Ann B. Barnet

Ann B. Barnet, M.D. is a pediatric neurologist, graduate of Harvard Medical School and Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Neurology at the George Washington University School of Medicine. She wrote "The Youngest Minds" with Richard Barnet, her husband, who wrote extensively about global politics and economics. Thirty years ago, with members of the Church of the Saviour, she founded The Family Place in Washington, D.C., a center for low-income parents and children that puts into practice some of the ideas and research findings discussed in "The Youngest Minds." At present she is working on a memoir, "Border Crossings: A Spiritual Journey in Medicine."