Larissa Duncan, Ph.D., holds the Elizabeth C. Davies Chair in Child and Family Well-Being at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she is a Professor of Human Development & Family Studies and Family Medicine & Community Health and a faculty affiliate of the Center for Healthy Minds. Dr. Duncan’s research and outreach is focused on multi-level systems change to promote health equity and well-being. She is internationally recognized for her development of a framework to promote and assess mindful parenting, as well as her work to bring mindfulness and compassion training to medical, school, and community contexts. Dr. Duncan employs mixed methods to study the biopsychosocial pathways through which contemplative practices may support healthy child and family development as enhancements to other evidence-based strategies for prevention and lifecourse health promotion. She is committed to improving the cultural relevance of these approaches in partnership with global majority communities. Dr. Duncan mentors graduate students and postdoctoral scholars working in the areas of prevention science, maternal-child health, and reproductive justice using community-based and participatory action research methods.