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child development

Gold colored thin film on the wing of a butterfly which is on the end of a human finger.

UC Irvine, Columbia University researchers invent soft, bioelectronic sensor implant

Device conforms to body’s tissues, allowing brain monitoring through development

A valve for the most vulnerable

‘Star’ Ph.D. student helps develop medical device for children with congenital heart defects

Cash transfers linked to improved educational outcomes for American Indian children

UC Irvine-led study highlights intergenerational benefits of financial support for families

Teacher And Pupils Using Wooden Shapes In Montessori School.

Review shows mixed results on long-term effectiveness of early education programs

UC Irvine, other researchers find that children do initially benefit from preschool

Tallie Z. Baram

UCI awarded grant to study sex-specific brain pathway responses to stress

UCI has been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the sex-specific differences in circuits that connect the brain’s stress and reward centers. Building on the earlier discovery of how brain circuit operation is disrupted by exposure to early-life adversity, researchers will study the emergence of gender as […]

Alana LeBrón (left) and Jun Wu (right).

UC Irvine receives grant to study lead exposure effects on children’s learning, behavior

Santa Ana-based project continues past successful community-academic partnership

Tallie Z. Baram

Early-life stress can disrupt maturation of brain’s reward circuits, promoting disorders

UC Irvine discovery offers new therapeutic target for treating mental illness

Dr. Tallie Z. Baram

UCI research finds parents’ unpredictable behavior may impair optimal brain circuit formation

Disrupted development increases vulnerability to mental illness, substance abuse

Sirui Wan

UCI doctoral candidate dissects an age-old question: math or language?

Sirui Wan examines when students start to specialize and how that affects their futures

Stephen Schueller

UCI leads development of drop-in mental wellness centers for O.C. youth

Multiple county partners collaborate to implement innovative allcove care model