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A new brief from PEER, published by The Future of Children, explores the challenges of conducting collaborative research in early childhood education during the COVID-19 pandemic and describes how several RPPs responded.

CASE has elected a total of 35 new members, of whom 15 are from YSM/YSPH and three others are from FAS.

Kristen Brennand, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry; Cindy Crusto, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry; and Joel Gelernter, MD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience, have been elected to membership in the Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering (CASE).

Psychiatry professor Cindy Crusto, PhD, has accepted the role of Associate Dean for Gender Equity and director of the Office for Women in Medicine and Science beginning in January 2022.

The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) has awarded Maria Crouch, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry, with its 2021 Underrepresented Scholars Membership Award.

Two local partnerships focused on the parents of young children have engaged PEER to support the partners in defining outcomes and using data to continuously improve program delivery and impact.

Tami Sullivan, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Family Violence Research and Programs in the Yale Department of Psychiatry, spoke to the publication Marie Claire about domestic violence and psychological and emotional abuse.

The results of a statewide survey and needs assessment of the LGBTQ+ community in Connecticut have been released. The Consultation Center at Yale, a program of the Yale Department of Psychiatry, partnered with Connecticut’s LGBTQ+ Health and Human Services Network and the Connecticut Department of Public Health Office of Health Equity to create and launch the first statewide LGBTQ+ survey and needs assessment in early 2021. Among the survey organizers was Amy Griffin, MA, Director of Health Evaluation Initiatives at The Consultation Center.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration of Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research (OPRE) has awarded an 18-month planning grant to Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) to plan an evaluation of CCDF policies and initiatives in Connecticut.