Kay Connors is an instructor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, executive director of the Taghi Modarressi Center for Infant Study, and a program director for the Baltimore-Network of Early Services Transformation (B-NEST), NCTSN Category III Center and Center of Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Connors is a clinical social worker specializing in working with families and young children dealing with traumatic stress. She trains providers in infant and early childhood mental health core competencies and evidence-based practices, including child-parent psychotherapy. She works in interprofessional teams and with community and state leaders to increase access to child and family trauma and mental health resources.