Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute

Jenny Radesky, M.D.

University of Michigan Medical School

Biography

Dr. Radesky is the David G. Dickinson Collegiate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Michigan Medical School, where she directs the Division of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics. Her NIH-funded research examines the use of mobile and interactive technology by parents and young children, parent-child relationships, and child social-emotional development. She authored the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statements Media and Young Minds and Digital Advertising to Children and is co-Medical Director of the AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health. She is editor of the developmental behavioral pediatrics textbook Encounters With Children, 5th Edition and sits on the Board of Children Youth and Families at the National Academy of Science. Instagram @jennyradeskymd