The Picower Institute's biennial spring symposium "Early Life Stress & Mental Health" is a daylong event that will feature talks and panel discussions among neuroscientists, psychologists, physicians, policy experts, and parents as they examine how experience and biology combine to affect the development of young minds.

Speakers include:

Marc Berman , University of Chicago

Renee Boynton-Jarrett , Boston University

Nadine Burke Harris , Center for Youth Wellness

Geoffrey Canada , Harlem Children's Zone

Frank Farrow , Center for the Study of Social Policy

Patricia Findley , Rutgers University

Ravi Raju , Picower Institute, MIT

Jonathan Rose , Jonathan Rose Companies LLC

Frank Schilbach , MIT

Laura Schulz , MIT

Jack Shonkoff , Harvard University

Jose Antonio Vargas , Define American