9:30 - 9:35 AM Opening Remarks
Daniel Belsky, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health
9:35 - 10:15 AM Flash Talks: Maternal and Infant Health
Chair: Daniel Belsky
5 min flash talks and discussant remarks, 20 min Q&A
- Dani Dumitriu, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia Psychiatry - COVID-19 Mother Baby Outcomes Study
- Pamela Scorza, Assistant Professor of Reproductive Sciences (in Obstetrics and Gynecology), Columbia Medical Center - The Nurse Family Partnership and Offspring DNA Methylation: Biological Embedding of Early Intervention
- Brooke West, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Columbia School of Social Work - Provider Stigma and Discrimination and the Impact on Drug-Related Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
Discussant: Catherine Monk, Professor of Medical Psychology, Columbia Medical Center
10:15 – 10:55 AM Flash Talks: Policies and Interventions
Chair: Daniel Belsky
5 min flash talks and discussant remarks, 20 min Q&A
- Jamie Daw, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health – Leveraging Medicaid policy to improve maternal health equity in the United States
- Chris Wimer, Senior Research Scientist and Project Director of the Robin Hood Poverty Tracker – Early impacts of Room to Grow: Combining parenting and financial support for families with children age zero to three
- Sonya Troller-Renfree, Post-doctoral Research Associate at Columbia University– The impact of maternal stress on infant neural development
Discussant: Kim Noble, Professor of Neuroscience and Education, Columbia Teacher’s College
10 minute break
11:05- 11:55 PM Round Table: State of new federal policy as it affects children and families
(50 minutes)
Moderator: Elizabeth Ananat, Mallya Professor of Women and Economics, Barnard College
- Rob Hartley, Assistant Professor of Micro-Economics, Columbia School of Social Work
- Jane Waldfogel, Compton Foundation Centennial Professor for the Prevention of Children’s and Youth Problems, Columbia School of Social Work
- Ron Mincy, Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice, Columbia School of Social Work
- Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child and Parent Development and Education
11:55 – 12:00 PM Closing Remarks
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child and Parent Development and Education