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May 27, 2025
After reading about research showing the incidence rate of diagnosable psychiatric disorders in adults was lower in those who grew up near green spaces as children, FPG's Nissa Towe-Goodman became interested in exploring how the availability of natural areas could offset the development of those disorders. Learn more about her latest project, Types of green spaces and the development of anxiety, depression, and ADHD in rural, low-income communities.
May 19, 2025
Teresa Taylor, MEd, is an intervention specialist with the Targeted Reading Intervention (TRI) team at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG). As part of our FPG profile series, we recently spoke with Taylor to learn more about her work at FPG.
May 12, 2025
The UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is excited to welcome its fifth cohort of Marvin H. McKinney Scholars. The Marvin H. McKinney Scholars Program in Research, Practice, and Policy was established to offer hands-on research experience in child development to undergraduate students attending North Carolina's historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
