Marie Kanne Poulsen PhD

Dr. Marie Poulsen has worked extensively with service delivery, program development, research, and policy addressing the needs of vulnerable infants and young children and their families. She is a Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr appointee and Chair of California's Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Intervention. Her specialties include infant-family and early childhood mental health and children with special developmental and health care needs. Dr. Poulsen's work centers on supporting families to build resilience in young children at-risk due to biological and psycho-social circumstances, including developmental disabilities, chronic illness, perinatal substance exposure, maternal depression, out-of-home placement, domestic violence, and the stresses of poverty.