Conversation on Autism with Emily Feinberg, ScD, CPNP

Conversation on Autism with Emily Feinberg, ScD, CPNP

From C2: Critical Conversations that Lie at the Heart of Health Justice by BUSPH CoE in Maternal and Child Health

July 16, 2025 · 47 min · Season 4 · Episode 5

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The episode features a conversation with Dr. Emily Feinberg about autism, public health, and the inequities in access to developmental and mental health services.

There have been a lot of public health topics that have become widely discussed, dissected, and debated within public discourse: Vaccines, Climate Change, Nutrition, and especially Autism. Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnoses have increased in recent years, sparking a variety of positive, but also negative, responses. Over the years, increased research has led to more understanding about how to support our community members on the spectrum I’m joined today by Dr. Emily Feinberg, ScD, CPNP. Dr. Feinberg is the Director of Emerging Projects for the TEAM UP Scaling and Sustainability Center. She is currently a professor at the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute, Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at Brown University School of Public Health. Emily is a pediatric nurse practitioner at DotHouse Health. She has served as core faculty on Boston University’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau-funded Maternal Child Center of Excellence, mentoring MPH and DrPH students. The impetus for her research has come from the disturbing inequities in access to developmental and mental health services that she has witnessed among the children and families with whom she…

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