Podcast Episode 17
Did COVID-19 Affect Early Child Development?
Did COVID-19 Affect Early Child Development?
Masks. Social distancing. School closures. COVID was a stressful and confusing time for all, but did the pandemic leave long lasting effects on the development of children who were living through it? Dr. Dani Dumitriu, a pediatrician, neuroscientist, pediatric environmental health scientist, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University, joins us to talk about the latest research on how COVID affected children and families from a developmental and relational health perspective, and what we’ve learned about how to mitigate the effects of a similar upheaval on children in the future.
Masks. Social distancing. School closures. COVID was a stressful and confusing time for all, but did the pandemic leave long lasting effects on the development of children who were living through it? Dr. Dani Dumitriu, a pediatrician, neuroscientist, pediatric environmental health scientist, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University, joins us to talk about the latest research on how COVID affected children and families from a developmental and relational health perspective, and what we’ve learned about how to mitigate the effects of a similar upheaval on children in the future.
Guest
Guest
Dr. Dani Dumitriu is a pediatrician, neuroscientist, pediatric environmental health scientist, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University. She is Principal Investigator of the DOOR lab (Developmental Origins Of Resilience), Chair of the COMBO Initiative, and Director of the Center for Early Relational Health. She also spends 20% of her time as a newborn hospitalist in Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital’s Newborn Medicine Unit.