Dr. Gianna Rea-Sandin, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Minnesota.
Dr. Rea-Sandin is an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health. Dr. Rea-Sandin received her PhD in Developmental Psychology at Arizona State University and recently completed a NIDA-funded T32 postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Rea-Sandin’s research leverages behavior genetic methods, as well as developmentally- and culturally-informed frameworks, to examine how individual differences in self-regulation and executive functioning are implicated in both adaptive and maladaptive developmental outcomes, including academic performance, mental health, and substance use.
Dr. Jonathan Schaefer, Assistant Professor, Clinical Science, Vanderbilt University
Dr. Schaefer is an investigator on the Social Inequality Study. His research focuses on improving scientific understanding of the relationship between environmental exposures (e.g., socioeconomic disadvantage, environmental toxicants, victimization, substance use) and psychopathology, and contributing to the destigmatization of mental health problems and wider uptake of evidence-based treatments.