The Center for Research on Families (CRF) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst actively supports and disseminates social and behavioral sciences research on issues relevant to families.
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Join us on 12/7/2020 at noon for our 3rd lecture of the Fall 2020 Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series. We will host Dr. Ivan Rusyn for a discussion titled When Disaster Strikes: Response, Research, and Recovery.
Register here: https://www.umass.edu/family/events/when-disaster-strikes-response-research-and-recovery
Join CRF Family Research Scholar, Airín Martínez (FRS 2019-20) and faculty experts from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for a discussion about healthcare policy. The event will take place on October 15 at 5:30 pm. Topics will include healthcare reform, access, quality, cost, and inequities, before and during the pandemic. More info here: https://www.umass.edu/family/events/american-health-policy-2020-pivotal-year-change
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Krisha Poudel (FRS 2018-19) Associate Professor School of Public Health & Health Sciences has been named Co-Director of UMass Amherst Institute for Global Health. CRF is proud to continue to support Dr. Poudel's research on HIV/STI prevention; health promotion and disease prevention as well as the mission of the Global Health Institute, "to protect and promote the health of people across the globe". See the full announcement here: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/krishna-poudel-frs-2018-19-named-co-director-institute-global-health
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Current FRS Alicia Timme-Laragy has been named as a member of NIH Cancer Etiology Study Section. As a member of the section, Dr. Timme-Laragy will review grant applications related to the causal agents, processes, and cells involved in early events in carcinogenesis. To learn more, visit our website: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/alicia-timme-laragy-frs-2020-2-named-member-nih-peer-review-section
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Brenda Bushouse receives funding to study pandemic relief programs. Read the story here:
http://ow.ly/7Crk50B7WAA
Former CRF Scholars selected as ADVANCE Faculty Fellows. Join us in congratulating @DevonGreyson Laura Vandenberg & Linda Tropp as they continue to work across disciplines to enhance the faculty experience @UMassAmherst @PBSUmass @UMassSPHHS @SBS_UMass
Paula Pietromonaco, FRS 2003-04 & 2015-16, contributed to an article in "American Psychologist", a journal of the American Psychological Association, discussing how existing relationship science can be applied to the current stressors placed on couples during the COVID-19 pandemic. @UMassAmherst @PBSUmass
See the article here: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/former-crf-scholar-paula-pietromonaco-frs-2003-04-2015-16-discusses-relationship-during-covid
Devon Greyson (FRS 2019-20) discusses the way surveys regarding COVID-19 are conducted can contribute misinformation. Check out the brief here:
https://www.umass.edu/family/news/devon-greyson-frs-2019-20-warns-covid-misinformation-recent-research-brief
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The COVID-19 pandemic has effected every aspect of life as we know. Learn what former CRF Scholar Joya Misra has to say about how working moms have been affected. College of Social & Behavioral Sciences UMass Amherst Institute for Social Science Research
https://www.umass.edu/family/news/working-moms-time-covid-19
Professor Brenda K. Bushouse, FRS '06-07, of the School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science has been awarded a two-year Learning Sciences Exchange fellowship for her work on early childhood policy. Learn more about her dedication to this important research here: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/former-frs-scholar-receives-fellowship-work-early-childhood-policy
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Lee Badgett, FRS 2004-05, Professor in the Dept of Economics, recently spoke to WBGY about the Supreme Court LGBTQ Workers Decision. Listen to the story here: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/lee-badgett-supreme-court-lgbtq-workers-decision
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Nilanjana Buju Dasgupta FRS 2006-07, 2012-13, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, leads the helm at new leadership academy for students of color and women. Learn more about this exciting program here: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/nilanjana-buju-dasgupta-frs-2006-07-2012-13-leads-helm-new-leadership-academy-students-color
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Olivia Laramie '20 School of Public Policy, focused her capstone project on discrimination faced by women in the realm of politics. Her paper, “The Impact of Discriminatory Harassment on Gender Representation in Elected Office in the United States” has been published in the RAIS Journal for Social Science. Read more here: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/crf-ra-olivia-laramie-published-rais
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Congratulations to former CRF Scholar Paula Pietromonaco who was recently selected for the SPSP Service to the Field Award. Learn more her research and the award.
Paula Pietromonaco, FRS 2003-04 & 2015-16, professor emerita of psychological and brain sciences, has been selected for the 2019 Service to the Field Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). Pietromonaco is a social psychologist whose work focuses on how people think, fee...
Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, has been awarded a 3-year R34 Research Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health at the National Institutes of Health. The grant, “Reducing Stress, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms Via a Family-centered Preventative Intervention for Immigrants: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial”, was successfully developed during her time as CRF Family Research Scholar. Read more about her upcoming 3 year project by visiting this link: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/kalpana-poudel-tandukar-frs-2017-18-receives-3-year-r34-research-grant-national-institute
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Join former CRF Scholar, Kathleen Arcaro (FRS 2012-13) and an interdisciplinary research team for the New Moms Wellness Study. UMass Amherst UMass Amherst
An interdisciplinary research team is resuming recruitment for the New Moms Wellness Study after revising protocols to eliminate face-to-face contact due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more about Dr. Mariana Pereira, Family Research Scholar, 2016-2017 & Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and the findings of her research that details the brain function of new mothers that causes them to automatically put their baby first. UMass Amherst
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Tara Mandalaywala, FRS 2020-21 Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences seeks study participants. More info here: https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/research-participants-needed-study-how
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Olivia Laramie '20 School of Public Policy, focused her capstone project on discrimination faced by women in the realm of politics. Her paper, “The Impact of Discriminatory Harassment on Gender Representation in Elected Office in the United States” has been published in the RAIS Journal for Social Science. Read more here: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/crf-ra-olivia-laramie-published-rais
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Tara Mandalaywala, FRS 2020-21 Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences seeks study participants. More info here: https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/research-participants-needed-study-how
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Tara Mandalaywala, FRS 2020-21 Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences seeks study participants. More info here: https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/research-participants-needed-study-how
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Join CRF Scholars Devon Greyson FRS '19 and Jamie Rowen FRS '17 as they present with a group of multi-disciplinary experts to share insights surrounding COVID-19’s current and future impact, misinformation and disinformation, the particular vulnerabilities of veterans, survival of small businesses, the U.S. presidential election, and unemployment in the short-term and long-term. Participants are invited to submit questions for the panelists upon registration.
Register here: https://www.umassalumni.com/s/1640/rd17/interior.aspx?sid=1640&gid=2&pgid=6770&content_id=6533
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CRF is proud to support the next generation of Family Researchers. Our competitive awards program recognizes outstanding student research on issues related to families. Learn about this year's Student Research Awards winners by visiting our website.
The Center for Research on Families is offering a 2 1/2 day virtual workshop on Stress Biomarkers hosted by UMass faculty Dr. Jerry Meyer. The workshop will introduce you biomarkers of acute and chronic stress with an overview of the stress concept and the incorporation of allostasis theory and allostatic load to the field of stress research. Link in bio...register here: https://www.umass.edu/family/crf-biomarkers
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The Center for Research on Families is offering a 2 1/2 day virtual workshop on Stress Biomarkers hosted by UMass faculty Dr. Jerry Meyer. The workshop will introduce you biomarkers of acute and chronic stress with an overview of the stress concept and the incorporation of allostasis theory and allostatic load to the field of stress research. Link in bio...register here: https://www.umass.edu/family/crf-biomarkers
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We have published a timely Scholar Feature about former Family Research Scholar Jeffrey Starns!
"Dr Jeffrey Starns is helping people make good decisions in the face of uncertainty. Given all we are facing in the world these days with the COVID-19 pandemic, this research seems especially relevant. 'Probability is a mental tool for dealing with uncertainty,' he says. 'It is a way to think about what is likely to be true when you have only partial information, and a way to decide what is the best thing to do when you don’t know exactly what is going to happen. People deal with uncertainty every day, and we are trying to develop ways to teach probability concepts that help people recognize the relevance to their everyday life and apply the concepts intuitively.'"
Read more here: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/scholar-highlight-jeffrey-starns-reasoning-face-uncertainty
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We have published a new Scholar Highlight about former Family Research Scholar, Jamie Rowen.
"In the criminal justice world, veterans are a uniquely sympathetic population. 'We end up thinking about veteran trauma differently than we think about the trauma of growing up in the inner cities,' says Dr. Jamie Rowen. How do courts conceptualize war? Is it traumatic? Is it noble? Can it be both?"
Read more here: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/scholar-highlight-jamie-rowen-veterans-courts
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CRF selects 6 graduate students for the 2020 Graduate Grant Writers Program. Learn more about the program and the students’ research by visiting our website: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/introducing-2020-2021-graduate-grant-writers-program-cohort
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CRF Director, Maureen Perry-Jenkins, was selected by the Provost Office for the Teaching, Research and Engagement Award. Dr. Perry-Jenkins was chosen for her ground-breaking work in creating a community and university teaching partnership through a course offered in the UMass Springfield campus that joins students and professionals together in Springfield to address risk and resilience in young families. Learn more about the award here:
https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/three-distinguished-community-engagement
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Olivia Laramie is our Graduate Student Assistant. Olivia is a current Masters of Public Policy and Administration candidate in the School of Public Policy at UMass Amherst. She will be graduating this May!
We want to wish Olivia the best of luck with her future!
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Jamie Rowen, former CRF Family Research Scholar and current fellow with UMass Amherst Public Engagement Project, wrote an article in the Conversation describing risks to military veterans during the coronavirus pandemic. While with CRF, Rowen studied Veteran Treatment Courts in the United States.
To read more, click here: https://www.umass.edu/family/news/jamie-rowen-former-frs-describes-risks-veterans-face-covid-19
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