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Greater Stamford Parenting Partnership (GSPP) formed in 2021 to expand access to home visiting services for the families of young children. PEER is supporting GSPP in the area of continuous quality improvement.

Calming Nerves During COVID While Caring for Women with HIV

Four Yale Department of Psychiatry faculty and affiliates will conduct a study for the Connecticut Department of Education to examine the effects of remote learning on students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PEER is launching a CT DOTS reliability study in partnership with the OEC and the RESC Alliance. The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed this pilot study several times, and PEER is excited to begin working with eligible early childhood educators.

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.