autism Spectrum Disorder Workgroup and TPS COVID-19 School Reopening Workgroup.  She testified in the Senate and House during the 2019 legislative session on behalf of TPS, Texas Medical Association, and Texas Federation of Psychiatry in support of SB11 that created the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium, one component of which is the Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN). Since its inception, she has served as the pediatric representative for CPAN.