Necrotizing Enterocolitis, ACEs in Indigenous Communities – Episode 217

Eric C. Eichenwald, MD, FAAP, is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Chief of the Division of Neonatology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is chair of the AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn and has served on the NRP Steering Committee. He is current Chair of the sub-board for Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine of the American Board of Pediatrics. 

Mona Herrington is the Cultural Outreach Manager for Wahwala Iyohlogya (Peaceful Means) project through the IVR lab at University of Nebraska Lincoln. She is also an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota tribe from Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. She has worked in the Interpersonal Violence Research Laboratory with Dr. Katie Edwards for more than seven years on various approaches to violence prevention and survivor support with minoritized populations, specifically Indigenous youth and families as well as sexual and gender minority youth. 

Emily A. Waterman, PhD, is a faculty member in developmental psychology at Bennington College. Dr. Waterman received her PhD in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn State University. Her research focuses on adolescent and young adult development, specifically violence and associated health issues (e.g., mental health). Dr. Waterman’s work spans the spectrum of translational research from discovery science to development and dissemination of preventative interventions; she has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles.