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Thrive Center Working Paper Series: Family Mental Health
The bundle includes an introductory overview from Thrive Center Director Matt Biel laying out the vision behind the series and three resources: 1) a policy paper examining…
April 16, 2026
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Thrive Dispatches Season 2, Episode 8: Building Trust Through Community Partnership with Dr. Christine Page-Lopez
This week, Dr. Matt Biel speaks with Dr. Christine Page-Lopez, Associate Medical Director at Neighborhood Health community health centers in Northern Virginia and the Virginia…
February 26, 2026
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Thrive Dispatches Season 2 Episode 7: Navigating Federal Policy in Extraordinary Times (with Dr. Sunny Patel)
In this episode, Dr. Matt Biel speaks with Dr. Sunny Patel, a child psychiatrist who recently served as Senior Advisor at SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…
February 4, 2026
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Thrive Center 2024–2025 Annual Report: Innovation, Research & Community Impact
Our mission is grounded in a commitment to generating rigorous research—and applying it to transform the systems that shape children’s lives, ensuring evidence-based…
February 2, 2026
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Thrive Dispatches Season 2 Episode 6: Breaking the House of Cards (with Jay Chaudhary)
In this episode, Dr. Matt Biel speaks with Jay Chaudhary, former Director of Mental Health and Addiction for Indiana, about transforming an entire state’s behavioral health…
December 10, 2025
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Thrive Dispatches Season 2 Episode 5: Love As An Operational Strategy (with Shawn Hardnett)
Today, Dr. Matt Biel’s conversation with Shawn Hardness, Founder and CEO of Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys in Washington, DC. Shawn built a school that…
November 12, 2025
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Thrive Dispatches Season 2 Episode 4: Building a State System for Early Childhood (with Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky)
In this episode, Dr. Matt Biel speaks with Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky, who leads New Mexico’s Early Childhood Education and Care Department, the first cabinet-level…
October 29, 2025
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Thrive Dispatches S2E3: Creating Communities of Mental Health (with Dr. Susan Swick)
In this episode, Dr. Matt Biel speaks with Dr. Susan Swick, Executive Director of the Ohana Center for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health on California’s Monterey…
October 16, 2025
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Thrive Dispatches Season 2 Episode 2: The Emotional Work of Caregiving (with Dr. Maya Coleman)
In this episode, Dr. Matt Biel speaks with Dr. Maya Coleman, Director of Hand in Hand Parenting and faculty member at the Thrive Center. Hand in Hand is an international…
October 1, 2025
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Thrive Dispatches Season 2 Episode 1: Gaming to Build Better Decision-Making (with Dr. Lynn Fiellin)
In the first episode of season 2 we’re talking about video games. More specifically we’re speaking with Dr. Lynn Fiellin Play2Prevent Lab about how their video games are used…
September 18, 2025