Integrating basic, translational, and clinical research, the Center aims to leverage the substantial interdisciplinary knowledge and expertise across Cornell to catalyze science-based innovations that promote and strengthen human development and well-being within diverse family, community, and population contexts.

Expertise in behavioral genetics, cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, cultural psychology, data science, developmental psychobiology, environmental psychology, family systems, intervention and prevention, open science, and social and personality psychology is found across our interdisciplinary community of faculty affiliates and research fellows.