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Symposium on the Developing Brain and Early Childhood Mental Health: From Research to Pediatric Practice

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Registration

3rd Annual Symposium

All physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, psychologists and social workers are invited to attend.

Hybrid event in-person and on Zoom

Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain
Community Center Multipurpose Room 1-510
2025 East River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55414

Upon completion of this educational activity, learners should be better able to:
  • Recognize the role that the first three years of life play on development
  • Recognize the importance of early relationships and parental mental health for normal child brain development
  • Identify children who may be at risk 
  • Create successful programs in pediatric care

Speakers

Introduction:

Maria Kroupina, PhD
Birth to Three Clinic and Early Childhood Mental Health Program,
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota

Michael Georgieff, MD
Co-Director, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain

Keynote Speaker:

Elysia P. Davis, PhD
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Denver
Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of (in)Equality

Judith Eckerle, MD
Adoption Medicine Clinic, University of Minnesota

Arif Somani, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Heart Center, MHealth Fairview

Rebecca Pournoor, MSW
Metropolitan State University; MHealth Fairview
 
Nora Erickson, PhD, LP
Birth to Three Clinic and Early Childhood Mental Health Program,
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota


Hosted by Department of Pediatrics and Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain