Kaija Puura, (born 1961) MD., Ph.D is Professor of Child Psychiatry in Tampere University, Finland, and Chief Physician in the Department of Child Psychiatry in Tampere University Hospital. She has authored or co-authored over 90 peer reviewed articles, chapters in national and international books on assessment and treatment of young children, and since 2020 she is an expert advisor for the national children’s TV-program “Jyrkin ja Neposen kommervenkkejä”. Her book “How to raise your child to become a nice person” has been translated to several languages. Her professional activities as a clinical child psychiatrist have involved combining research activities with clinical work in various projects both in primary care and mental health services. Her current research projects focus on developing new child psychiatric interventions combining digital technology with existing services.  She is the Executive Director of the World Association for Infant Mental Health and Vice President of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions and President of the Finnish Association for Child Psychiatry, and an Associate Editor of the Infant Mental Health Journal.. She has also been member in several national Expert Committees of the Ministry of Social Welfare and Health and Ministry of Finance.