For couples & families
Build calmer, more connected, brain-healthy family foundations—before children, through pregnancy, and across early parenthood.
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Neuroscience for the relationships that shape us
Brain health is shaped in relationship.
I translate developmental and clinical neuroscience into practical, culturally responsive strategies for healthier families, teams, and communities.
Ph.D. Neuroscience · Georgetown Medicine
Postdoctoral training · Stanford Medicine
Postdoctoral training · Stanford Medicine
Research and practice across
Georgetown
MedicineStanford
MedicineNational Institutes
of HealthUniversity of
San FranciscoEnglish
& Español
MedicineStanford
MedicineNational Institutes
of HealthUniversity of
San FranciscoEnglish
& Español
Meet Dr. Edith
Rigorous neuroscience.
A deeply human lens.
Dr. Edith Brignoni is a developmental cognitive and clinical neuroscientist, educator, consultant, communicator, and founder of Baby Abrazo.
Her work examines how early caregiving, stress, language, culture, and social environments shape the developing brain; how caregiving and parenthood shape the brains of mothers, fathers, and other caregivers; and how this knowledge can support healthier lives and relationships beyond the laboratory.
Dr. Brignoni earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed her postdoctoral work at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her experience spans academic research, federal health programs, university teaching, community education, and bilingual family brain health innovation and application.
Across every setting, Dr. Brignoni’s purpose is consistent: to protect the integrity of the science while making it understandable, relevant, and possible to act on to improve and maintain optimal health for every family.
Start where you are
(Neuro)Science becomes useful when it meets real life.
Choose the path that best reflects what you are building, navigating, or trying to change.
For organizations & teams
Translate brain and behavioral science into healthier interactions, stronger cultures, and more sustainable ways of working.
Explore organizational workFor events & media
Bring rigorous, accessible neuroscience to keynotes, workshops, panels, podcasts, interviews, and learning experiences.
View speaking topicsCurrently available · Free by invitation
24/7 Baby Abrazo Web App Consultation
Family brain-health guidance, when your questions arise.
Consult the Baby Abrazo Brain Health Expert Web App for evidence-informed education, coaching, and guidance across prenatal and pediatric family brain health.
The current beta is free and invitation-only. Applications are reviewed before access is granted; creating an account directly does not activate the Web App.
A thoughtful first step
Not sure which kind of support fits?
Book a complimentary one-to-one clarity call with Dr. Brignoni. We’ll briefly explore what you need, whether her work can help, and the most appropriate next step—without obligation.
Book your free clarity callWays to work together
From insight to meaningful change.
Every engagement is grounded in the evidence, adapted to the audience, and designed for practical use beyond the session itself.
Keynotes & workshops
Engaging, evidence-informed learning for conferences, workplaces, schools, health systems, professional associations, and community organizations.
Consulting & program design
Scientific advising, curriculum development, health-program strategy, research translation, and bilingual educational content.
24/7 Baby Abrazo Web App Consultation
Invitation-only access to evidence-informed family brain-health education, coaching, and guidance—currently free during beta testing.
Family Brain Health Foundations
A guided three-month experience for couples building calmer, more connected, brain-healthy families from preconception through early parenthood.
Media & expert commentary
Interviews, panels, podcasts, and clear scientific context on brain development, caregiving, stress, relationships, and prevention.
Speaking
Make complex neuroscience clear, memorable, and useful.
Talks are adapted to the audience—from families and clinicians to educators, leaders, and interdisciplinary teams—and may be delivered in English, Spanish, or bilingually.
Invite Dr. Brignoni to speak01
The relational brain: how human connection shapes health
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From stress to co-regulation in families and teams
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Building brain-healthy foundations before and after birth
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Translating neuroscience without losing the science
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Prevention, equity, and the environments that shape development
Research
Following development from the earliest experiences.
Dr. Brignoni’s scholarship bridges developmental neuroscience, clinical research, neuroimaging, caregiving, language, and disparities in early experience.
Inpatient skin-to-skin care predicts 12-month neurodevelopmental outcomes in very preterm infants
Read study↗Disparities in kangaroo care for premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit
Read study↗Listening to Mom in the NICU: maternal speech, language outcomes, and white matter development
Read study↗Brain Health with Dr. Edith Brignoni
Conversations where research meets everyday life.
The bilingual Brain Health channel highlights compelling neuroscience and creates lighter, more human conversations with the researchers behind it.
Visit the YouTube channelFeatured conversation
How Fatherhood Changes the Human Brain
with Philip Newsome, Ph.D.Let’s begin
What could neuroscience make clearer for you?
In a complimentary one-to-one clarity call, we’ll explore what you need, whether my work can help, and the most appropriate next step.