Pandemic Impact: Reporting from Households with Small Children

Join us for a discussion on the RAPID-EC Study that's shaping the national conversation about the pandemic's effects!  The Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development - Early Childhood Study (RAPID-EC) is an ongoing survey of nationally representative households with children ages 0-5 that gathers essential information on the needs, health promoting behaviors, and well-being of children and their families during this COVID-19 pandemic. These results can provide actionable data to key stakeholders to inform immediate and long-term policy decisions. We will hear from RAPID-EC Project Director, Dr. Phil Fisher, and renowned Policy Advisor and Scholar, Dr. Joan Lombardi.  

Dr. Philip Fisher is the Philip H. Knight Chair and Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon, where he serves as Founding Director of the Center for Translational Neuroscience. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center on the Developing Child and a member of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, both based at Harvard University. Philip’s research focuses on developing and evaluating early childhood interventions in socially and economically marginalized communities.

Dr. Joan Lombardi is a Senior Scholar at the Center for Child and Human Development at Georgetown University, focusing on global child development issues. She has been a policy advisor to organizations such as UNICEF, WHO, The World Bank and countless others. She also served as the first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood during the Obama Administration 2009-2011, and as the first Director of Child Care and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and External Affairs in the Administration for Children and Families during the Clinton Administration (l993-98).