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Canopy Children’s Solutions – Children’s Mental Health Summit
May 11, 2023 - May 12, 2023
Canopy Children’s Solutions
Keynote Speakers:
Kimberly Noble, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Neuroscience and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. As a neuroscientist and board-certified pediatrician, she studies how socioeconomic inequality relates to children’s cognitive and brain development. Her work examines socioeconomic disparities in cognitive development, as well as brain structure and function, across infancy, childhood and adolescence.
She has funding from the NIH and more than a dozen private foundations, and is one of the principal investigators of Baby’s First Years, the first clinical trial of poverty reduction in the first three years of life.
Dr. Noble received her undergraduate, graduate and medical degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. She was the recipient of the Association for Psychological Science Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions, the American Psychological Association award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, and is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. Her TED talk has received more than 2 million views to date, and her work has received worldwide attention in the popular press.
Piali Ghose is the Senior Director of the MICROSOFT Garage in Reston, VA. The Garage delivers programs and experiences to Microsoft employees, customers, and partners that drive collaboration, creativity, and experimentation. The Garage’s motto “doers, not talkers” continues to be the core of what they are. The Garage attracts people who are passionate about making a difference in the world. They are relentlessly curious and lifelong, hands-on learners. By actively participating in the creative process, regardless of success or failure, each person gets the opportunity to gain valuable insights, increase their knowledge, and learn diverse perspectives.
Piali has been with Microsoft since 2011 and lives in the D.C. area. She received an undergraduate degree from St. Xavier’s College and her master of science and master of business administration from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In 2021, Piali received Microsoft’s Federal Consulting Stars & Stripes Manager Award. She is an advocate for animal welfare, children, economic empowerment and science and technology.