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Research in child development and child protection center

Kevin Coulter, M.D.

Kevin Coulter's research focus includes the detection of physical abuse injuries, diagnostic studies in physically abused children, the health status of children placed in protective custody due to abuse and neglect, and the healing of genital injuries.

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Kristen Rogers, Ph.D.

Kristen Rogers conducts research on the medical and physical outcomes of child abuse and neglect. Her projects involve (1) differentiation between bone fractures due to osteogenesis imperfecta and child physical abuse; (2) co-morbidities of child abuse and domestic violence; (3) healing of child abuse injuries; (4) physical and medical outcomes of children living in methamphetamine labs and drug-infested homes; (5) shaken baby syndrome (SBS) in older children; and (6) CT versus X-ray in the detection of rib fractures in children with SBS.

Deborah Stewart, M.D.

Deborah Stewart's research focus includes: (1) child abuse prevention with emphasis on evidence-based interventions with drug exposed children and families, (2) detection methods for methamphetamine in the maternal newborn dyad, (3) systems response to drug endangered children and adolescents and (4) optimizing the medical-mental health response to adolescents entering the foster care system. She also has a long standing interest in the development of an effective comprehensive advocacy training program for housestaff and students.

Susan G. Timmer, Ph.D.

Susan Timmer conducts research on the effectiveness of parent-child interaction therapy in high-risk populations, the barriers to the receipt of mental health services, and the efficacy of adjunct in-home services and other adjustments to treatment protocol. As part of this effort to improve the quality of mental health services for high-risk families, her research also explores the relationship between family and cultural values, the meanings attributed to parents' and children's behaviors, and children's psychological adjustment.

Anthony Urquiza, Ph.D.

Anthony Urquiza is a clinical psychologist who conducts research into all types of violence within the family with an emphasis on child maltreatment. His focus includes treatment approaches to physically abusive families, the treatment of sexually abused children and survivors of childhood sexual abuse, and psychodiagnostic issues as they apply to child maltreatment. In addition, he has been adapting parent-child interaction therapy to families involved in child-welfare systems (i.e., physically abusive families, foster families, adoptive families).

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Randi Hagerman, M.D.

Randi Hagerman's research includes molecular clinical studies in individuals with the full mutation of fragile X and those with the premutation. She studies the correlation of molecular parameters including the FMRP level and cognitive and physical features associated with fragile X syndrome. She also investigates the molecular, clinical, and pathological basis of the fragile X associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). In additions she studies the association between fragile X syndrome and autism.

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Robin Hansen, M.D.

Robin Hansen's primary research involves investigation of the genetic and environmental influences on the etiology and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders, particularly autism spectrum disorders. She also studies the developmental and behavioral outcomes of infants and young children at risk because of biomedical and psychosocial factors, and is involved in a state-wide demonstration project to provide comprehensive developmental screening and expanded intervention services to at-risk families.

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