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The Council’s interdisciplinary group of distinguished members includes leading researchers and scientists representing the fields of neurobiology, pharmacology, psychology, economics, social policy, and pediatric medicine. They are based at private and public research universities in the United States and Canada. In addition, the Council draws upon the work of distinguished contributing members in such fields as economics and communications research.

Council Members

 

shonkoff-council.jpgJack Shonkoff, M.D., Chair

Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development
Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Graduate School of Education
Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston
Director
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

Biographical sketch >>

 

 

levitt.jpgPat Levitt, Ph.D., Science Director

Director, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
Provost Professor of Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Pharmacy
Chair, Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Institutional Bio >>

 

 

 

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Sunny Hill Health Centre/BC Leadership Chair in Child Development; Professor, College for Interdisciplinary Studies and Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

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Bunge.jpgSilvia Bunge, Ph.D.

Director, Bunge Lab
Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychology
Associate Professor, Helen Willis Neuroscience Institute
University of California at Berkeley

Institutional Bio >>

 

 

 

fox.jpgNathan A. Fox, Ph.D.

Distinguished University Professor
Director, Child Development Laboratory, University of Maryland College Park

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Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota

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Arnold Gesell Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology, Yale Child Study Center
Special Advisor to the Dean, Yale School of Medicine

Institutional Bio >>


 

 

 

mcewen.jpgBruce S. McEwen, Ph.D.

Alfred E. Mirsky Professor
Head, Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University

Institutional Bio >>


 

 

 

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Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research, Children's Hospital Boston
Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School

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Photo of Charles A. Nelson III by Fred Field

 

Contributing Members


Susan Nall Bales

President, FrameWorks Institute

Biographical Sketch >>


Judy Cameron, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh

Institutional Bio >>


Greg J. Duncan, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor
Department of Education, University of California, Irvine

Institutional Bio >>


Philip A. Fisher, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
Director, Stress Neurobiology and Prevention Research Laboratory, University of Oregon
Senior Scientist, Oregon Social Learning Center

Institutional Bio >>


William Greenough, Ph.D.

Swanlund Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Cell and Developmental Biology
Director, Center for Advanced Study at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Institutional Bio >>


Eric Knudsen, Ph.D. 

Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor of Neurobiology
Stanford University School of Medicine

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Deborah Phillips, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Associated Faculty, Public Policy Institute
Co-Director, Research Center on Children in the U.S.
Georgetown University

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Arthur J. Rolnick, Ph.D
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Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Human Capital Research Collaborative
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota

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ABOUT THE COUNCIL

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Find out about the Council’s mission, members, and staff. More >>

COUNCIL PUBLICATIONS

The Council has created a series of publications to marry the science of early childhood and brain development with state-of-the-art communications research designed to effectively translate that knowledge for non-scientific audiences. More >>

 

Major support for the Council has been provided by: the Birth to Five Policy Alliance, the Buffett Early Childhood Fund, Casey Family Programs, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Norlien Foundation, and the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.