Kimberley Noble, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Education at Columbia University, will be speaking on Thursday, October 12, on “Socioeconomic Inequality and Children’s Brain Development.” The lecture will take place from 1:00pm – 2:00pm in Room 160 East (Events Hall) at the Commonwealth Honors College.
Professor Noble studies how socioeconomic inequality relates to children’s cognitive and brain development from infancy through adolescence. She is particularly interested in understanding how early in infancy or toddlerhood such disparities develop; the modifiable environmental differences that account for these disparities; and the ways we might harness this research to inform the design of interventions. Along with a multidisciplinary team from around the country, she is currently launching the first clinical trial of poverty reduction to assess the causal impact of income on children’s cognitive, emotional and brain development in the first three years of life, funded by NIH as well as a consortium of private founders.