Michael Yogman is co-board chair of Playful Learning Landscapes and an advisor to the American Repertory Theater at Harvard, the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and the leadership council of the Center on Universal Education at the Brookings Institute. Recently retired from pediatric practice, he is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Previously, Yogman was associate chief of the division of child development at Boston Children’s Hospital. He has edited books, including In Support of Families and Affective Development in Infancy, and authored numerous articles and chapters. Research interests include the father-child relationship, nutrition and behavior, postpartum depression, prematurity, the power of play, buffering toxic stress, and behavioral health integration in primary care. Yogman serves on boards including Franciscan Children’s Hospital, Boston Basics, is board chair of Boston Children’s Museum, chair of the museum’s advisory board, and state and national task forces on child mental health. Yogman has received many awards for his research and advocacy on child development and behavior, including the outstanding Children’s Museum award at the White House in 2013. In a report for the Academy of Pediatrics he advocated for pediatricians to write a Rx for Play at all visits. In June of 2024 he spoke at the General Assembly panel at the United Nations to celebrate the inaugural International Day of Play. Dr Yogman received his undergraduate degree from Williams College, his medical degree at Yale University and a M Sc degree from the Harvard School of Public Health.