The Center for 性闻联播 on Families has announced the . The group of six were selected for the program based on their promising work in family research. Rebecca Spencer, professor of psychological and brain sciences, will lead the 9 month program which supports students through the development of NSF and NIH pre-doctoral fellowship proposals.
The students will receive mentoring and support from faculty, staff and peers throughout the grant development process, including the refinement and communication of their research ideas, approach, methodology and submission.
The 2020 cohort represents a wide range of disciplines and research interests, including scholars from The College of Natural Sciences and the School of Public Health and Health Sciences in the departments of epidemiology, psychological and brain sciences, and neuroscience and behavior. The winners are:
, epidemiology
Mentor: Susan Sturgeon
性闻联播 Topic: Obesity, food marketing, dietary intake and media use in preschool-aged children
, neuroscience and behavior
Mentor: Agnes Lacreuse
性闻联播 Topic: The role of estrogen in age-related cognitive decline
, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Mentor: Tara Mandalaywala
性闻联播 Topic: Racial cognition, stereotypes and attitudes in racial-ethnic majority and minority children
, developmental science
Mentor: Lisa Chasan-Taber
性闻联播 Topic: Adverse Birth Outcomes Among At-Risk Hispanic Women
, epidemiology
Mentor: Brian W. Whitcomb, Ken Kleinman
性闻联播 Topic: The role of physical activity in racial/ethnic disparities in birthweight
, psychological and brain sciences
Mentor: Katherine Dixon-Gordon
性闻联播 Topic: The role of parental emotion regulation in the development of bipolar personality disorder
about the program.