Here are some of the latest developments at the Center on the Developing Child.

News Release

“Five Harvard Graduate Students Receive Julius B. Richmond Fellowships”
Five Harvard graduate students have been awarded these dissertation grants from the Center on the Developing Child, it was announced on Aug. 27, 2009. The five, all doctoral students pursuing research related to child health or development, will each receive a $10,000 award from the Center to fund independent research during the 2009-10 academic year.

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Event

Global Early Childhood Development Research Meeting
In July 2009, to mark the launch of its global initiative, the Center on the Developing Child convened a group of 25 academics and scholars from every inhabited continent to solicit advice on setting the agenda for its initial entry into international research on early childhood development issues.

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Journal Article

“Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and the Childhood Roots of Health Disparities: Building a New Framework for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.”
This new paper, published in the June 3, 2009, issue of JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association and co-authored by Center Director Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., argues that the origins of many adult diseases can be traced to negative experiences early in life, so confronting the causes of adversity before and shortly after birth may be a promising way to improve adult health and reduce premature deaths. The article’s other co-authors are both members of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child: W. Thomas Boyce, M.D., College for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of British Columbia; and Bruce McEwen, Ph.D., Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University.

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