Nadine Burke Harris (born 1975) is a Canadian-American pediatrician who has been the Surgeon General of California since 2019; she is the first person appointed to that position. She is known for linking adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress with harmful effects to health later in life.Hailed as a pioneer in the treatment of toxic stress, she is an advisory council member for Hillary Rodham Clinton's Clinton Foundation's Too Small to Fail campaign,and the founder and former chief executive officer of the Center for Youth Wellness. Her work was also featured in Paul Tough's book How Children Succeed.
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