This is a recording of a presentation Dr. Patricia Lannen, the principal investigator of the “LifeStories project”, delivered during a meeting of the Evidence for Impact Working Group of the Transforming Children's Care Collaborative on 2 October 2024. LifeStories is a 60-year longitudinal study of individuals placed in infant care institutions and Dr. Lannen shared specific findings from this research initiative.
See her recent publications in the BCN library.
Dr. Lannen is a Swiss psychologist trained at the University of Bern and Harvard’s Dana Farber Cancer Institute. She has devoted the last 25 years to research with children in adversity and how it affects their development. Since 2023, she is the director of the Marie Meierhofer Children’s Institute (MMI), an associated Institute of the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
