Edward De Vos, EdD, is Director of the Pediatric Program Evaluation and Development Group in the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center and directs research and evaluation activities for Medical-Legal Partnerships.  He is a research psychologist with a long-standing commitment to evidence-based programming from both a research and social policy perspective.  In addition to local and regional efforts, De Vos has been involved in numerous large-scale evaluations, both in the United States and abroad.  His approach emphasizes responsive methodology, frequently combining both quantitative and qualitative methods.  He is committed to the collection of reliable, valid and timely data that are useful for decision makers.

Formerly, De Vos directed the Pediatric & Adolescent Health Research Center (PAHRC) at Tufts-New England Medical Center.  For over a decade, he also served as Director of the Center for Violence & Injury Prevention at Education Development Center (EDC), an international, non-profit R&D organization that bridged the worlds of research, policy and practice.  A senior scientist at EDC for over fifteen years, he served as principal investigator on numerous large-scale multi-site and multi-state research and evaluation efforts.  De Vos’ prior experience includes research director for the family violence program at Children’s Hospital-Boston, and Director of Research and Evaluation for the (then) Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services.

De Vos has taught research, evaluation and statistics at the graduate and professional school levels for many years.  He is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine, and is on the faculty of the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP), and Harvard Medical School.  De Vos earned his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his doctorate from Harvard University.