With the Fall semester underway, the BU Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being would like to formally welcome new Faculty Governing Board members Lindsey Locks, MPH, ScD, and Erika (Gaby) Cordova Ramos, MD. Dr. Lindsey Locks, ScD MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Health Sciences (Sargent College) and Global Health (School of Public […]
Associate Director for Research Dr. Ruth Paris and Faculty Governing Board member Dr. Peter Rockers were both awarded pilot grants from the Clinical & Translational Science Institute. Dr. Paris’ pilot, will track the experiences of mothers in recovery and their young children in order to identify short- and long-term risk and resiliency factors for further […]
Associate Director of Research, Ruth Paris, offers insight on how universal pre-k can impact youth development. Excerpt from The 19th* (19thnews.org) By Mariel Padilla “In his early career as a law enforcement officer, Vernon Stanforth, the president of the National Sheriffs’ Association, said he often saw arrests of grandfathers, fathers and sons of the same […]
Excerpt from Health City (healthycity.bmc.org) Includes research from Early Childhood Well-Being Institute Inauguaral Director, Dr. Ruth Paris By Caitlin White A new clinical trial will research how BRIGHT, a trauma-responsive, attachment-based therapeutic parenting intervention, helps mothers with addiction. It’s 3 a.m. A newborn is fussing and crying, unable to communicate what they need. It’s a […]