The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families, Eck Institute for Global Health, and The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies are excited…| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
On Thursday, March 27, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced the 2024 class of AAAS Fellows including Lee Gettler, the Rev. John A. O’Brien College Professor of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame.| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
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Austin Wyman ’23 was young when the mental health crisis hit home. A struggling family member…| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
Multiple Veldman family foundations, including those of Sharon and Matt Edmonds, Connie and Mike Joines, and Anita and Tom Veldman, have made a gift to the University of Notre Dame in honor of their parents to establish the Wilma and Peter Veldman Family Psychology Clinic and to endow several key faculty positions, marking a significant expansion in the quality and availability of mental health care in the South Bend area.| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
Notre Dame psychology professors Laura Miller-Graff and E. Mark Cummings have developed an intervention and support program to support Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza who are affected by ongoing conflict there. The two have worked in partnership with Palestinian organizations for years to develop a program that’s sustainable and culturally and evidence-based, and now hope it can benefit families in other high-risk areas around the world.| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
Notre Dame psychologists Theodore Beauchaine and Kristin Valentino have received the Transformative Research Award from the National Institutes of Health to research two promising new interventions to reduce the risk of suicide among vulnerable youth. Part of the NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports individuals or teams proposing transformative projects that are inherently untested but have the potential to create major scientific breakthroughs by challenging existi...| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
The new Happy Families Project, supported by a major four-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health and led by Mark Cummings, Kathleen Bergman and John Borkowski, is meant to arm as many families as possible in South Bend, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis with critical tools to help them communicate with one another effectively.| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
After several weeks of stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19, it is clear we are facing a crisis in child maltreatment. Well-known risk factors for the incidence of child abuse have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis. At the same time, our ability to identify children experiencing maltreatment…| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
At Notre Dame’s William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families, psychology experts address and study other aspects of health that contribute to healthy family life. Having to turn a physical space that is normally bustling with moms and dads and their children into a virtual environment that preserves research continuity and continues to provide services is not easy, but that’s exactly what the Shaw Center researchers and staff are doing. Several programs at the center have been convert...| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
A look at ideas that are addressing major food-related problems: A potential breakthrough on peanut allergies.| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
The Cultivate Program.| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
Laura Miller-Graff, an assistant professor of psychology and peace studies, along with co-principal investigator Kathryn Howell of the University of Memphis and a team of Notre Dame faculty members, will evaluate the intervention program through a randomized, controlled trial involving more than 200 women and their infants.| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
Ask people, “Who or what comes to mind when you hear the phrase ‘greatness of soul’?” and you will encounter blank looks and a confusing ragbag of replies. I know. I’ve tried it. …| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
How do you represent resilience? Is it Rosie the Riveter, her bicep flexed? Is it a diamond, one of the hardest substances on Earth? Or does resilience resemble hope, which Emily Dickinson described…| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
Kristin Valentino, the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families Associate Professor of Psychology, has been named the director of the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families beginning July 1, 2019. Julie Braungart-Rieker, Mary Hesburgh Flaherty and James F. Flaherty III College Chair…| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
How infants adjust in their first months of life depends on many factors, including what their mothers experienced while they are in utero — 1 in 4 women in the U.S. will experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime, and that risk increases during pregnancy, but surprisingly few longitudinal studies have been conducted on the effects of IPV during pregnancy. William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families Assistant Professor of Psychology Laura Miller-Graff led a novel study e...| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families | News
The Center for Children and Families brings scholars together to conduct innovative, interdisciplinary research in support of healthy development across the human lifespan.| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families
The University of Notre Dame's William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families supports research on the healthy development of mothers, fathers, adolescents, children, and infants.| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families
The Center for Children and Families brings scholars together to conduct innovative, interdisciplinary research in support of healthy development across the human lifespan.| The William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families
