The current multidisciplinary research of Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute (MPSI) faculty is centered on themes that reflect wide-ranging factors affecting development, with a lifespan perspective, multidisciplinary designs and methods, and a committed urban mission. Individual research projects and/or faculty laboratories frequently address one or more of these overlapping themes:
o Research in this area addresses factors and experiences such as certain birth events, illness or health status, and exposures to toxins, drugs, and community violence, that affect child development and life-long health and well-being.
o Research in this area addresses challenges to those normal periods of greatest change and growth, especially birth, infancy and adolescence.
o Research in this area addresses how children, parents and families can be helped to meet the risks, challenges and transitions in their lives.
More information about MPSI faculty and their current research can be found at MPSI Faculty.
MPSI is part of the Wayne State University Division of Research.