Nice to Meet You!
Staff
We’re a team of researchers, students, and professionals who are interested in learning more about social and biological factors that influence the healthy development of children, adolescents, and families. We have a lot of fun in our lab and the best part? You can too! We’re always planning new projects and visiting communities all over Georgia. In fact, the next time you see us, ask for a brain hat!
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Anna Grossman, M.S.
Research Assistant
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Lauren Holley, M.S., CCLS
Child Life Specialist
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Yareli Lopez Hernandez, B.S.
Research Assistant
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Katie Suma, M.S.
Coordinator Consultant
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Bhagya Wickrama, M.S.
Administrative Assistant
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Morrighan Surrett Wingate, B.S.
Research Assistant
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Nitzan Scharf, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Gwendolyn Douglas, B.S.
Post-Bacc Research Assistant
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Shani Gilad, B.S.
Post-Bacc Research Assistant
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Bailey Ann Collette, MPH
Participant Recruitment and Retention Specialist
Graduate Research Assistants
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Rabeeh Azarmehr
Human Development & Family Science
Graduate Student
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Brooklyn Crabtree
Neuroscience
Graduate Student
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Avary Evans
Human Development & Family Science
Graduate Student
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Katie Harmeyer
Human Development and Family Science
Graduate Student
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Cullin Howard
Human Development & Family Science
Graduate Student
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Michelle Perez
Psychology | Behavioral And Brain Sciences
Graduate Student
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Feiyu Wang
Human Development and Family Science
Graduate Student
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Linhao Zhang
Human Development & Family Science
Graduate Student
Director and Associate Director
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Assaf Oshri, Ph.D.
Director:
My research focuses on the ontogenesis of human resilience, examining how early adversity, neurobiological mechanisms, and social contexts shape adaptive capacity across the lifespan
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Charles Geier, Ph.D.
Associate Director & Director of Training
Co-Investigators
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Steve Kogan, PhD
Human Development and Family Sciences Affiliate
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Larry Sweet, PhD
Psychology Affiliate Faculty
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Kalsea Koss, PhD
Human Development and Family Sciences Affiliate
Research Partners
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Brian Bauer, PhD
Psychology, University of Georgia
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Ellen House, MD
Psychiatrist, University of Georgia
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Drew Abney, PhD
Psychology, University of Georgia
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Oshri Avraham, PhD
Cellular Biology, University of Georgia
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Geoffrey Brown, PhD
Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Georgia
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Margaret Caughy, PhD
Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Georgia
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Andrea Gonzalez, PhD
Psychiatry, McMaster University
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Itai Himelboim, Ph.D.
Thomas C. Dowden Professor of Media Analytics
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Jiaying Liu, PhD
Communication Studies, UC Santa Barbara
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Catalina Lopez-Quintero, PhD
Epidemiology, University of Florida
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James MacKillop, PhD
Psychiatry, McMaster University
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Niyantri Ravindran, PhD
Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia
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Kandauda K.A.S. Wickrama, PhD
Sociology, University of Georgia