Alumna advances to research assistant professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Alumna Elizabeth Miller (Ph.D. ‘16) will join the faculty at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine in September as a research assistant professor. There, Miller will work with Professor Clancy Blair on his NIH-funded Family Life Project, a collaboration with the ECHO (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes) Initiative. Additionally, Miller will continue her research with Professor Pamela Morris on the NIH-funded Smart Beginnings project. 

In 2016, Miller joined the NYU Institute of Human Development and Social Change as project director for Smart Beginnings, later serving as a research assistant professor and research director for the Smart Beginnings team.
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Miller’s research foci include early childhood policy interventions and how these interventions can increase low-income children’s school readiness. She is particularly interested in how well specific policies work for groups, with a special focus on dual language learners. Recently, Miller expanded her studies to include interventions for infants and toddlers, ages 0-3.

As a doctoral student at UCI, Miller specialized in Educational Policy and Social Context. Her advisor was Distinguished Professor George Farkas.