Leaders in the Field
We are very pleased to invite you to join our Webinar series on the first Wednesday of each month. Check out our upcoming speaker below or watch previous webinars here.
Newborn Behavior International (NBI) is proud to present the Leaders in the Field Webinar Series speakers for 2025! Please find the list of confirmed speakers below:
January 1st: No Webinar
February 5th: Karen Adolph (Julius Silver Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University)
March 5th: Elaine Meyer (Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School; Boston Children’s Hospital; Adjunct Professor, College of Nursing University of Rhode Island)
April 2nd: Nicki Dawson (Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa and University of Stellenbosch)
May 7th: Kerim Munir (Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School)
June 4th: Claudia Passos-Ferreira (Assistant Professor of Bioethics at New York University School of Global Public Health)
July 2nd: Betty Hutchon (University College London Hospital, EI SMART, and NBAS & NBO Master Trainer, Brazelton Centre UK)
August: No Webinar
September 3rd: Ndidiamaka Nneoma Amutah – Onukaga (Julia A. Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health, Tufts University)
October 1st: Aditi Subramaniam (Director, Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Policy, MA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC); Faculty, Brazelton Institute and UMass Chan Medical School Early Relational Health)
November 5th: Claudia Gold (Infant-Parent Mental Health Specialist and Author; Faculty, Brazelton Institute and Faculty, UMass Chan Medical School Early Relational Health)
December 3rd: Susan Nicolson (Women’s Mental Health Service, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne; Associate Professor, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Melbourne)
Watch for emails from Newborn Behavior International regarding registration and more information on the topic of the talks!
Centering Critical Consciousness, Critical Self-Reflection, Racial Equity and Inclusion in Reflective Supervision/Consultation
Nucha Isarowong and Carmen Rosa Noroña
From Social Withdrawal Behavior to Shared Pleasure
Professors Kaija Puura and Antoine Guedeney
Conceptual and empirical advances in our understanding about the relationship with the unborn baby, and their implications for practice
Presented by Professor Jane Barlow
How Cultures Care for Young Children, and Why It Matters
Presented by Professors Charles Super and Sara Harkness
Infant Care and Development: Historical change and cross-cultural value conflict in pathways to attachment and family relationships
Presented by Dr. Patricia Marks Greenfield
Revitalizing How We Serve: Sitting at the Feet of the Storyteller
Presented by Dr. Dominique Charlot-Swilley
Neglect in Young Children: Effects on Infants, Caregivers and Providers
Presented by Paula D. Zeanah and Charles H. Zeanah
In 2025, the following speakers have graciously agreed to present: January: No Webinar; February: Karen Adolph (Julius Silver Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York); March: Elaine Meyer (Faculty, Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School; Senior Attending Psychologist Boston Children’s Hospital; Adjunct Professor, College of Nursing University of Rhode Island); April: Nicki Dawson (Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa and University of Stellenbosch); May: Kerim Munir (Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School); June: Claudia Passos-Ferreira (Assistant Professor of Bioethics at New York University's School of Global Public Health); July: Betty Hutchon (Honorary Consultant Neurodevelopmental Occupational Therapist for University College London Hospital, co-chair of the Ei SMART Management Board and NBAS & NBO Master Trainer, Brazelton Centre UK); August: No Webinar; September: Ndidiamaka Nneoma Amutah – Onukaga (Julia A. Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University); October: Aditi Subramaniam (Director, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Policy, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC); Faculty, Brazelton Institute and University of Massachusetts Boston Infant-Parent Mental Health); November: Claudia Gold (Infant-Parent Mental Health Specialist and Author; Faculty, Brazelton Institute and University of Massachusetts Boston Infant-Parent Mental Health); December: Susan Nicolson (Royal Women's Hospital, Centre for Women’s Mental Health, Melbourne; Honorary Fellow in the Department of General Practice and in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne).