Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Daniel Shaw, a Distinguished Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, co-leads research on parenting and school readiness. He directs the Center for Parents and Children and focuses on preventing problem behaviors in at-risk children through NIH-funded studies. Dr. Shaw also leads the Early Childhood Collaborative of The Pittsburgh Study and has published over 420 papers. He has received multiple awards for his contributions to developmental psychology and serves as Associate Editor of Development and Psychopathology.
Featured Works
Shaw, D. S., Mendelsohn, A. L., Morris-Perez, P. A., & Weaver Krug, C. (2024). Integrating equifinality and multifinality into the of prevention programs in early childhood: The conceptual case for use of tiered models. Development and Psychopathology, 1–12. doi:10.1017/S095457942400021X
Shaw, D. S., & Wilson, M. N. (2021). Taking a Motivational Interviewing approach to prevention science: Progress and extensions. Prevention Science, 22(6), 826-830.
Shaw, D. S., Hyde, L. W., & Brennan, L. M. (2012). Early predictors of boys' antisocial trajectories. Development and psychopathology, 24(3), 871-888.
Shaw, D. S., Gilliom, M., Ingoldsby, E. M., & Nagin, D. S. (2003). Trajectories leading to school-age conduct problems. Developmental psychology, 39(2), 189.
Shaw, D. S., Connell, A., Dishion, T. J., Wilson, M. N., & Gardner, F. (2009). Improvements in maternal depression as a mediator of intervention effects on early childhood problem behavior. Development and psychopathology, 21(2), 417-439.