JPB Research Network Members
Launched in 2015, the JPB Research Network on Toxic Stress brings together a deeply committed and distinguished group of scientists, pediatricians, and community leaders.
Javier Aceves, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Medical Director, Young Children’s Health Center
Institutional link
Byron D. Amos
Board Member, Atlanta Board of Education
CEO, Capacity Builders, Inc.
Website & Full Bio
Louis Appel, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.
Chief Medical Officer and Director of Pediatrics, People’s Community Clinic
Institutional Bio
W. Thomas Boyce, M.D.
Lisa and John Pritzker Distinguished Professor of Developmental and Behavioral Health, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
Institutional Bio
Rahil D. Briggs, Psy.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director of Healthy Steps at Montefiore
Director of Pediatric Behavioral Health Services at Montefiore Medical Group
Institutional Bio
Inger Brown Cheves
Community Engagement Director, Community Partners
Organization link
Kathleen Conroy, M.D., M.S.
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Clinical Director, Boston Children’s Primary Care
Medical Director, Young Parents Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Institutional link
Megan R. Gunnar, Ph.D.
Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota
Institutional Bio
Alise Hegle
Advocacy Project Manager and Policy Lead
Office of Innovation and Policy, Children’s Home Society of Washington
Biographical Profile
Takao K. Hensch, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Center for Brain Science
Director, Conte Center for Basic Mental Health Research at Harvard University
Institutional Bio
Photo of Takao Hensch by Fred Field
Pat Levitt, Ph.D.
Simms/Mann Chair in Developmental Neurogenetics, Institute for the Developing Mind, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
W. M. Keck Provost Professor in Neurogenetics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Director, University of Southern California Neuroscience Graduate Program
Institutional Bio
Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D.
Alfred E. Mirsky Professor
Head, Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University
Institutional Bio
Michael Meaney, C.M., Ph.D., C.Q., F.R.S.C.
Scientific Director, Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Researcher, Douglas Institute
James McGill Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University
Director, Program for the Study of Behaviour, Genes and Environment, McGill University
Institutional Bio
Charles A. Nelson III, Ph.D.
Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research, Boston Children’s Hospital Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience
Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Education, Harvard University
Institutional Bio | The Bucharest Early Intervention Project
Photo of Charles A. Nelson III by Fred Field
Nora Razon
Family and Community Engagement Manager, The Primary School
Institutional Bio
Suzanne Roberts, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Institutional Bio
Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D.
Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Graduate School of Education
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital
Founding Director, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
Full Bio
Photo of Jack P. Shonkoff by Fred Field
Michael F. Troy, Ph.D., L.P.
Medical Director, Behavioral Health Services
Associate Medical Director, Neuroscience Institute Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
Institutional Bio
Wayne Ysaguirre
President and CEO, Nurtury (formerly Associated Early Care and Education)
Institutional Bio
Photo of Wayne Ysaguirre by Mim Adkins
