# Jenny Radesky Back to [[Reverse Flynn Effect and EdTech]] **Role:** Developmental-behavioral pediatrician, University of Michigan; hearing witness - **At Michigan:** Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics. She runs an NICHD-funded lab. - **AAP:** - Author of the AAP policy statements "Media and Young Minds" and "Digital Advertising to Children." - Immediate Past Chair of the AAP Council on Communications and Media. - Co-Medical Director of the AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health. - She led the FTC's first Behavioral Team (2024–25). - At the hearing her focus was design and AI companions: "Kids are wired to want to attach to other humans… And the AI companions are exploiting this." (committee release) - **Relevance:** she is the hearing's main voice on design and regulation, not on IQ.