“The Pathways to Resilience initiative is an opportunity to think and engage others about what we can do clinically for marginalized youth, but also think structurally and comprehensively about what needs to be done differently so youth can thrive.” – Mikah Owen, MPH, MD

In this final installment of our Engaging Experts series, Dr. Mikah Owen and Dr. Roy Wade, Jr., suggest that ACEs is just a starting point for understanding and representing the array of trauma that youth face. They ask practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to think beyond clinical responses to trauma to also consider how adverse childhood experiences can be averted. 

Dr. Owen and Dr. Wade serve as members of the Pathways to Resilience Expert Advisory Committee. Dr. Owen, MD, MPH, MBA, is Co-Principal Investigator and Senior Director, Clinical and Academic Programs & Health Equity, at the UCLA-UCSF ACEs Aware Family Resilience Network (UCAAN). Dr. Wade, MD, PhD, MPH, MSHP, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and a general pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Cobbs Creek Primary Care.