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Six Faculty Selected as CRF Family Research Scholars
The eighteenth cohort of the Center for Research on Families (CRF) Family Research Scholars (FRS) was selected based on their promising work in family-related research. The 2021-22 cohort represents a wide range of disciplines and research interests, including scholars from the departments of biology; health policy and management; institute for global health; psychological and brain sciences; and sociology.
Amanda Woerman
Assistant professor, biology, College of Natural Sciences
Research Concentration: Neurodegeneration and Protein Misfolding
Evelyn Mercado
Assistant professor, psychological and brain sciences, College of Natural Sciences
Research Concentration:
Exposure to stress and how it may impact the parent-adolescent relationship and youth adjustment
Joshua Kaiser
Assistant professor, sociology, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Research Concentration:
Reciprocal relationship between state power and intersectional inequalities across time and place
Laura Attanasio
Assistant professor, health policy and management, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
Research Concentration:
Quality and equity in women’s reproductive healthcare
Maria Galano
Assistant professor, psychological and brain sciences, College of Natural Sciences
Research Concentration:
Effects of early-life exposure to interpersonal violence in diverse populations
Raphael Arku
Assistant professor, environmental health sciences
Research Concentration:
How features of the social and physical environment influence environmental exposures and health in resource-poor settings
Learn more about this year's cohort and the exciting research they are conducting on the CRF website.