Dr. Berry Brazelton died just short of his 100th birthday in 2018. He was remembered in the Harvard University Memorial Minutes in 2020, written by Leonard Rappaport, Kevin Nugent and Joshua Sparrow. Click here to read.
The Brazelton Institute, welcomed Lise Johnson, MD, as Director on July 1st. 2022, while Dr. Nugent will serve as Director Emeritus. Dr. Johnson brings over 30 years of experience in general pediatrics to her new role as Director, 19 of which have been devoted to newborn care as Medical Director for Well Newborn Care at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Johnson earned her undergraduate degree in Health and Society from Brown University, and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School, where she is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics teaching and supervising both students and residents. She is an author of the Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) system Handbook and has been trained on the NBAS. Currently, Dr. Johnson serves as the Principal Investigator for a Health Resources and Services Administration-funded randomized controlled trial examining the use of the NBO to support first time mothers of late preterm newborns. Lise also serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Health Learners, a nonprofit organization that collaborates with the Zambian Ministries of Health and Education to provide a novel model of school-based health care for primary school children in the slums of Lusaka, Zambia.
Dr. Kevin Nugent 