Candice Odgers | |
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Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
Occupation | Professor |
Academic background | |
Education | Simon Fraser University (BA, MA) University of Virginia (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Duke University, University of California Irvine |
Candice Lynn Odgers[1] (born 1976) is a Canadian developmental and quantitative psychologist who studies how early adversity and exposure to poverty influences adolescent mental health. Her team has developed new approaches for studying health and development using mobile devices and online tools, with a focus on how digital tools and spaces can be improved to support children and adolescents. Odgers is currently a professor of Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine[2] and a research professor at Duke University.[3] Odgers is also the co-director of the Child and Brain Development Program at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.