Lab News
RA Olivia Baldi is Off to Graduate School!
Congratulations to RA Olivia Baldi on being accepted into the Ph.D. program in School Psychology at UNC Chapel Hill!
We are so excited that after 2.5 years in the Gaab Lab, RA Olivia Baldi is heading off to start her Ph.D. in School Psychology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill this Fall 2026! Under the supervision of Dr. Casey Calhoun in the School of Education, Olivia’s research will focus on how neural, physiological, and environmental factors interact and influence emotional and behavioral regulation in teens, with a particular focus on peer relationships and social media.
We could not be more proud of Olivia for all of the hard work and dedication it took to get to this point, and we have no doubt that she will excel in this next chapter of her academic career. While we will miss her greatly here in the Gaab Lab, we look forward to seeing where this next chapter of life takes her!
Congratulations Olivia, and Go Tar Heels!
Nadine Gaab Awarded the Silvana and Christopher Pascucci Professor in Learning Differences Endowed Chair!
Along with tenure at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Dr. Gaab recently was recently awarded the title of Silvana and Christopher Pascucci Professorship in Learning Differences!
From HGSE, regarding this award: “The Silvana and Christopher Pascucci Professorship in Learning Differences, held most recently by the late Thomas Hehir, is bestowed upon a faculty member whose work focuses on overcoming barriers related to learning differences and special education and whose interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research results in solutions that impact practice and policy.”
Dr. Nadine Gaab received tenure at the Harvard Graduate School of Education!
Huge CONGRATULATIONS to our Principal Investigator Nadine Gaab on being promoted to Professor of Education with tenure here at HGSE! We are all so incredibly proud of all of the hard work and dedication it took to get to this position, and we look forward to the bright future of the Gaab Lab!
New Publication! Longitudinal trajectories of brain development from infancy to school age and their relationship with literacy development
We are excited to announce our latest publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) exploring the development of brain structures related to reading from infancy to school-age.
Read more about the paper here.
Read the paper here.