UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

Utilizing her interdisciplinary experience in social science and epidemiology, Ping Chen specializes in conducting research focusing on social, environmental, behavioral, and biological linkages in developmental and life-course health trajectories. This interest led Chen, an advanced research scientist FPG, to collaborate with colleagues on “Polygenic risk, childhood abuse and gene x environment interactions with depression development from middle to late adulthood: A U.S. national life-course study,” which was published in June in Preventive Medicine.

In this edition of our FPG Profile Series, meet Danielle Allen, PhD, a project director for FPG's Equity Research Action Coalition. Her research interests include the role of Black faith communities in advocating for and providing high quality educational opportunities for students and families as well as state-level efforts to address equity within education. Read the profile using the link in the comments. #Research #Equity #Education

FPG Senior Research Scientist Diana Fishbein has been inducted into the Scholars Program of the Nova Institute for Health. Her project seeks to inspire a declaration from the incoming administration that supports the DECADE OF THE CHILD: A National Research and Policy Agenda Focused on Whole Child Health Wellbeing. Further, it involves asking congress for carveouts to NIH for a trans-institute program of research on whole child health and wellbeing, as well as a public education campaign. This webpage describes the effort: https://lnkd.in/eCNgRTJV

The UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is hiring for a Senior Research Scientist position. The successful candidate for the Senior Research Scientist position will also have the opportunity to serve as the Associate Director for Research (ADR) via a secondary appointment. The ADR serves on the FPG leadership team and supports the development and oversight of research and mentoring initiatives. All application materials should be received by November 4, 2024. Learn more about the position in the attached document, or by visiting https://lnkd.in/eRkBeBhD

While research shows that external implementation support can help successfully implement and scale up interventions, there has been less investigation about the experience of those receiving it. To address this lack of information, a team at The Impact Center at FPG, UNC-CH explored the feasibility of implementation support and published, “A feasibility study of external implementation support provided across two states in the U.S.” in Implementation Research and Practice. #Implementation #ImplementationScience

The ECERS-3: Assessing Disparities and Challenges in Equity project, which was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aimed to review the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Third Edition (ECERS-3) using an equity lens. The project has released final recommendations for authors of the ECERS-4. Learn more: https://go.unc.edu/Eq96L #Equity #EarlyChildhood #Evaluation

At the start of the new fiscal year in July 2024, Implementation Specialist Tamara Robertson and FPG Senior Implementation Specialist Jessica Reed assumed leadership of The Triple P team within the Impact Center at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, which currently provides implementation support for the scale-up and expansion of the Triple P—Positive Parenting Program®—System of Interventions in North Carolina.

Children who live in areas with natural spaces from birth may experience fewer emotional issues between the ages of 2 and 5, according to a study funded by the NIH Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program. Nissa Towe-Goodman a research scientist at FPG, lead this collaborative research.

The Effective Implementation Cohort Team recently reflected on its three-year journey with 10 TA providers and 19 school districts implementing middle-school math curricula. The team documented their reflections in the latest brief, "Reflections and Recommendations." Read the journey at: https://lnkd.in/gW99GYR5 #ImplementationScience #Implementation #Mathematics #Math #Publication #Brief

"A great leader is being aware of the power that you hold, and also knowing how to harness that power and to share it to empower others." - Cathy Henderson In Episode 7 of the Implementation Science at Work podcast, Cathy Henderson and James Wright from the Mecklenburg County Health Department explore #leadership, what makes a good #leader, and how to #empower others. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eaSYiDQJ #impsci #imppractice #TripleP #podcast