Cynthia Osborne joins the GROW.V.BABY (Group Wellness Visits for Babies and Family) explores how state-level prenatal-to-three policies translate evidence into measurable benefits for families. The conversation covers key components of the Prenatal-to-Three Policy Impact Center’s Roadmap, including high-impact policy levers, policy impact calculators and benefit–cost analyses for policymakers, and resources available through the Clearinghouse. The talk also highlights emerging policy areas—paid leave, child care, enhanced Medicaid reimbursement, and extended postpartum care—with attention to how evaluated programs and strategies can scale across states.

Cynthia Osborne is a Professor of Early Childhood Education and Policy in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College. She is the founder and executive director of the national Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, an academic research center that translates the science of the developing child into state level policies with the strongest evidence base of effectiveness. Osborne is a 2023 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow and has also co-authored reports for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years and Exploring the Opportunity Gap for Young Children from Birth to Age Eight. Osborne holds a Ph.D. in demography and public affairs from Princeton University, a Master in Public Policy degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and a Master of Arts in education from Claremont Graduate University.