- Biostatistics
- Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
- Epidemiology
- Health Promotion
- Faculty & Staff
- Eleanor Rogan, PhD
- Fabio A. Almeida, PhD
- David A. Dzewaltowski, PhD
- Brandon Grimm, PhD, MPH
- Keyonna M. King, DrPH, MA
- Shannon Maloney, PhD
- Tzeyu Michaud, PhD
- Courtney A. Pinard, PhD
- Hilary A (Abbie) Raikes, PhD
- Shireen S. Rajaram, PhD
- Regina Idoate, PhD
- Athena Ramos, PhD, MBA, MS, CPM
- Dejun Su, PhD
- Melissa Tibbits, PhD
- Siobhan Wescott, MD, MPH
- Michelle Strong, PhD, MPH
- Marisa Rosen, PhD, MPH
- Gwenndolyn Porter, PhD
- Current Students
- Alumni
- Berggren Lecture Series
- Student Documentaries
- Master of Public Health
- MCH Concentration
- NE-HEALING Project
- Community Health Worker Program
- Health Services Research & Administration
Associate Professor
Director of Global Early Childhood Development
Department of Health Promotion
College of Public Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Professional Summary
- 2016 – Present, Assistant professor and director, global early childhood development, College of Public Health
- 2015-2016, Lead, Measuring Early Learning Quality & Outcomes project, UNICEF
- 2012-2015, Program Specialist, Early Childhood Care and Education, UNESCO, Paris, France
- 2006-2011, Senior Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- 2005-2006, Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley
Education
- 2005, PhD, Developmental Psychology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- 1999, Master of Public Health, Columbia University, New York
- 1994, BA, Amherst College
Research interests
- Early childhood development, especially in low- and middle-income countries and in high-risk populations in the United States.
- Quality of children’s learning environments, with emphasis on preschool programs.
- Measurement of child development and quality of learning environments.
- Use of data to build, implement and improve early childhood programs and policies.
Selected Publications
- Berkes, J., Raikes, A., Bouguen, A., & Filmer, D. (2019). Joint roles of parenting and nutritional status for child development: Evidence from rural Cambodia. Developmental Science, e12874.
- Raikes, A., Davis, D., & Burton, A. (2019). Early childhood care and education in the era of sustainable development: Balancing local and global priorities. In D. Suter & E. Smith (Eds)., Sage Handbook of Comparative International Studies. London: Sage.
- Raikes, H., Raikes, A., Esteraich, J., Encinger, A., Garcia, A. S., Ucus, S., & Escalante, E. (2019). Non-parental caregiving. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of Parenting: Volume 3: Being and Becoming a Parent. New Jersey: Erlbaum.
- Raikes, A., Koziol, N., Janus, M., Platas, L., Weatherholt, T., Smeby, A., & Sayre, R. (2019). Examination of school readiness constructs in Tanzania: Psychometric evaluation of the MELQO scales. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 62, 122-134.
- Yoshikawa, H., Wuermli, A. J., Raikes, A., Kim, S., & Kabay, S. B. (2018). Toward high-quality early childhood development programs and policies at national scale: Directions for research in global contexts. Social Policy Report, 31(1).
- Raikes, A. (2017). Measuring of early childhood development. European Journal of Education, 52 (4), 511-522.
- Fernald, L., Prado, E., Kariger, P., & Raikes, A. (2017). World Bank Early Childhood Development Toolkit. Washington, DC: World Bank.
Professional Affiliations
- Society for Research in Child Development
Contact Hilary A (Abbie) Raikes
984365 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-4365
Phone : 402-559-4325
Email
- Biostatistics
- Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
- Epidemiology
- Health Promotion
- Faculty & Staff
- Eleanor Rogan, PhD
- Fabio A. Almeida, PhD
- David A. Dzewaltowski, PhD
- Brandon Grimm, PhD, MPH
- Keyonna M. King, DrPH, MA
- Shannon Maloney, PhD
- Tzeyu Michaud, PhD
- Courtney A. Pinard, PhD
- Hilary A (Abbie) Raikes, PhD
- Shireen S. Rajaram, PhD
- Regina Idoate, PhD
- Athena Ramos, PhD, MBA, MS, CPM
- Dejun Su, PhD
- Melissa Tibbits, PhD
- Siobhan Wescott, MD, MPH
- Michelle Strong, PhD, MPH
- Marisa Rosen, PhD, MPH
- Gwenndolyn Porter, PhD
- Current Students
- Alumni
- Berggren Lecture Series
- Student Documentaries
- Master of Public Health
- MCH Concentration
- NE-HEALING Project
- Community Health Worker Program
- Health Services Research & Administration