EP 971B - How to Build Your Baby's Brain

Guest Bio: Gail Gross, PhD, EdD, MEd

Gail Gross, PhD, EdD, MEd, is a nationally recognized family and child development expert, author and lecturer. Her positive and integrative approach to difficult issues helps families navigate today’s complex problems. Dr. Gross is frequently called upon by national and regional media to offer her insight on topics involving family relationships, education, behavior, and development issues.

Dr. Gross has contributed to broadcast, print and online media including CNN, the Today Show, FOX’s The O’Reilly Factor, MSNBC, The New York Times and USA Today. She is a veteran radio talk show host as well as the host of the nationally syndicated PBS program, “Let’s Talk.”

Dr. Gross is a longtime leader in finding solutions to the nation’s toughest education challenges. In 1996, she co-founded the first-of-its kind Cuney Home School with her husband Jenard, in partnership with Texas Southern University. The school serves as a national model for improving the academic performance of students from housing projects by engaging the parents. Additionally, she recently completed leading a landmark, yearlong study in the Houston Independent School District to examine how stress-reduction affects academics, attendance, and bullying in elementary school students, and a second study on stress and its effects on learning.

Such work has earned her accolades from distinguished leaders such as the Dalai Lama, who presented her with the first Spirit of Freedom award in 1998. Most recently, she received the Good Heart Humanitarian Award from Jewish Women International and was named One of Houston’s Most Influential Women of 2016 by Houston Women’s Magazine.