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Very excited that @nytimes recognized our work on poverty reduction & child development! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/upshot/stimulus-children-poverty-brain.html. But they didn’t emphasize that this is a HUGE team effort. So here’s a shout-out to some of the most amazing scientists I’ve had the privilege of learning from. (1/)
Dr. Katherine Magnuson @profkmag is the director of @Irp_uw, and is the definition of badass. Poverty scholar, child development expert, and social policy guru, Katherine is our lead social science PI -- and watch out, her Stata chops are mightier than your sword. (2/)
Dr. Lisa Gennetian @Gen_Pov is an economist at @DukeSanford. Her behavioral economics insights are fascinating, and she is running THE coolest analyses of how the money we are giving out is being spent. (Sorry, no spoilers prior to peer review!) (3/)
Dr. Sarah Halpern-Meekin @uwmadison is leading a qualitative substudy to help us quantitative types hear & learn from the voices of the moms in the study. Her wisdom and insight are a constant inspiration. If you have the chance to read her work, I highly recommend it. (4/)
Our PI team is rounded out by Dr. Hiro Yoshikawa @hiroyoshikawaNY, who despite leading other HUGE projects around the world, always helps us center the context of the study;… (5/)
… Dr. Nathan Fox, whose work on adversity and brain development has laid the groundwork for many of the brain outcomes we are looking at; and Dr. Greg Duncan, whose FOUNDATIONAL work on poverty and child development led to the birth of the study. (6/)
We also have an incredible team of grad students and trainees – special shout-outs to Dr. Molly Costanzo @CostanzoMolly and Dr. Sonya Troller-Renfree @strscience and who keep the analytic wheels turning. (7/)
And of course special thanks to our incredible project management team, led by national project director Lauren Meyer, who somehow keeps all the plates spinning. (8/)
Yes, brains are flashy – we know that brain images make many people rate cognitive research as more believable. http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17803985/
And I can’t wait to find out whether, after several years of poverty reduction, we see changes in child brain development. But...(9/)
And I can’t wait to find out whether, after several years of poverty reduction, we see changes in child brain development. But...(9/)
...there is so much more that also deserves the spotlight – impacts on behavior, family life, health, well-being, and economic choices to name a few. (10/)
I often joke that the #BabysFirstYears study is like my third child. (My nearly 9-year-old was an infant when we started planning the study!) I am so lucky to have the world’s smartest multi-disciplinary collaborators as “co-parents” of this work. (11/)
And most of all, enormous gratitude to the mothers participating in the study, who give us the privilege of letting us into their lives. (/fin)
