News
Study finds that environment plays a role in kids’ obesity
Work by Dr. Hannah Tavalire using data from the Early Growth and Development Study was featured in the University of Oregon's Around the O. Here's a brief summary of the study by Dr. Tavalire; you can also click the link below to access the full Around the O article...
Study looks at how the human microbiome varies with location
Work by Dr. Hannah Tavalire using data from the Early Growth and Development Study was featured in the University of Oregon's Around the O. Here's a brief summary of the study by Dr. Tavalire; you can also click the link below to access the full Around the O article...
The impacts of children’s emotions and behavior on parenting
Work by Dr. Elizabeth Shewark using data from the Early Growth and Development Study is featured on the Penn State News! Dr. Shewark's dissertation work focuses on gene-environment correlations, and how children's emotions may influence the way they are parented. news...
New Projects Focused on COVID-19 Impact
We are excited to announce that we have two new projects that are focused on examining the effects of COVID-19 on the families in our study. The first is a project studying the effect of COVID-19 on adolescents and the second is studying the effect of COVID-19 on...
Study Update!
The Early Growth and Development Study has been selected to be part of a national initiative that will focus on environmental influences on child health outcomes. Below is a link where you will find more information about the national initiative: ECHO Study Initiative...