Speakers:

Leslie Leve, PhD

College of Education, University of Oregon

Janae Neiderhiser, PhD

Department of Psychology, Penn State University

Discussant: Jody Ganiban, PhD

George Washington University

Speaker Bios: Dr .Leve is best known for her research on child and adolescent development, gene-environment interplay, and interventions for children and families. This includes preventive intervention studies with youth in foster care and with adolescents in the juvenile justice system aimed at preventing risk behaviors and improving public health outcomes, and adoption studies that examine the interplay between biological (genetic, hormonal), psychological, and social influences on development.  She co-directs a center on parenting in the context of opioid use, and her work also focuses on outcomes for girls and women.

Dr. Jenae Neiderhiser is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State University and Associate Head of Psychology. She directs the Gene-Environment Research Initiative, and is affiliated with the Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse, the Social Science Research Institute, the Child Study Center, and the Center for Human Evolution and Diversity at Penn State, has been an investigator on NIH grants for over 20 years, and was president of the Behavior Genetics Association from 2018-19. Her PhD is in Human Development and Family Studies, and she has focused on how genes and environments work together across the lifespan using family based designs. Her interests are especially how social relationships including parenting, marriage, and sibling, are related to child and adolescent mental health. Over the past decade she has also incorporated early life experiences, notably prenatal environments, into her research. On ECHO Dr Neiderhiser is MPI on the Early Growth and Development Study pediatric cohorts with Drs. Leve and Ganiban, co-chairs the Protocol Implementation and Evaluation Committee and co-leads the Fathers, Other Caregivers, and Siblings Task Force.

Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1 to 2pm

For a copy of the slides, contact the ECHO Coordination Center.