Welcome to the
Pediatric Development Research (PDR) lab!
About the lab.....Under the supervision of Dr. Hernandez-Reif students learn to design studies and participate in research activities.
Past undergraduate and graduate research include Emerging Scholar projects, McNair Scholar undergraduate theses, Master's theses, and/or Doctoral dissertations. HDFS students present their research activities at the yearly Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Conference and graduate students present at National and/or International conferences. The PDR is looking for undergraduate students majoring or minoring in HDFS with GPA > 3.3 and who can commit to research for two consecutive terms (Fall-Spring 2020-2021) (minimum 4-6 hours per week). Please email Dr. Hernandez-Reif at [email protected] about your qualifications and interests.
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PDR members at work
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Current Projects
Prosocial Decision Making (PDM) project for preschool age (3 to 5)
Understanding children's development of helping behaviors and prosocial creativity. Visit her site at ngungordu.people.ua.edu
Family Interaction Project (FIP)
This longitudinal study is examining infant markers that might relate to overall development and school readiness at age 5. Data are collected twice a year, including children's anthropometric measurements, saliva cortisol, teachers' reports on children's development and communicative skills and parents' reports on children's sleep, reading, leisure activities and social skills.
Community Research
Partners for Alabama Families and Communities (PAFC) is a collaborative examining how to improve maternal-child health outcome and strenghthen families and communities through research, teaching ad service. Current projects are focused on integrative services for preconception, pregnancy and postpartum individuals and working to inform communities of existing services. Faculty and students across the University of Alabama campus, resident leaders in Holt, Hispanic and Black community leaders, and agency encouragement and support, such as from the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) work together to support the local West Alabama community. Research opportunities exist for students interested in community based research focused on maternal-child health.
Completed Projects
Pre-K School Readiness
This study evaluated school readiness levels of 4-year-old children attending Pre-K in a public city school system. This project was funded by the Malone Family Foundation.
Banse, H., Hernandez-Reif, M., & Kendrick, A. (2021). The importance of family involvement: Examining teacher’s perspectives of prekindergarteners’ outcomes. Early Education and Development.
Banse, H., Hernandez-Reif, M., & Kendrick, A. (2021, in review). Prekindergarten Teacher Perceptions of Language-Minority Dual Language Learners’ Developmental Abilities. Journal of Language, Identity & Education.
Banse, H., Hernandez-Reif, M., & Kendrick, A., (2021). Teacher-perceived developmental predictors of family involvement in prekindergarten. SN Social Sciences, 1, 73 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00077-x
Banse, H., Hernandez-Reif, M., & Kendrick, A. (2021, in review). Prekindergarten Teacher Perceptions of Language-Minority Dual Language Learners’ Developmental Abilities. Journal of Language, Identity & Education.
Banse, H., Hernandez-Reif, M., & Kendrick, A., (2021). Teacher-perceived developmental predictors of family involvement in prekindergarten. SN Social Sciences, 1, 73 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00077-x
