News
March 2022
The University of Oregon receives a gift of $425 million dollars from Connie and Steve Ballmer to establish the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health thanks to efforts led by Jennifer Pfeifer. Read more here!
Along with the institute, the UO will also be proposing a new degree and certificate program to help students graduating from UO intervene in school more quickly. More information here!
February 2022
Third-year clinical student, Victoria Guazzelli Williamson, was awarded a National Research Service Award via the National Institute of Health for her pre-doctoral grant to study, "Longitudinal and Predictive Modeling to Relate Self-Evaluation and Depression in Adolescent Girls”. Congratulations Victoria!
Jennifer Pfeifer sits down with Hopelab and Joanna Lee Williams, Ph.D. to talk about initiatives taken by the National Scientific Council on Adolescence, the importance of anti-Black racism in adolescent development, and what the field can do to translate knowledge into action. Check out the article here!
September 2021
Jennifer Pfeifer is a guest speaker on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s “Think Out Loud” podcast, “Report offers suggestions for supporting teens experiencing racism”. Click here to listen!
March 2021
Jennifer Pfeifer becomes an Association for Psychological Science fellow! Congrats Jenn!
December 2020
Click here to view our Winter 2020 TAG newsletter!
Check out this article to read what Jennifer Pfeifer and other experts in child development have to say on how remote school, reduced socialization and increased screen time is affecting kids.
November 30, 2020
Jennifer Pfeifer is featured on two episodes of the OPB podcast, ‘Class of 2025’. Check them both out, ‘Episode 2: When school and home collide’ & ‘Episode 3: The year that screen time was all the time’!
November 24, 2020
Jennifer Pfeifer is featured in an article called 'Children of Quarantine: What does a year of isolation and anxiety do to a developing brain?', published by The Cut.
November 3, 2020
Jennifer Pfeifer is elected to join the Flux: The Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience board starting January 2021! Congrats Jenn!
June 12, 2020
Theresa Cheng receives the University of Oregon Lokey Doctoral Science Fellowship! Congrats Theresa!
April 30, 2020
Marjolein Barendse, Theresa Cheng and Jennifer Pfeifer publish ‘Your Brain on Puberty’ in Frontiers for Young Minds!
March 1, 2020
Estelle Berger, a first year clinical student, was accepted into the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program! Congrats Estelle!
October 25, 2018
Michelle Byrne wins NARSAD Young Investigator Grant! Michelle Bryne, Assistant Research Professor on the TAG and SOS studies, receives a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant! Congrats Michelle!