Roles
- Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
- Lead, Community Wellness Interprofessional Collaborative
- PI, Jump Start Early Childhood Consultation
- PI, Early Discovery
- PI, Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children
- PI, Jump Start on the Go Mobile App
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Biography
Dr. Natale is a pediatric psychologist and a professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of Miami School of Medicine/Mailman Center for Child Development. She obtained her dual PhD/PsyD doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Nova Southeastern University. She has been on faculty at UM for over 20 years. She is currently the Director of the Jump Start program which was funded to help build the capacity of childcare centers to work with children with challenging behaviors and reduce rates of expulsion from preschool. She also co-lead’s the University’s Community Wellness Interprofessional Collaborative with a mission to demonstrate, through solid research and scientific methods, the importance of working with young children birth through age 5 to promote mental and physical wellness. Her work has made a transformative impact in establishing and sustaining community-based partnerships to promote positive development in young children in low-income, underserved communities. With over 50 publications, she has ensured the rapid translation of research from “bench to bedside” to implement innovative, early interventions for young children. Of the utmost importance to her is helping children and families achieve optimal developmental outcomes. -
Education & Training
Education
Post Graduate Training
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Research Interests
early childhood development, preschool expulsion, obesity prevention, community-based participatory research -
Publications
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Articles & News
From Community Partnerships to AI Innovation: Dr. Ruby Natale’s Vision for the Future of Developmental Disabilities Research
Dean’s Faculty Awards: Celebrating Academic and Clinical Excellence
Jump Start Honored as Program of the Year
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