2023
Dr. Bagner joins Brynna and Perrine as they graduate from their doctoral studies!
October 2023:
Caroline Gillenson had a first-authored publication, "A preliminary study of executive functioning in preterm-born children: A bilingual advantage" published in Advances in Neonatal Care and received media coverage.
March 2023:
Caroline Gillenson presented her candidacy work in a flash talk at the Society of Research in Child Development's 2023 Biennial Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT.
2022
June 2022:
It is with great joy and pride that Dr. Bagner says goodbye to Brynna and Perrine as they both go to complete their internship year. Brynna and Perrine both joined the lab in 2018 and have grown to become great collaborators, key lab personnel, and friends. The lab is proud of all of their accomplishments and for successfully defending their dissertations. We are confident Brynna and Perrine will grow to achieve wonderful things!
May 2022: ECBL started the month of May with many great things to celebrate!
Brynna and Perrine attended their internship pinning ceremony, marking where they will be completing their internship. We are so proud of them!
Keara presented at FIU's first Annual Psychology Graduate Recognition Awards and Flash Talks! She did an amazing job presenting "A Home-Based Parenting Intervention for High-Risk Infants: Effects on and Moderating Role of Effortful Control"
March 2022: Perrine Heymann and Brynna Heflin matched at their top choice internship! Perrine matched with Children’s National Hospital and Brynna with Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital. We are so happy for them and know they will achieve wonderful things.
2021
November 2021: Perrine Heymann and Enid Moreira presented at this year's ABCT Virtual Conference. They presented on adapting the Infant Behavior Program due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Great job Perrine and Enid!
September 2021: The ECBL welcomes Daniella Vaclavik as a Post-Doctoral Fellow for the PANTHERS Project. Welcome Daniella!
August 2021: The ECBL welcomes Anastassia Cafatti as a graduate student. Welcome Anastassia!
June 2021:
The ECBL welcomes Adriana Pino as Project Evaluator for the PANTHERS Project. Welcome Adriana!
Dr. Bagner and Dr. Natalia Soares Quinete's collaboration exploring child soil ingestion and development received funding. Read all about it here. Congrats Dr. Bagner and Dr. Soares Quinete!
March 2021: Maria Wilson is accepted to graduated school. Congratulations Maria!
February 2021:
Brynna Heflin received funding for her F31 project. Congrats Brynna!
Our students had their first author papers published. Congrats Brynna, Caroline, Keara and Perrine!
Heflin, B. H., Gillenson, C. G., Neuman, K. N., Heymann, P., & Bagner, D. M. (2021, May). Role of parenting skills on the associations between parental depression and stress and observed aggressive behavior in children with developmental delay. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Virtual Meeting.
Neuman, K. N. & Bagner, D. M. (2021, May). A home-based parenting intervention for high-risk infants: Effects on and moderating role of effortful control. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Virtual Meeting.
2020
September 2020: Brynna Heflin had her first-authored publication, "Predicting BMI in Young Children with Developmental Delay and Externalizing Problems: Links with Caregiver Depressive Symptoms and Acculturation" published in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Congrats Brynna!
August 2020: The ECBL welcomes Keara Neuman, a new clinical science doctoral student, to the lab.
June 2020: Brynna Heflin had her first-authored publication, “Impact of Parenting Intervention on Observed Aggressive Behaviors in At-Risk Infants” published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies. Congrats Brynna!
April 2020: Dr. Bagner received funding from NICHD for a new R01 titled "Preventive Intervention for Behavior Problems in Infants from High-Risk Families." Congrats Dr. Bagner! Stay tuned for more updates as our team gets the project started.
2019
December 2019: Dr. Griffith had her first-authored publication, "Apps As Learning Tools: A Systematic Review" published in Pediatrics and even received media coverage. Congrats
December 2019: Perrine Heymann had her first-authored publication, “Infant-directed language following a brief behavioral parenting intervention: The importance of language quality” accepted for publication in Infant Behavior and Development. Congrats Perrine!
November 2019: Dr. Bagner was interviewed for a NY Times Parenting article! Click here to read it.
May 2019: Congratulations to Brynna Heflin and Perrine Heymann for earning their master's degrees.
August 2019: The ECBL welcomes Caroline Gillenson, a new clinical science doctoral student, to the lab.
2018
February 2018: Congratulations to Nicole Barroso for successfully matching at the University of Miami Mailman Center for Child Development.
August 2018: The ECBL welcomes Mary Hagan, a new clinical science doctoral student, to the lab.
2017
August 2017: The ECBL welcomes Brynna Heflin and Perrine Heymann, two new clinical science doctoral students, to the lab.
2016
March 2016: Congratulations to Nicole Barroso for being named a winner of the Florida International Graduate Scholarly Forum for her presentation of a meta-analysis on parenting stress and child behavior problems.
March 2016: Congratulations to Francisco "Giovanni" Ramos for receiving the prestigious Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. Giovanni will be pursuing this summer in the Early Childhood Behavior Lab as part of this fellowship.
August 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Garcia on receiving the Worlds Ahead Award.
December 2016: Congratulations to Nicole Barroso on receiving the prestigious NIH National Research Service Award (F31).
2015
February 2015: Nicole Barroso had her first-authored manuscript, "The effect of preterm birth on infant negative affect and maternal postpartum depressive symptoms: A preliminary examination in an underrepresented minority sample," accepted for publication in Infant Behavior and Development. Congratulations Nicole.
February 2015: Congratulations to Gabbi Hungerford and
August 2015: Congratulations to
2014
February 2014: Nely Garcia had her first-authored manuscript, "Language production in children with and at risk for delay: Mediating role of parenting skills," accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Congratulations Nely.
2013
April 2013: Gabbi Rodríguez had her first-authored manuscript, "Parent training for children born premature: The moderating role of emotion regulation," accepted for publication in Child Psychiatry and Human Development. Congratulations Gabbi.
2012
June 2012: Gabbi Rodríguez will be spending the Fall 2012 semester in Washington, DC as a fellow in the National Academies Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program.
June 2012: Congratulations to
