Category: Research

Timeline: 2014-2017 Principal Investigators: Carolyn Denton, Ph. D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Tricia Zucker, Ph. D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Maria Carlo, Ph. D. Susan Landry, Ph. D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Funding Agencies: The Brown Foundation, Inc.… Read more »

Timeline: 2011-2015 Principal Investigator: Susan Landry, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Co-Investigators: Mike Assel, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Maria Carlo, Ph.D. Funding Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Description of Project: The study’s goal is to determine the effectiveness of a comprehensive Spanish school… Read more »

Timeline: 2011 –2015 Principal Investigators: Marcia A. Barnes, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin Co-Investigators: Tricia Zucker, Ph.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Mike Assel, Ph.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Susan Landry, Ph.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Paul… Read more »

Timeline: 2013 – 2018 Principal Investigator: Charles S. Cox, Jr. , M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Co-Investigators: Linda Ewing-Cobbs, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Jenifer Juranek, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Funding Agency: National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke/National… Read more »

Timeline: 2014-2018 Principal Investigator: Susan H. Landry, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Co-Investigators: Michael Assel, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Maria Carlo, Ph.D. April Crawford, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Hsien-Yuan Hsu, Ph.D. Ursula Johnson, Ph.D. Tricia Zucker, Ph.D., University of Texas… Read more »

Principal Investigators: Jenifer Juranek, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Jack M. Fletcher, Ph.D., University of Houston Jessica Church-Lang, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin Funding Agency: National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development Description of Project: This study investigates the functional and structural neural mechanisms of reading comprehension in typical… Read more »

Timeline: 2011-2016 Principal Investigator: Elizabeth A. Thom , Ph.D., The Biostatistics Center, The George Washington University Co-Investigator (Neuroimaging): Jenifer Juranek, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health /National Institute of Child Health and Development Description of Project: This study is a longitudinal follow-up of children enrolled… Read more »

Timeline: 2011-2016 Principal Investigator: Theresa Ochoa, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Co-Investigators: Thomas Cleary, M.D., Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center Linda Ewing-Cobbs, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Funding Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National Institutes of Health Description of Project: The… Read more »

Timeline: 2015-2020 Principal Investigators: Bethanie Van Horne, DrPH Ursula Johnson, PhD Janelle Montroy, PhD Susan Landry, PhD Funding Agency: The Administration for Children and Families Description of Project: Understanding how to provide children with an early foundation in school readiness skills is critical, as many states estimate that half of their students arrive at kindergarten… Read more »