Dr. Jerome Adams -
As the 20th U.S. Surgeon General and a prior member of the President’s Coronavirus task force, Dr. Adams has been at the forefront of America’s most pressing health challenges. A regular communicator via tv, radio, and in print, Dr. Adams is an expert not just in the science, but also in communicating the science to the lay public, and making it relevant to various audiences.
Dr. Dana Suskind -
As a surgeon, social scientist, and leading authority on the role parents and caregivers play in promoting children’s healthy brain development, Dr. Dana Suskind approaches her fight against this nation’s opportunity gaps from a unique and rich perspective rooted in the knowledge that science can and should be the basis for social change.
Sessions -
Building Life Skills Through Play: An Equity Issue
Missed and Misdiagnosed: The Equity Issues at the Heart of Teen Neurodivergence Diagnoses
Nature as a Protective Factor for Youth Equity
The Intersection of Mental Health and Race in Youth
Social Belonging: Where Science Meets Practice
Understanding Racism's Impact on Child Development
The Advancing Equity Summit will be held virtually on May 7 from 9:30am-3:30pm.
Register here > https://iyi.org/events/ or here > https://web.cvent.com/event/ca36b153-beb8-4b7b-8888-74e5c57219af/websitePage:2db3ff21-0e35-4b60-aec9-5f3a787ed987
