Comer also serves as director of the Network for Enhancing Wellness in Disaster-Affected Youth (NEW DAY), a SAMHSA-funded program in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) that provides trauma-informed training and consultation to youth-serving professionals in disaster-prone and disaster-hit regions.
First, his work focuses on the development of innovative methods to improve access to effective mental health treatments and services.
[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] He also uses epidemiologic datasets to determine problems in the quality and accessibility of mental health services.[22][23] Second, he has focused much of his career on exploring anxiety disorders and behavioral issues which appear early in life.
[39][40][41][42][43][44][45] He has published extensively, and received media attention, on the impact of the 9/11 terror attacks, the Boston Marathon bombing, Hurricane Irma and the COVID-19 pandemic.
[9] Fourth, Comer's work in recent years has expanded to study biological markers and neurocircuitry patterns associated with psychopathology and treatment response.
[62] He also serves as Chair of the Miami International Child and Adolescent Mental Health (MICAMH) conference, an annual interdisciplinary conference hosted at Florida International University that presents evidence-based practices in child and adolescent mental health.