Katherine Lisa Rosenblum, PhD

On a personal note, nature is core to my work, and I use nature metaphors to help parents and families in their healing journey ("Strong Roots Programs"). Nature is also core to my being. I love to walk, hike, and kayak in all kinds of natural beauty. I am an avid reader, and love poetry, literature, and writing.

University of Michigan Health participates with most health insurance plans.

I am a Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Pediatrics at Michigan Medicine, and Program Director of Zero to Thrive, a program focused on promoting the health and wellbeing of families from conception through early childhood through research, training, and service. In Psychiatry I direct the Infant and Early Childhood Clinic (IECC), the psychiatric specialty clinic that serves families with young children from birth to age 6.

My research includes the study of a number of community-based perinatal, infant and early childhood mental health interventions. These include evaluation of the statewide publically funded Michigan Model of Infant Mental Health Home Visiting program. Together with colleagues and community partners I have co-developed a suite of evidence-based multifamily psychotherapy models, the "Strong Roots Programs,” including Mom Power, Fraternity of Fathers, and Strong Roots Perinatal DBT. I am also a co-developer of the Strong Roots Parent Cafe model, a peer-to-peer model designed to promote protective factors and family resilience. For clinic and home-based implementation I have also co-developed a brief promotion strategy called "Thrive with Your Baby Clinic" that focuses on using video review to promote early relational health.

Across my research, clinical work, teaching, and advocacy I focus on strengthening protective factors to promote perinatal and infant and early childhood mental health, support workforce development, and nurture community resilience.