Our Team
Full-Time Staff
Lauren Holley, CCLS M.S.
Child life SpecialistChild and Family Data Collection Specialistlmstier@uga.edu |CV| LinkedInPhD Graduate Assistants
3rd-year PhD Student in Human Development & Family ScienceStudent coordinatorrabeeh.azarmehr@uga.edu
3rd-year PhD Student in Human Development & Family ScienceAlso works with Dr. Geoffrey Browncullin.howard@uga.edu
Morgan Munoz, M.S.
2nd-year PhD Student in Human Development & Family ScienceStudent coordinatormorgan.munoz@uga.edu5th-year PhD Student in Human Development & Family ScienceAlso works with UGA Center for Family Researchava.reck@uga.edu | CV
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Principal Investigators
Lab Co-Director & Principal InvestigatorAssociate Professor in Human Development & Family ScienceFaculty affiliate of Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program and Psychology DepartmentDirector of OIBR's Stress, Trauma, Adversity, Resilience (STAR) grouposhri@uga.edu | CV
Dr. Charles Geier
Lab Co-Director & Principal InvestigatorDr. Geier is a professor of Human Development & Family Science at UGA. His area of research includes understanding the neurodevelopment of brain systems underlying goal-directed and habitual behaviors, and how these systems interact across contexts to impact health and disease.charles.geier@uga.eduCo-Investigators
Dr. Kogan is a professor of Human Development & Family Science at UGA. His areas of research includes African American men’s sexual health and substance use in emerging adulthood, as well as evaluating family-centered alcohol prevention programs for rural African American youth.smkogan@uga.edu
Dr. Koss is the Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at UGA. Her primary research interest is to understand the interplay between social environments and biology to answer the question of how adversity ‘gets under the skin’ to shape mental health during childhood and adolescence. kalsea.koss@uga.edu
Dr. Sweet is the Gary R. Sperduto Professor in Clinical Psychology in the UGA Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program.sweet@uga.edu