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Dr. Jean Clinton

Meet Dr. Jean Clinton, MD FRCP (C)

Jean Clinton is an Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience at McMaster, division of Child Psychiatry. She is on staff at McMaster Children's Hospital. In addition, she is an Associate in the Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Sick Children's Hospital. She is an Associate Member of the Offord Centre for Child Studies. She has been a consultant to child welfare and children's mental health programs for 25 years.

Currently, as a member of Hamilton’s Best Start Network, she leads the Primary Care Engagement Strategy for the enhanced 18-month-well-baby visit . She sits on the Provincial Implementation Committee and was a member of the “Getting It Right at 18-Months Expert Panel” for the Provincial Best Start Initiative and is the lead for the provincial education subcommittee. She is a Fellow of Dr. Fraser Mustard’s Council for Early Child Development.

Her work for children has been recognized locally in Hamilton where she was nominated for Citizen of the Year in 2005. More recently, at the national level, she was awarded the Naomi Rae Grant Award from the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent for career commitment and dedication to community intervention, consultation and prevention in the area of early child development in Ontario and Canada.

Dr. Clinton is renowned locally, provincially, nationally and more recently internationally as an advocate for children’s issues. Her special interest lies in brain development, and the crucial role relationship and connectedness play therein. She speaks to many groups, advocating the importance of relationships, early child development and brain development, parenting and asset building. Jean champions the development of a system of early learning and child care for all young children, which she believes plays a vital role in promoting healthy child development. She is equally committed to ensuring that children's and youths' needs and voices are heard and respected and she actively promotes the celebration of National Child Day in Hamilton and other communities.

She has authored papers on early child development and poverty, resilience and adolescent brain development.

Dr. Clinton holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Education and a medical degree and Fellowship in Psychiatry from McMaster University. Jean’s greatest accomplishment is being the mother of 5 GREAT, kids who range in age from 15 to 25 years.

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