{"id":107600,"date":"2024-02-07T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=107600"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T21:14:15","slug":"walter-gilliam-phd-named-president-of-zero-to-three-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/02\/07\/walter-gilliam-phd-named-president-of-zero-to-three-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter Gilliam, PhD, named president of Zero to Three board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotothree.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zero to Three<\/a>, the nation\u2019s leading early development nonprofit dedicated to ensuring all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life, announced the appointment of Walter Gilliam, PhD, as president of its board of directors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWalter\u2019s insights in early childhood education and mental health are invaluable to our mission to improve and strengthen the ways communities support babies and their families,\u201d said Matthew Melmed, executive director of Zero to Three. Melmed said he is eager to partner with Dr. Gilliam &#8220;to leverage our collective expertise, experience and voices to inspire others \u2014 especially policymakers and other critical decision-makers \u2014 to create lasting impact for babies and toddlers, not just now, but deep into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Gilliam has conducted extensive research on early childhood education and intervention policy analysis, ways to improve the mental health of young children, early childhood expulsions and suspensions, implicit bias in early childhood settings, and the health and well-being of early childhood professionals. He is executive director of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska, where he also holds the Richard D. Holland Presidential Chair in Early Childhood Development. 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