The State of Mental Health and ACES with

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

Join us as we host award winning physician, researcher, public health leader, and California's FIRST EVER Surgeon General, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris on

May 1st from 11:30am-2pm ET

for this powerful 2 hour event covering infant and early childhood mental health, Adverse Childhood Events, trauma informed care, and more!

In this webinar with Dr. Burke Harris, you will discover: 

• The state of mental health, the impact of trauma, and how to heal
• The impact of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) on individual mental health and the preventative childhood experiences that can build resilience
• The determinants of health in children, mental health and trauma in children
• The importance of trauma informed care
• How youth and adolescent can recover from trauma, mental health, and/or substance use
• And more!

Meet Dr. Nadine Burke Harris:

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is an award-winning physician, researcher and public health leader who has spent her career on the front lines of some of our world’s most pressing public health challenges.

As California’s first-ever Surgeon General, she helped guide the state’s COVID response, co-chairing the committee to recommend vaccine allocation and helping California achieve the lowest cumulative mortality of any large state.

Amid the throes of the COVID pandemic, Dr. Burke Harris successfully launched a first-in-the-nation statewide effort to train over 20,000 primary care providers on how to screen for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and respond with trauma-informed care.

Dr. Burke Harris also:

• Received a Masters of Public Health from Harvard
• Completed her residency at Stanford
• Founded a clinic in one of San Francisco's most underserved communities
• Developed a clinical screening protocol for ACEs
• 2011: Founded the Center for Youth Wellness
• Founded Bay Area Research Consortium on Toxic Stress and Health
• Led the first-ever randomized-controlled trial to validate ACE screenings and assess treatment of toxic stress
• Was a committee member and co-author for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine for the consensus report (Vibrant and Healthy Kids: Aligning Science, Practice and Policy to Advance Health Equity; 2019)
• Was a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics' National Advisory Board for Screening
• Gave a Ted Talk titled "How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across the Lifetime" that has been viewed more than 10 million times
• Published a book titled "The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity" 

Her work has been featured in:

• "How Children Succeed" by Paul Tough 
• "Hillbilly Elegy" by J.D. Vance
• Jamie Redford's feature film: "Resilience"
• NPR
• CNN
• Fox News
• USA Today
• New York Times

Awards: 

• Arnold P Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award; presented by the American Academy of Pediatrics 
• Heinz Award for the Human Condition
• 2018's Most Influential Women in Business by the San Fransisco Business Times 
• One of Capitol Weekly's Top 100 Most Influential People in 2020

Don't miss your chance to learn about trauma, ACES, and infant mental health from one of the most talented and influential people in the field on 

May 1st from 11:30am-2pm ET

There will be a panel discussion after the keynote from Dr. Burke Harris.

We hope you'll join us! 

You can earn 2.5 CEUs for joining.

Email Megan Labriola at mlabriola@scimha.org with any questions

A huge thank you to our sponsor, Molina Healthcare!