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Peeking inside the brain prior to birth

Peeking inside the brain prior to birth

The formation of neural circuitry is an astonishing feat. Within a matter of months, two individual cells transform into a fully functioning nervous system. By adulthood, a single cubic millimeter of human brain tissue, roughly the size of a sharpened pencil tip,...

The Impact of Wartime on Infant Development

The Impact of Wartime on Infant Development

Introduction In 2017, 535 million children (one quarter) of the world’s children lived in countries affected by armed conflict, violence, disaster and/or chronic crisis.[1] In 2018, over 29 million babies were born in conflict-affected areas, starting their lives in...

Founding Generation Symposium 2024

Founding Generation Symposium 2024

The ICIS Founding Generation Summer Fellowship for Undergraduates aims to develop the next generation of scholars to advance innovative research on infancy and translation of research for the public good. The program pairs promising students with research mentors from...

Introducing translational parentomics

Introducing translational parentomics

Understanding and nurturing parenting as the place where development happens Vision: […] But before I go, I feel I must know. What am I? Wanda Maximoff: […] You are a body of wires and blood and bone […] You are my sadness and my hope. And mostly you're my love....

Time to shine the light on children’s rights

Time to shine the light on children’s rights

As a child development researcher, I appreciate the profound impact of childhood experiences on children’s neurodevelopmental, cognitive, social, and emotional trajectories. I, like many of my colleagues, chose this career out of a deeply rooted drive to generate...

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