GET INVOLVED WITH THE GARD LAB!
Join our study or collaborate on a community event or project!
Current Opportunities:
THRIVE STUDY
The overall purpose is to learn about how the environment affects how kids think, feel and grow! Most importantly, we want to know:
How does the brain help kids adapt to their environment?
THRIVE STUDY
The overall purpose is to learn about how the environment affects how kids think, feel and grow! Most importantly, we want to know:
How does the brain help kids adapt to their environment?
Growing with the GARD Lab
Growing with the GARD Lab is a STEM outreach program designed to help broaden youth engagement with science through fun activities including brain trivia, games, outdoor exercises, and group conversations.
Visit our outreach page for related events below!
Other Collaborations
We would love to hear from you and work together on future projects or events. Please to contact us with any questions or concerns.
Fill out our contact form & learn more about past collaborations below.
Past events!
RARE Project
RECRUITMENT CLOSED. This project is a partnership between community members and researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park. The goal of the project is to increase representation of individuals from marginalized backgrounds in biosocial research and include communities of color in the decision-making process.
Youth Research Internship Program
RECRUITMENT CLOSED. We recruited 6-8 students to participate in a 7-week (approx. 10hr per week) science research internship. Interns collected data on neighborhood quality, and heart rate data using Fitbits. Participants learned how to analyze data and present results to your community about how environmental quality impacts health and wellbeing. Students received $975 in compensation.
Community Presentations about the CARE Project
Linked is a community presentation that describes what we learned from community members that helped inform our CARE Project Household Survey that ran from December 2022 to April 2023. Click here!
Community Advisory Board
RECRUITMENT CLOSED. Join our team as a paid research consultant! Adults and teens welcome! Represent your community by piloting and providing feedback on the CARE Project! Click here for more information!
