
At the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago, we use science to drive innovation and fuel social change to help parents and caregivers improve child outcomes.
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We develop cutting-edge interventions, tools, and technology that help optimize foundational brain development, and can be used by individuals and scaled across the country.
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Our approach to preventing early cognitive disparities relies on collaboration. We are committed to building coalitions, sharing knowledge, and achieving victories across systems and communities.
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We produce research, publications, and events that generate support for a public health approach to empowering parents and promoting children’s foundational brain development.
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We share interventions and campaigns designed to help parents, caregivers, and communities promote children’s healthy development, putting resources directly in the hands of those who can use them.
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A profile of the TMW Center details our mission and the programs and resources we have developed to support parents and caregivers.
Learn moreIn a Wall Street Journal Saturday Essay, Dana Suskind examines the potential impacts of artificial superintelligence on children’s developing brains.
Learn moreWriting for CNBC, Dana Suskind outlines the power of nurturing talk and interaction for building young brains.
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Cabinet of WonderThe TMW Center is honored to collaborate with singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant and her creative partners on “Cabinet of Wonder,” a delightful introduction to music, poetry, and the dramatic arts for young audiences, conceived by Ms. Merchant.
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New Frontiers in Behavioral Science: A Global ConferenceTMW Center Co-Directors Dana Suskind and John List were featured speakers at the world’s hallmark conference focused on the intersection of behavioral science and public policy.
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We believe parents and caregivers are an untapped resource with the incentive and capacity to make a difference in their children’s early brain development.
We believe in harnessing the power of communities, educators, and healthcare workers to support families with young children.