Advocacy with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, Predicting Kindergarten Readiness - Episode 29

Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP is founder and director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, an innovative and model public health program in Flint, Mich. A pediatrician, scientist, activist and author, Dr. Hanna-Attisha has testified three times before the United States Congress. She was awarded the Freedom of Expression Courage Award by PEN America, was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, and most recently was recognized as one of USA Today’s Women of the Century for her role in uncovering the Flint water crisis and leading recovery efforts.

Dr. Hanna-Attisha’s widely acclaimed book What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City, a 2018 New York Times 100 Notable Book, is a riveting account of a shameful disaster that has become a timely playbook of resistance and hope.

Caroline Fitzpatrick, PhD, is an assistant professor at Université Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia, where she teaches psychology and statistics. She is also an appointed research fellow at the University of Johannesburg in the department of childhood education. Her work addresses the childhood origins of education and health inequities. The goal of her research is to inform social policies and public health initiatives aimed at improving child physical and mental health.