Infant, Child and Adolescent Development Research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

• In Event: Federal Support for Early Learning and Development Research: Current Research Priorities and Opportunities

Abstract

Dr. James Griffin, Chief of the Child Development and Behavior Branch (CDBB), will discuss current priorities and initiatives from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD; NIH; HHS), including highlights from the new NICHD Strategic Plan, along with research priorities from relevant Branches. Examples include those addressing neurocognitive development, child social-emotional development and family processes, dual language learners, early literacy and numeracy and related disabilities, human-animal interaction research, and pediatric primary care-based behavioral and health promotion interventions. Research priorities of the Early Learning and School Readiness Program will be highlighted, including longitudinal observational, prevention and early intervention research studies with children ages birth through 8 years from economically and socially disadvantaged backgrounds whose primary outcomes are the development of executive function skills and the acquisition of school readiness skills, and abilities resulting in persistent gains in academic and social functioning and related long-term health and economic outcomes.

Author

• James A Griffin, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  Presenting Author