page_title: Charles A. Nelson III
hierarchical_section_title: Charles A. Nelson III
caption_attribution_description: English: A head shot of Dr. Charles Nelson in his office at Boston Children's Hospital.
context_page_description: Charles A. Nelson III is an American neuroscientist and psychologist. His international projects include a long-standing project on institutionalized children in Romania, children growing up in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, infants in Puerto Rico exposed to the Zika virus, and children growing up in challenging circumstances in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Dr. Nelson has also focused his research efforts on the development of memory and the ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion in infants and young children. Recently, Nelson was recognized for his on-going research with infants and children at high risk for developing autism spectrum disorder.
  Nelson is a Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience and a Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Education at Harvard University, and a Professor in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Nelson is the Director of Research in the Division of Developmental Medicine, Director of the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience and the Richard David Scott Professor of Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research at Boston Children's Hospital.
context_section_description: Charles A. Nelson III is an American neuroscientist and psychologist. His international projects include a long-standing project (with Drs. Nathan Fox and Charles Zeanah) on institutionalized children in Romania, children growing up in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, infants in Puerto Rico exposed to the Zika virus, and children growing up in challenging circumstances in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Dr. Nelson has also focused his research efforts on the development of memory and the ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion in infants and young children. Recently, Nelson was recognized for his on-going research with infants and children at high risk for developing autism spectrum disorder.
  Nelson is a Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience and a Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Education at Harvard University, and a Professor in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Nelson is the Director of Research in the Division of Developmental Medicine, Director of the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience and  the Richard David Scott Professor of Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research at Boston Children's Hospital. Nelson leads a research network (funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation) on early experience and brain development. Nelson was elected into the National Academy of Medicine in 2018.
caption: Dr. Charles A Nelson
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