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Candice Odgers
Born1976 (age 47–48)
OccupationProfessor
Academic background
EducationSimon Fraser University (BA, MA)
University of Virginia (PhD)
Academic work
InstitutionsDuke 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.

Biography

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Odgers played college basketball and attended Simon Fraser University, where she received her undergraduate degree in Criminology and Psychology. Her brother is Jeff Odgers an NHL Hockey Player.

Odgers obtained a Honors and Masters level degree from Simon Fraser University (SFU) in 2001 and was awarded with the Terry Fox Medal [4] for overcoming adversity following a serious motor vehicle accident while traveling with the Women's Basketball Team at SFU. Odgers was awarded a Commonwealth Fellowship to continue her studies at Cambridge University, but pursued a PhD in psychology at the University of Virginia.

Odgers completed her postdoctoral training in England at the Social, Genetic, & Developmental Psychiatry Centre with Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi, during which time she helped to create a 'genes-to-geography' data archive for 2,232 children from the Environmental-Risk Longitudinal Twin Study.[citation needed]

In 2007, Odgers began a faculty position at the University of California, Irvine.[citation needed] In 2012 she became the associate director at the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University and a professor of Public Policy, Psychology & Neuroscience. Odgers became a Fellow, for the Association for Psychological Science in 2013, and a Fellow at the Child Brain & Development Program Canadian Institute for Advanced Research in 2016. She is currently a psychology professor at the University of California-Irvine and Duke University.[5][6][7]

Awards and honors

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Odgers has received multiple awards for her research including the 2016 Advanced Research Fellowship from Klaus J. Jacobs Foundation,[8][9] 2015 Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association,[10] 2014 William T. Grant Scholar Award,[11] 2012 Janet Taylor Spence Award from the Association for Psychological Science,[12][13][14] and 2005 Alice Wilson Award from the Royal Society of Canada.[15][16]

References

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  1. ^ One Hundred and Seventy-Sixth Final Exercises (PDF). University of Virginia. 22 May 2005. p. 25. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  2. ^ "Candice Odgers joins Department of Psychology and Social Behavior | School of Social Ecology". socialecology.uci.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  3. ^ "Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy". Duke. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. ^ Terry Fox Medal
  5. ^ "Candice l. Odgers: Awards for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest". APA PsycNET. November 2015. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  6. ^ "Candice L. Odgers: Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest" (PDF). American Psychologist. 70 (8): 720–722. November 2015. doi:10.1037/a0039837. PMID 26618956 – via APA PsycNET.
  7. ^ "Candice Odgers | adaptlab". Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  8. ^ "Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program". Jacobs Foundation. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  9. ^ "Candice L. Odgers". Jacobs Foundation. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  10. ^ "Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  11. ^ "Current and Former Scholars". William T. Grant Foundation. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  12. ^ "Janet Taylor Spence Award Recipients". Association for Psychological Science - APS. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  13. ^ "2012 Janet Taylor Spence Award". Association for Psychological Science - APS. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  14. ^ "Bio - Candice Odgers". CIFAR. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  15. ^ "Past Award Winners | The Royal Society of Canada". rsc-src.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  16. ^ "Candice Odgers". AdaptLab. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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