Center for Families announces 2025 Funding Recipients
Lorene Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families
Zoe Taylor, PhD, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science, College of Health and Human Sciences
Structural Risks and Family Adjustment in Midwestern Latine Immigrant Families: Extending the Family Stress Model
Taylor, Z. E., Carrizales, A., Moffitt, A., & Ruiz, Y. (2024). Structural risks and family adjustment in midwestern Latine immigrant families: Extending the family stress model. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 30(4), 815–828. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000668
2025 Faculty Awards
Center for Families Faculty Fellowship
Heather Eicher-Miller, PhDNutrition Science, College of Health and Human Sciences: The Role of Family Meals in the Relationship of Parent/Caregiver and Child Dietary Quality in the Context of Food Insecurity and Low-Income Households
Bob L. and Joyce Beery Miles Research Enhancement Grant
Christie Sennott, PhD, SOC, to support the work of undergraduate, Annette Tan, Law & Society and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies: Reproductive Healthcare Deserts and Inequalities in Maternal and Infant Health
2025 Graduate Student Awards
Justice Family Nutrition Grant
Anali Morales, Nutrition Science: Scoping review to inform measures of nutrition security: Evaluating the link of diet quality to household food security status in the U.S. (Advisor: Heather Eicher-Miller, PhD, Nutrition Science)
Rojina Thapa, Nutrition Science, Role of Iron Status on Cognition and Daily Functioning in Young Women of Reproductive Age (Advisor: Laura Murray-Kolb, PhD, Nutrition Science)
Studorschka Interdisciplinary Grant
Evans Osei, Nursing/Gerontology: End-of-life financial decision-making among rural Blacks/African American women with advanced or late staged breast and gynecological cancers (Advisors: Nasreen Lalani, PhD, Nursing; Bhagyashree Katare, PhD, Ag Econ; Jake Burdick, PhD, Curriculum and Instruction)
Dr. Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth Graduate Student Research Recognition
Sumin Im, Public Health: Transportation, Time Allocation, and Sleep (Advisor: Michelle Garrison, PhD, Public Health)
Edward V. and Mary E. McAllister Fellowship
Ivan Mendoza, Human Development and Family Science: A La Mesa: Bringing Nutritious, Culturally Adapted Meals to the Family Dinner Table (Advisor: Kameron Moding, PhD, HDFS)
2024 Graduate Student Recognition
Bay Family Scholarship
Sybil Cutler, Human Development and Family Science