Training
Learn with us. Our innovative and bold solutions prevent the transfer of risk from one generation to the next.
Zero To Thrive is built on the premise that the period from pregnancy through early childhood is an especially sensitive time for mitigating the multi-generational effects of inequity, trauma, and adversity and promoting mental health.
We believe that providing families, from the start, with cutting-edge treatment and tools needed to sustain nurturing, supportive relationships from the start will serve as a protective buffer that allows families to thrive now and into the next generation. Z2T will therefore harness the power of collaboration across the University of Michigan and with communities to create a portfolio of research, treatment, training, and advocacy initiatives that support well-being and resilience across two generations.
Research training opportunities offer access to one of the world’s premier research institution’s faculty and resources. The University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry ranks in the top 15 in NIH research funding. The Zero To Thrive Faculty are committed to creating the next generation of researchers who will find bold solutions that prevent the transfer of risk from one generation to the next.
Strong Roots Trainings
Multidisciplinary Training
The UM Department of Psychiatry and Z2T offer destination training for multiple disciplines interested in perinatal and infant and young children’s mental health.
The Perinatal and Infant and Early Childhood Psychiatry Clinics provide multidisciplinary training opportunities for medical students, Psychiatry Residents and Fellows, Psychology Trainees and Post-Doctoral Fellows, Social Work Interns and Post Graduate Fellows, and UM OB/GYN Women’s Health Fellows. UM students as well as students from other institutions have taken advantage of the opportunity to prepare to be a clinician that is able to provide women, infants, and young children with exceptional care. We provide opportunities to learn in a multidisciplinary setting among national and international leaders. We seek passionate, highly-motivated individuals across disciplines and levels who seek to have an impact on women, families, and young children.
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FEATURED FACULTY
Megan Julian, Ph.D.
Clinical Lecturer of Psychiatry
Dr. Megan Julian completed her doctoral degree in clinical and developmental psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, with postdoctoral training at the Yale Child Study Center and University of Michigan Center for Human Growth and Development. Dr. Julian has research and clinical expertise in the areas of early childhood mental health, parent-child relationships, and trauma. Specifically, she is interested in how early relational care affects the course of development, and how relationships can be enhanced in order to support children’s development. She also studies the psychological and biological processes that drive parenting behavior, and how parent- and child-level contextual factors facilitate or impede these processes.
Dr. Julian was a recent recipient of the Todd Ouida Clinical Scholar Award, designed to further the research of outstanding young scientists focused on improving outcomes for those suffering from childhood anxiety and depression. She will be using the award funds for a project titled, ‘Building a new research network for academic programs and clinics in the field of early childhood mental health: Collecting research data utilizing the DC:0-5 diagnostic framework‘.