Jenny Radesky, MD

Dr. Jenny Radesky is a Board-Certified Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician who serves as the Division Director of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics at Michigan Medicine. Her clinical training and interests focus on developmental health equity, advocacy, parent-child relationships, trauma, and neurodiversity. As Division Director, her vision is to improve access to family-centered, strengths-based developmental and behavioral supports in the medical system and the community.

Dr. Radesky's research examines mobile and interactive media, parent-child relationships, and social emotional development. She collaborates with developmental psychologists, information scientists, and communications scholars to conduct studies that inform policy and parenting. She is Chair of the Council on Communications and Media at the American Academy of Pediatrics, where she has authored policy statements "Media and Young Minds" and "Digital Advertising to Children."