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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
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Steve Kogan
Steve Kogan, Ph.D.
Associate Director & Director of Translational Science
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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
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Data Science

Cory Carvalho, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Cullin Howard
Cullin Howard, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Nitzan Scharf
Nitzan Scharf, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Family and Community Engagement

Kimberly Bennett
Kimberly Bennett, MS
Participant Recruitment and Retention Specialist

Staff

Lois Mellinda Craig
Mellinda Craig, LMSW
Field Research Team Lead
Gwendolyn Douglas, B.S.

Graduate Research Assistants

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

Co-Investigators

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

Drew Abney, PhD
Psychology, University of Georgia
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Oshri Avraham, PhD
Cellular Biology, University of Georgia
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Brian Bauer, PhD
Psychology, University of Georgia
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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Ellen House, MD
Psychiatrist, University of Georgia
Itai Himelboim, PhD
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
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