EP #450 - 3.4.2022 - Research and Policy Action for Children in the Pandemic

Today I welcome Marla Petal Principal Advisor for School Safety and Resilience for Save the Children.
Dr. Marla Petal is Save the Children’s Principal Advisor for School Safety and Resilience. Her educational background is in social work and urban planning, and her research background is in education policy, full inclusion, public education for risk reduction and resilience, and earthquake epidemiology. She has 20 years of experience in advocacy and programming community and school risk reduction and resilience.
During CoVID she channeled her mentor Kevin Ronan to launch the Converge Working Group on the Impacts of Covid on Children, Youth and Schools, and co-developed a priority research agenda to last for a decade.  Professionals and grad student then volunteered to review the research so-far on pandemic impacts on children & youth well-being.