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Dr. Elena L. Grigorenko received
her Ph.D. in general psychology from Moscow State University, Russia, in
1990, and her Ph.D. in developmental psychology and genetics from Yale
University, U.S.A., in 1996. Currently, Dr. Grigorenko is Associate Professor
of Child Studies, Psychology, and Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale
and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Columbia University and Moscow State
University (Russia). Dr. Grigorenko has published more than 200 peer-reviewed
articles, book chapters, and books. She has received awards for her work
from five different divisions of the American Psychological Association
(Divisions 1, 7, 10, 15, and 24). In 2004, she won the APA Distinguished
Award for Early Career Contribution to Developmental Psychology. Dr. Grigorenko
has worked with children and their families in the U.S. as well as in Africa
(Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar, the Gambia, and Zambia), India, and Russia.
Her research has been funded by the NIH, NSF, DOE, Cure Autism Now, the
Foundation for Child Development, the American Psychological Foundation,
and other federal and private sponsoring organizations. Dr. Grigorenko’s
current research includes studies of : |
- the cognitive and linguistic adaptation of international adoptees in the US;
- learning disabilities in harsh developmental environments and their relation to infection, intoxication, and poverty in Africa;
- the genes involved in language disorders in a genetically isolated population;
- the genes involved in learning disabilities and cognitive processing, with a special emphasis on studying minority samples in the US; and
- the interactions between genetic and environmental risk factors for conduct problems, and the role these factors play in the response to interventions in juvenile detainees.
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