People

Director

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Sy-Miin Chow, Ph.D.

Director, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
symiin@psu.edu
Tel:
814-867-2131
Office:
422 Biobehavioral Health Building

Scientists

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Timothy R. Brick, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
tbrick@psu.edu
Tel:
814-865-4868
Office:
231 Health & Human Development Building
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Zita Oravecz, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
zita@psu.edu
Tel:
814-865-1546
Office:
115 Health & Human Development Building
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Peter C.M. Molenaar, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Human Development and Family Studies / Psychology

Email:
pxm21@psu.edu
Tel:
814-863-8373
Office:
422 Biobehavioral Health Building
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David A. Wagstaff, Ph.D.

Research Technologist, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
daw22@psu.edu
Tel:
814-865-4324
Office:
417A Biobehavioral Health Building

Affiliated Scientists

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Kelly Rulison

Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
klr250@psu.edu
Tel:
814-867-2812
Office:
204 Health and Human Development Building
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Martin J. Sliwinski, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Healthy Aging
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
mjs56@psu.edu
Tel:
814-863-9980
Office:
402 BBH Building
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Max Crowley, Ph.D.

Director, Evidence to Impact Collaborative (EIC)
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
dmc397@psu.edu
Tel:
814-867-6471
Office:
219 Health & Human Development Building
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David Manuel Almeida, Ph.D.

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies / Demography

Email:
dma18@psu.edu
Tel:
814-863-0438
Office:
403 Biobehavioral Health Building
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H. Harrington (Bo) Cleveland, Ph.D.

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Professor-in-Charge, Undergraduate Programs

Email:
hhc10@psu.edu
Tel:
814-867-2370
Office:
234 Health & Human Development Building
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Jennifer L. Maggs

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
jmaggs@psu.edu
Office:
208 Health and Human Development Building
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Nilam Ram, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication and Psychology, Stanford University

Email:
nilamram@stanford.edu
Office:
Stanford University

Students

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Lizbeth Benson

Graduate Student Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
leb237@psu.edu
Office:
115 Health & Human Development Building
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Mimi Brinberg

Graduate Student Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
mjb6504@psu.edu
Office:
115 Health & Human Development Building
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Meng Chen

Graduate Student Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
mxc681@psu.edu
Office:
115 Health & Human Development Building
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Chelsea Dickens

Graduate Student Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
czd171@psu.edu
Office:
115 Health & Human Development Building
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Kyle D. Husmann

Graduate Student Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
kdh38@psu.edu
Office:
115 Health & Human Development Building
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Linying Ji

Graduate Student Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
lzj114@psu.edu
Office:
115 Health & Human Development Building
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Eric Layland

Prevention and Methodology Training Fellow, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
elayland@psu.edu
Office:
801 Donald H. Ford Building
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Jungmin Lee

Graduate Student Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
jzl95@psu.edu
Office:
115 Health & Human Development Building
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Yanling Li

Graduate Student Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
yxl823@psu.edu
Office:
115 Health & Human Development Building
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Chelsea Muth

Graduate Student Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
cbm5352@psu.edu
Office:
115 Health & Human Development Building
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Jonathan Park

Graduate Student Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
JPark@psu.edu
Office:
201 Old Main
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Roisin White

Prevention and Methodology Training Fellow, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
ruw168@psu.edu
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Julie Wood

Graduate Student Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
jfw5255@psu.edu
Office:
115 Health & Human Development Building
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Xiao Yang

Graduate Student Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (Quantdev)
Predoctoral Fellow, Human Development and Family Studies

Email:
xfy5031@psu.edu
Office:
422 Biobehavioral Health Building

Alumni

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Allison Gray, M.S.

Data Analyst and Visualization Specialist, University of Virginia

Email:
alg9aa@virginia.edu
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Saeideh Heshmati, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Claremont Graduate University

Email:
saida.heshmati@cgu.edu
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Rachel Koffer, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Pittsburgh

Email:
rek183@psu.edu
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Siwei Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, UC Davis

Email:
sweliu@ucdavis.edu
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Jessica Lougheed, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Purdue University

Email:
jlougheed@purdue.edu
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David Lydon-Staley, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania

Email:
dlsta@seas.upenn.edu
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Lu Ou, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, ACTNext

Email:
lu.ou@act.org