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Inaugural Spring Conference Info and Registration

Director and Associate Directors

Assaf Oshri, Ph.D.
Director
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Charles Geier
Charles Geier, Ph.D.
Associate Director & Director of Training
Steve Kogan
Steve Kogan, Ph.D.
Associate Director & Director of Translational Science

Center Management

KatieSuma
Katie Suma, Ph.D.
Center Coordinator
BhagyaWickrama
Bhagya Wickrama, M.S.
Center Administrative Professional

Project Management

Morrighan Wingate
Morrighan Surrett Wingate, B.S.
BRANCH Project Coordinator

Data Science

Cullin Howard
Cullin Howard, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Nitzan Scharf
Nitzan Scharf, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Qiuyu Yu
Research Assistant

Family and Community Engagement

Lois Mellinda Craig
Mellinda Craig, LMSW
Field Research Team Lead
Kimberly Bennett
Kimberly Bennett, MS
Participant Recruitment and Retention Specialist

Staff

Gwendolyn Douglas, B.S.

Graduate Research Assistants

Rabeeh Azarmehr
Human Development and Family Science
Avary Evans
Human Development and Family Science
Brooklyn Crabtree
Neuroscience
Katie Harmeyer
Human Development and Family Science
Lauren Holley
Lauren Holley
Human Development and Family Science
Feiyu Wang
Human Development and Family Science

Co-Investigators

Shana Adise
Shana Adise, PhD
Assistant Professor – Nutritional Sciences
Kalsea Koss, PhD
Human Development and Family Sciences Affiliate
Larry Sweet, PhD
Psychology Affiliate Faculty
Gill Tsouri, PhD
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Affiliates

Drew Abney, PhD
Psychology, University of Georgia
Oshri Avraham, PhD
Cellular Biology, University of Georgia
Brian Bauer, PhD
Psychology, University of Georgia
Geoffrey Brown, PhD
Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Georgia
Margaret Caughy, PhD
Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Georgia
Andrea Gonzalez, PhD
Psychiatry, McMaster University
Ellen House, MD
Psychiatrist, University of Georgia
Itai Himelboim, PhD
Thomas C. Dowden Professor of Media Analytics
Jiaying Liu, PhD
Communication Studies, UC Santa Barbara
Catalina Lopez-Quintero, PhD
Epidemiology, University of Florida
James MacKillop, PhD
Psychiatry, McMaster University
Niyantri Ravindran, PhD
Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia
Kandauda K.A.S. Wickrama, PhD
Sociology, University of Georgia

Interested in becoming a Research Affiliate? Fill out the interest form here.