Dr. Hertzman is Director of the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP); Canada Research Chair in Population Health and Human Development and Professor in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC. Nationally, Dr. Hertzman is a fellow of the Experience-based Brain and Biological Developme...
Dr. Hertzman is Director of the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP); Canada Research Chair in Population Health and Human Development and Professor in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC. Nationally, Dr. Hertzman is a fellow of the Experience-based Brain and Biological Development Programme and the Successful Societies Programs of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIfAR). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He holds an honorary appointment at the Institute for Child Health, University College, London.
Dr. Hertzman has played a central role in creating a framework that links population health to human development, emphasizing the special role of early childhood development as a determinant of health. His research has contributed to international, national, provincial, and community initiatives for healthy child development. He is the recipient of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) 2010 Canada’s Health Researcher of the Year and the Canadian Institute of Child Health (CICH) 2010 National Child Day Award.