Burnett School of Medicine at TCU Faculty Members Featured in Dallas Morning News On New Brain Health Study In Children 

FORT WORTH – The Dallas Morning News featured Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University faculty members Alison Dolce, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences, and Andrea Lowden, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences, in a story about a new study on brain health in children. 

The story centered on a study by University of Texas at Dallas Center for BrainHealth and the Momentous Institute, which operates the Momentous School a Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade laboratory school located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas.  

The study followed 73 alumni that left the Momentous School between 2016-2018 to see what percentage received a high school diploma and college degrees.

The study found 97% of the Momentous alumni received a high school diploma and 48% received a college degree. They compared those numbers to the National Student Clearinghouse High School Benchmarks Reports where 91% of the high-income students tracked from the same time that obtained a high school diploma, only 31% received a college degree. 

Based on data about average lifetime earnings by education level from the U.S. Career Institute researchers expect the students from Momentous with a bachelor’s degree level to earn between $1.3 million and $2.7 million each over their lifetimes. Those projections are 26% higher than their high-income peers.  

Dr. Dolce and Dr. Lowden shared their expertise in pediatric neurology with the Dallas Morning News on the age-appropriate neuroscience and mental health strategies used on students at Momentous School to create the study.  

The story was featured nationally in several other publications including the New York Daily News, South Florida Sun Sentinel, The Baltimore Sun, Austin-American Statesman, and the Health Medicine Network.