On November 14, 2024, Brown University and the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute held a day-long conference, Social Media and Children's Mental Health at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. This convening brought together youth, parents, clinicians, educators and policymakers to share strategies and solutions to address the mental health of children and youth in the digital age.
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