One smart upstream investment

January 10, 2018 - POLITICO

Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, was one of 14 public health experts interviewed by POLITICO who shared suggestions thoughts for improving America's health.

"Cut child poverty in half," said Hanna-Attisha. "The more we learn about poverty and the developing brain, the more we realize how poverty — especially early, deep and persistent poverty — can distort the brain and dramatically alter a child’s entire life trajectory."