GREER KIRSHENBAUM PHD

NEUROSCIENTIST, INFANT AND FAMILY SLEEP EXPERT, DOULA, LIFE COACH

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I am very proud to be the first Neuroscientist Doula!

 

Transforming lives by improving health is my life’s work and passion. For over 15 years, in academic neuroscience laboratories, I studied how genetics and experience shape the brain, nervous system and body to influence lifelong mental and physical health.  With a deep love and commitment to this work I earned competitive grants and published numerous articles to develop novel treatments for illness. 

 

Over time in the lab I became increasingly inspired to bring existing powerful knowledge to families, because what we currently know has tremendous power to transform lives, minds and health and make the world a better place for future generations.

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My mission is to teach the science and support the art of nurturing infants so families can use sound science to enhance every single day of their children's lives.  Early life experience is so paramount and foundational to creating a healthy brain, mind and body; I can't imagine knowing about this work and not sharing it with the world.

 

Together we can create a paradigm shift towards a healthier society.   

  

 

Training and Education

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Neuroscience and Mental Health

Dalhousie University: BSc Honors Neuroscience

University of Toronto: PhD Medical Science and Neuroscience

Columbia University: Postdoctoral Research Fellow 

Columbia University: Assistant Professor, Lecturer   

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Parent Infant Relationships and Mental Health

New York University Medical School Institute for Psychoanalytic Education:

 Psychodynamic Thinking and Practice  

Yale University Child Study Center: Minding the Baby

The Toronto Psychoanalytic Society and Institute: Parent Infant Psychotherapy   

The Hospital for Sick Children: Infant Mental Health Promotion

 

Doula

DONA International: Birth Doula

DONA International: Postpartum Doula 

Bebo Mia: Maternal Support Practitioner - Fertility, Birth and Postpartum Doula

 

Life Coaching

Center for Applied Neuroscience: Life Coach.  

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Continuing Education

As a lifelong learner I continue to educate myself in new and exciting areas that promote health starting from early life.

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See CV: Education, Awards and Funding, Publications, Presentations, Lectures.

“I've learned that people will forget        what you said, people will forget  what you did, but people will never forget  how you made them feel.”

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 Maya Angelou