Research

The department engages in clinically-based research that studies that impact of prematurity on development and health outcomes. The research has implications for medical treatments, potential interventions and policy changes.

Examples include research that:

• assesses the developmental outcomes of infants who were in the neonatal intensive care unit, experienced a lack of oxygen and received a CoolCap treatment;

• determines the long-term social-emotional and academic outcomes of 1st grade children with a history of prematurity

The Interdisciplinary Center for Program Evaluation studies:

• efficacy of early childhood programs on child and family outcomes
• interventions that promote early literacy practices
• strategies that promote parent-school partnerships