SWAG To Create Child Care and Early Education Center

Jul 8, 2016 | AZC News

The C.H.I.L.D Center, which stands for the Children’s Health, Imagination, Learning and Discovery Center, will serve as a child care and early education center located in the heart of the SWAG neighborhoods. Set to open for the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year,...

Anita Zucker Center Co-Director Honored For Leadership, Impact on Behavioral Disorders

Apr 15, 2016 | Awards & Recognition, AZC News

Maureen Conroy, co-director of the University of Florida Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, has received the 2016 Outstanding Leadership Award from the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. CCBD, a division of the Council for...

Alumnus Earns Distinguished Early Career Research Award

Feb 25, 2016 | Awards & Recognition, AZC News

UF College of Education Alumnus Brian Boyd has been selected for prestigious national honors from the Council for Exceptional Children for his outstanding research. Boyd won the 2016 Distinguished Early Career Research Award. The honor recognizes scholars who have...

UF Scholars Contribute to National Meeting in Research Innovations in Early Intervention

Feb 22, 2016 | AZC News

More than a dozen faculty, postdoctoral fellows and doctoral students affiliated with the UF Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies recently contributed to a national conference focused on sharing innovative research for the benefit of children...

Expert in Biostatistics, Metabolic Syndrome joins ICHP and Anita Zucker Center

Feb 22, 2016 | AZC News

When both adult and pediatric patients come to their checkups with a certain nexus of problems – obesity, high blood pressure, high glucose levels, low “good” cholesterol, and high triglycerides – most doctors know they are on the road for increased risk of...

UF researcher recognized among 2015 top scientific advances in autism

Jan 4, 2016 | Awards & Recognition, AZC News

Cynthia Johnson, Ph.D., has been recognized as one of the top breakthroughs in autism research by the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee. The federal advisory committee, charged with coordinating all activities related to autism spectrum disorder within the...