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Dr. Valérie Benoit
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Psychologist graduated in Clinical Psychopathology in 1999 from the University of Toulouse II.
I always worked with minors and their families in positions where child protection was necessary that this is in prison, school or judicial. I join the team of the UAPED Orléans in 2013 .
Trained at the EMDR since 2015.
Expert near the Court of Appeal of Orleans since 2023.
Article being published on the psychological reassessment in criminal proceedings (2025-2026)
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Karen Farst, MD MPH
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Dr. Farst has worked as a child abuse pediatrician with the Team for Children at Risk at Arkansas Children’s Hospital since 2004. She completed undergraduate and medical school training at Texas Tech University. Following residency training in internal medicine and pediatrics, she was in primary care private practice for 3 years before completing a fellowship in child abuse pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She is currently a professor of pediatrics with the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Chief Medical Officer for Arkansas Children’s Hospital. |
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Dr. Joanne K. Nelson
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Dr. Joanne K. Nelson is a Consultant Paediatrician, Forensic Physician and Clinical Director of the Child and Adolescent Sexual Assault Treatment Service in West and Mid-West Ireland (The Hazel Clinic @ Barnahus West). She graduated from Cambridge and Oxford Universities in the UK, with post graduate training in Northern Ireland and New Zealand. Barnahus West in Galway is the first of three Barnahus in Ireland within which Dr Nelson leads forensic medical services for child victims of sexual abuse integrating with dedicated Barnahus Social Workers, Therapeutic teams and Specialist Forensic Interviewers. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Ireland, Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Member and Examiner for the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine UK. Dr Nelson acts as an expert medical witness for cases of child abuse and neglect. She holds numerous local, regional and national leadership and advocacy positions and participates actively in education, research, teaching and training related to forensic medicine and child protection. |
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Dr. Anish Raj
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Dr. Anish Raj is a triple board-certified pediatric physician who splits his clinical time between WakeMed Pediatric Primary Care and the SAFEchild Advocacy Center. He received his medical degree from the Florida State University College of Medicine and subsequently completed combined program residency training in Pediatrics/Psychiatry/Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Brown University and fellowship training in Child Abuse Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. His academic interests primarily revolve around domestic minor sex trafficking, and his work in the field has allowed him opportunities to present at both pediatric and psychiatry national and international conferences. He also serves as a co-founder of the Adolescent Protection Collaborative, a specialized medical home for sex-trafficked youth in Philadelphia. |
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