Tag: Center for Family Research
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Kogan recognized for advancing family-centered prevention science
Kogan has been named a Fellow of the Society for Prevention Research.
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Childhood trauma can harm health for life
Distressing youth environments may impact cardiovascular health and aging.
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Poor heart health increases risk of dementia for Black Americans
Diabetes and high blood pressure increase the risk of degenerative diseases like dementia.
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Simons leaves legacy through his contributions to sociology
Simons passed away on March 31.
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Center for Family Research enters its fifth decade
CFR continues to conduct groundbreaking research that explores the impact of early-life adversity and its…
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Assistant director sees the connection in the Center for Family Research’s work
Tracy Anderson finds value in serving others
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Sixth cohort of Women’s Staff Leadership Institute celebrates graduation
Program participants highlight professional growth and shared sense of community.
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Eleven employees selected for sixth cohort of Women’s Staff Leadership Institute
The 2023 cohort begins May 3 and runs through November, with participants meeting monthly for…
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Five faculty elected as AAAS Fellows
The honor is bestowed annually for extraordinary achievements leading to the advancement of science.
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When family stress is high, teen depression can follow
Structural inequality, family stress put African American youth at risk.
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Programs can reduce impact of racism on Black youth
A family-oriented approach reduced conduct problems, depression symptoms.
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Shared religious experiences bring couples together
New study shows joint activities can help strengthen marriages.
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Exploring health risks of poverty, racial discrimination
A $10 million NIH grant will continue work studying rural Black families.
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Professor headlines NIH inaugural Rural Health Seminar
Gene Brody will deliver the keynote address on Monday, Nov. 18.
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Want to help your teens? Make their lives predictable
They are less likely to use alcohol in young adulthood, among other positive outcomes.
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Supportive families can reduce impact of racial discrimination on faster biological aging
A supportive family environment can help reduce the biological impact of racial discrimination on adolescent…
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Don’t forget ‘thank you’
Remember it’s Valentine’s weekend? UGA research suggests you express your gratitude.
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The power of thank you: UGA research links gratitude to positive marital outcomes
A key ingredient to improving couples’ marriages might just be gratitude, according to new University…
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Research focuses on family success
A UGA researcher documents how some disadvantaged families of the rural Deep South promote a…
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$7 million in grant funding helps support research on health of Georgia youth
A team of scientists in the University of Georgia’s Center for Family Research has received…
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Discrimination can take a biological toll
UGA research shows that early exposure to discrimination increases the risk for health problems later…
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Strong African-American Families project at UGA celebrates successes
The Strong African-American Families project, launched in south Georgia in 2008 by the University of…
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Brody’s career shaped by work with Native American children
Forty years ago, on an Native American reservation in southwest Arizona, Gene Brody’s career took…
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Racial discrimination takes biological toll on body for some
Racial discrimination has a health cost in additional to the emotional toll the abuse has…
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