{"id":1073,"date":"2025-04-01T14:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:11:13","slug":"the-early-childhood-well-being-research-connections-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/2025\/04\/01\/the-early-childhood-well-being-research-connections-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Early Childhood Well-Being Research Connections 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The Early Childhood Well-Being Research Connections 2025 event, held on March 26th and hosted by the Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being, brought together researchers and faculty from across Boston University to highlight innovative work in early childhood research.<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The program featured six dynamic flash talks from BU faculty across diverse disciplines, including:<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, PhD \u2013 School of Social Work<\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Jana Iverson, PhD \u2013 Sargent College<\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Dina C. Castro, PhD, MPH \u2013 Wheelock College<\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Diana Dansereau, PhD \u2013 College of Fine Arts<\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Tara Mandalaywala, PhD \u2013 College of Arts &amp; Sciences<\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Alicia Mendez, PhD \u2013 School of Social Work<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Topics ranged from child equity and brain development to education, music, and community practice\u2014demonstrating the power of interdisciplinary collaboration and convergent research to drive meaningful change. The event also included breakout discussions and a networking reception, providing a space for connection and future collaboration. Thank you for supporting Early Childhood Well-Being Research at BU. We look forward to continuing this important work together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ecinstitute\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-31-at-1.50.44\u202fPM-636x477.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"477\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1086 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-31-at-1.50.44\u202fPM-636x477.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-31-at-1.50.44\u202fPM-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-31-at-1.50.44\u202fPM-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-31-at-1.50.44\u202fPM.png 1412w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Early Childhood Well-Being Research Connections 2025 event, held on March 26th and hosted by the Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being, brought together researchers and faculty from across Boston University to highlight innovative work in early childhood research. The program featured six dynamic flash talks from BU faculty across diverse disciplines, including: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, PhD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19837,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1090,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions\/1090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}