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Department of Human Development and Family Studies
College of Health and Human Sciences

Human Development and Family Studies Research Faculty

HDFS Research

Research Faculty Areas of Interest

Stephen Aichele

Assistant Professor

Cognition and Health Analytics Lab

Areas: Adult development and aging

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Allison Bielak

Associate Professor

Healthy Cognitive Aging Lab

Areas: Adult development and aging; focus on methodological quality

Allison Bielak

Julie Braungart-Rieker

Department Head

Professor

Babies and Families Lab

Areas: Emotion, regulation, and relational processes; treatment, intervention, and prevention science

HDFS Department Head, Julie Braungart-Rieker

Samantha Brown

Associate Professor

Parent-Child Relationships and Well-Being Laboratory

Areas of Interest: Biobehavioral health, child development, child maltreatment, parent-child interactions, sleep, stress, substance use, mindfulness- and trauma-informed intervention, and risk and resiliency.

Samantha Brown

Agnieszka (Aga) Burzynska

Associate Professor

Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Neurosciences Program

Affiliate Faculty of the Transnational Medicine Institute

The BRAiN Laboratory

Areas: Adult development and aging; treatment, intervention, and prevention science

Agnieszka (Aga) Burzynska

Lisa Daunhauer

Associate Professor

Developmental Disabilities Laboratory

Areas: Child development; intellectual and developmental disabilities, executive functioning

Lisa Daunhauer,

Rob Duncan

Associate Professor

Areas: Emotion, Regulation, and Relational Processes; Treatment, Intervention, and Prevention Science

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Melissa Fenton

Assistant Professor

Fenton Research Lab

Areas: Treatment, intervention, and prevention science; risk, resilience, and developmental psychopathology

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Deborah Fidler

Professor

Director of the Prevention Research Center Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Division

Developmental Disabilities Laboratory

Areas: Risk, resilience, and developmental psychopathology; treatment, intervention, and prevention science

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Jenn Finders

Assistant Professor

PEACE Laboratory

Areas: Risk, Resilience, and Developmental Psychopathology; Treatment, Intervention, and Prevention Science; Emotion, Regulation, and Relational Processes

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Christine Fruhauf (Bubien)

Professor

Director of HDFS Extension

Program Coordinator of the Gerontology Interdisciplinary Minor

Director of the Prevention Research Center Healthy Aging Division

Promoting Healthy Aging and Families Research Laboratory

CSU Extension

Larimer County Extension

Areas: Adult development and aging

Christine Fruhauf

Ana Gutierrez-Colina

Assistant Professor

Areas: Health equity in underserved and rural communities;​ health behavior and self-management; self-regulation and executive function

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Shelley Haddock

Professor

Campus Connections

Areas: Treatment, intervention, and prevention science

Shelley Haddock

Susan Hepburn

Professor

Areas: Autism Spectrum Disorder/developmental disabilities, co-occurring disorders, development across the lifespan, improving access to evidence-based practices, implementation science, family resilience

Susan Hepburn

Rachel Lucas-Thompson

Professor

Graduate Student Affairs Director

Interim Head of Applied Developmental Science Doctoral Program

The CALMER Lab

Areas: Family relationships; adolescent development; mindfulness interventions

Rachel Lucas-Thompson wearing glasses, red shirt and white cardigan with black stripes smiling and standing in front of brick wall.

Gloria Luong

Associate Professor

Director of Graduate Programs

Health, Emotion, and Aging Research Team

Areas: Adult development and aging; emotion, regulation, and relational processes

Gloria Luong

Nathaniel Riggs

Professor

Executive Director of Prevention Research Center

Prevention Research Center

Areas: Prevention science, child and adolescent development, executive function, self-regulation, health psychology

Nathaniel Riggs

Lauren Shomaker

Associate Professor

Adolescent Wellness Laboratory

Areas: Adolescent development and psychopathology, health and medical psychology, prevention science

Lauren Shomaker

Toni Zimmerman

Professor

University Distinguished Teaching Scholar

Program Director of Marriage and Family Therapy Graduate Program

Campus Connections

Areas: Treatment, intervention, and prevention science; cultural context and diversity

Toni Zimmerman