A pediatrician and the founder and CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness, Nadine Burke Harris, M.D., receives the Heinz Award for the Human Condition for addressing toxic stress in children, a significant, yet often unrecognized risk factor for chronic disease later in life.
Having dedicated her career to working with children from underserved communities, Dr. Burke Harris is transforming pediatric care by pioneering protocols to identify and treat the spiraling effects of toxic stress in children. Dr. Burke Harris was the founding physician of the Bayview Child Health Center (BCHC), established in San Francisco in 2007. After identifying Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress as a major health threat to her patients, Dr. Burke Harris created the Center for Youth Wellness (CYW) in 2011 with a mission to prevent, screen and heal the impacts of ACEs and toxic stress.
Research has linked ACEs to a significantly increased risk of chronic disease later in life, including diabetes, asthma, kidney and heart disease, obesity, cancer, substance abuse, depression and suicide.
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