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About Our Research
The Youth and Family Research Program is conducting many exciting projects led by Drs. Brooke Molina, Sarah Pedersen, Heather Joseph, Frances Wang, and Traci Kennedy and our very capable, experienced study coordinators. Our team includes postdoctoral scholars, collaborating investigators from both inside and outside the University of Pittsburgh, undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, and project staff. Overarching themes of our research include Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), substance use, and how individual and environmental factors contribute to these outcomes over time. Across our projects, we incorporate cutting edge methodologies such as neuroimaging (fMRI and fNIRS), lab-based studies of behavior such as measuring experiences while sober and intoxicated and observing parent-child behavior, confidential electronic surveys and clinical interviews, and real-world assessments and treatments through the deployment of mobile phone-based applications. We incorporate the perspectives of individuals with lived experiences into our research in order to conduct science that is relevant and impactful. For additional details about our work, please see individual study descriptions.