Child Study Center News

Alongside the launch of the Education Collaboratory in July 2023, we will be spotlighting the dedicated team members of the lab, highlighting their research and what brings them to this work. Today’s spotlight: Associate Research Scientist, Dr. Almut Zieher.

Yale and Columbia University researchers find that a parent’s experience of discrimination during pregnancy can affect their infant’s brain.

The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence (YCEI) proudly announces the appointment of Karen Niemi as its executive director, effective December 1, 2023.

YCSC Postgraduate Associate Anastasia Rose has been selected to receive a 2024 ADAA Emerging Leader Award at next year’s annual Anxiety & Depression Association of America conference.

Directed by YCSC Chief Resident and Child Psychiatry Fellow Amanda J. Calhoun, MD, MPH, a new first of its kind Black Youth Mental Health Clinical Case Conference Series is being launched in January. Six mental health clinical case conferences will be held in person from January through June 2024.

In July 2023, YCSC Assistant Professor Christina Cipriano, PhD, together with her colleagues and collaborators, launched a new, independent research lab, the Education Collaboratory at Yale. The lab is committed to advancing the science and practice of social and emotional learning in schools worldwide. In this Q&A, Cipriano shares some insight into her journey and about her team’s work.

The latest edition of YCSC Connections is now available on-line. Review updates, events, and news you can use from the Yale Child Study Center, also available monthly via e-mail subscription.

Nearly 100 participants joined an annual meeting hosted by the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) on November 8, 2023 to gather YCSC Associates and other community members together and feature the multi-faceted work of the center. The annual event has been held for nearly 40 years.

YCSC faculty members Amanda Dettmer, PhD; Anamaria Orozco, LCSW; and Ellen Hoffman, MD, PhD are the recipients of the latest round of awards for the departmental Clinical and Research Faculty Development Fund.