Arianna Gard Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College Park , Maryland 20742
Education:
- Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan, 2019
- B.A., Psychology, Minor in Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2010
Biography:
My research examines the influence of environmental factors on health and behavior across the lifespan, with a particular focus on the adolescent period. I use a variety of biological methodologies to probe the mechanisms of neighborhood- and family-level influences on developmental outcomes, including functional MRI, genetics and epigenetics, and physiological markers of stress. A prominent feature of my work is to increase sociodemographic diversity in neurobiological research by including historically under-represented groups in research design and implementation.