Dana Suskind

About Dana Suskind

Dana Suskind, MD is Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program, and Founder and Co-Director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago. She is the author of “Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brain” (Dutton, 2015) and the forthcoming “Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise” (Dutton, 2022).

Motivated by the research that points to the powerful role that parents and caregivers play in enhancing children’s foundational brain development, the TMW Center develops evidence-based interventions to support their efforts. Dr. Suskind and her team strive to generate not only a population-level shift in parents’ knowledge of healthy brain development, but in public support for policies and practices that will enable parents to put that knowledge into practice.

For more information, visit the TMW Center website at https://tmwcenter.uchicago.edu/.