Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP
Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP, California’s first-ever Surgeon General, Harris’ revelatory work educating the public about how childhood trauma can live on in our bodies and take decades off our lives, has put Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on the map for a new generation. Dr. Harris is an award-winning physician, researcher, and public health leader who has spent her career on the front lines of some of our world’s most pressing public health challenges.
Dr. Burke Harris’ career has been dedicated to serving vulnerable communities and combating the root causes of health disparities. After completing her MPH at Harvard and residency at Stanford, she founded a clinic in one of San Francisco’s most underserved communities, Bayview Hunters Point. It was there that Burke Harris identified Adverse Childhood Experiences as a major risk factor affecting the health of her patients and applied research from the CDC and Kaiser Permanente to develop a novel clinical screening protocol.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is a senior advisor for ACE Resource Network and a scientific advisor and stockholder with Embark Neuro. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
