Perinatal Mental Health Summit 2026
Relational Beginnings
Advancing Perinatal Mental Health for Parents, Infants, and Families
Join us in Brooklyn for a transformative event dedicated to maternal and reproductive mental health, featuring leading experts, thought-provoking discussions, and invaluable networking opportunities. This event will bring together clinicians, advocates, and community leaders to explore pressing issues in maternal well-being, mental health equity, and holistic care. This year’s summit will be preceded by a Presidential Lecture Series event.
Featured Speakers
Liz Dozier
From her leadership in education to transforming philanthropy and systems, Liz Dozier has spent her career working tirelessly to support communities by disrupting inequity. In 2016, Liz founded and launched Chicago Beyond, a national philanthropic organization committed to addressing systemic inequity by backing solutions led by those closest to the issues. As part of the Presidential Lecture Series, Dozier will be joined in conversation by Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson.
Solimar Santiago-Warner
With nearly two decades of experience across pediatric, neonatal, and perinatal hospital systems, Solimar Santiago-Warner integrates trauma-informed, culturally responsive frameworks into clinical care, program development, and systems transformation. Drawing from clinical practice, phenomenology, affect theory, and perinatal palliative care, in this keynote she will examine how grief is experienced physiologically and relationally following stillbirth, late miscarriage, or early infant loss.
Be a Part of the Movement
Join us for this transformative series of events with leading experts from the field.
4 Sessions
Plus Networking
12 Experts
From the field
If we’re going to make Brooklyn the safest place to have a baby, we have to prioritize new and expecting parents’ mental health. Mental health conditions are the leading cause of pregnancy-associated deaths in New York City, and it’s exciting to see Brooklyn coming together to change that and improve outcomes.”
Antonio Reynoso
Brooklyn Borough President
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