Katie Sherman is a Project Manager at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. Katie has been at the Center since 2017, and over her tenure has developed an increasingly diverse portfolio of work supporting both the Center’s measurement development work as well as internal standards for staff management, namely in the areas of project management and equitable hiring practices. As part of the measurement development work, Katie oversees the Health’s Early Roots & Origins (HERO) Study, managing a cohort of more than 15 sites investigating children’s biological and behavioral responses to stress. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Rochester.