Primary aims of research in the SPROUT Lab include:

• Identify how stress, adversity, and socioecological factors influence child and family mental health and well-being.
• Examine how specific factors, such as parenting practices, emotion dynamics, and parent-child relationships, shape children’s emotional and behavioral development.
• Advance equitable and culturally responsive mental health care by engaging communities and studying, implementing, and disseminating effective interventions for underserved children and families.