Policy Strategies to Support Children's Development, Health, & Wellbeing

On October 4, 2022, the National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives (NPSC) and the FRONTIER program at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) at UNC-Chapel Hill convened internationally recognized experts on child neurobiology. These experts presented their findings on the essential role of economic support for young families in promoting healthy child development.
Speakers discussed the science of early brain development, studies that examine how measures of brain function are indicators of improved academic social and self-regulation skills later in childhood, and the evidence for the positive effects of modest economic support for young families.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, provided opening remarks. Other speakers included:
Dana Suskind, M.D., a Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Public Policy (affiliated) at the University of Chicago and Co-Director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health. She is the author of Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brain and of the New York Times bestselling book, Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child's Potential, Fulfilling Society's Promise
Donald Shepard, Ph.D., M.P.P., B.A., a Professor at the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy at the Heller School, Brandeis University.
Cynthia Rogers, M.D., a child psychiatrist and full professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Washington University. She co-directs the Washington University Neonatal Development Research (WUNDER) lab.
Joan Luby, M.D., the Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Psychiatry (Child) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is the founder and director of the Washington University School of Medicine Early Emotional Development Program (EEDP)
Kimberly Noble, M.D., Ph.D., a Professor of Neuroscience and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

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