Meghalaya State Capability Forum Event 1
Theme: Science of Early Childhood Development with Dr. Jack Shonkoff
Place: Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Dr. Jack Shonkoff gave insights on the Science of Early Childhood Development at the 2nd session of the MSCF.
Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., is the Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Graduate School of Education; Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital; Research Staff at Massachusetts General Hospital; and Director of the university-wide Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. He currently chairs the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, whose mission is to bring credible science to bear on public policy affecting children and families, and The JPB Research Network on Toxic Stress, which is developing new measures of stress effects and resilience in young children.
