Pediatrics Yale School of Medicine

Mothers who cannot afford diapers exhibit high levels of stress and depression. Dr. Megan Smith, assistant professor of psychiatry in the Child Study Center, Public Health lecturer and director of the MOMs Partnership and Joanne Goldblum, executive director of the National Diaper Bank Network, talk about a new study in the journal Pediatrics and its implications

Medical research on adults can't necessarily be applied to children. Dr. William Tamborlane, director of research services at the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI), talks about the need to study new therapies in children and the stringent protections in place for children who volunteer for clinical trials.

Dr. Ian Gross, Professor of Pediatrics and chief of Perinatal medicine at Yale discusses medical advances that benefit premature infants.

Steven Marans, director of the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence at the Yale Child Study Center discusses chldren's fears, ranging from bedtime anxiety to the threat of real violence in their lives. He talks about what parents and communities can do to help children manage fear in order to have a healthy development.

Margaret Grey, Dean, Yale University School of Nursing, and Annie Goodrich Professor of Nursing Research deliver talks on helping children eat healthy.