Wednesday Nite at the Lab

Free UW Alumni Association lecture series: "Early Experiences Elevate Everything: Early Brain and Child Development and the Future of Society," by Dipesh Navsaria.

In his talk, Dipesh Navsaria will discuss the critical importance of the first 1,000 days of life and the key role that human relationships and interactions play during that period. He will review the concepts of toxic stress and how early adversity leads to lifelong issues, offering examples and a discussion of research that highlights these areas. Navsaria will also examine broad policy and programmatic principles that may help to address these issues, providing a framework for those who work with children and families.

Navsaria is a pediatrician working in the public interest, deftly blending the roles of physician, occasional children’s librarian, educator, public-health professional, and child-health advocate. With graduate degrees in public health, children’s librarianship, physician-assistant studies, and medicine, he brings a rare combination of interests and experiences together. In addition to serving as an associate professor of pediatrics in UW–Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health, Navsaria directs its MD–MPH program and is the medical director of its physician-assistant program. Clinically, he practices primary-care pediatrics, with a special interest in underserved populations. He is the founding medical director of Reach Out and Read Wisconsin and is heavily involved in both the training and practice components of child-health advocacy. He also has extensive involvement with the American Academy of Pediatrics at the state and national levels.

Free UW Alumni Association lecture series.

press release: Experience science as exploring the unknown every week at Wednesday Nite @ the Lab. Discover the latest from UW-Madison researchers as they describe their investigations and inventions that are changing how we look at life and how we lead our lives. Join the discussion as learners of all ages find out more and share their ideas, questions and insights.

WN@tL runs every Wednesday night, 50 times a year, and the topics cover the full range of science, engineering and technology research at UW-Madison, from astronomy to zoology, and from bioethics to biomedical engineering. The Genetics/Biotechnology Center is at the intersection of University Avenue and Randall Avenue and is served by over a dozen Metro bus lines.

FREE Admission

7:00 to 8:15 p.m.

Room 1111, The Auditorium

425 Henry Mall