Director, Senior Scientist, Learning Research and Development Center
Professor, University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychology
- 07/31/25: Melissa Libertus, Heather Bachman and Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal are featured in the July Kidsburgh article which details their research on how parents can help kids build early math skills.
- 06/24/25: The First Five Years Fund cites analysis from Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, which explains the amount of time children spend in low-quality care arrangements is related to elevated levels of externalizing behavior problems.
- 11/01/24: LRDC Researchers Ranked in the World's Top 2% Scientists List.
- 03/19/24: Jamie Hanson wrote a piece for the Conversation, about a collaborative project that he worked on with Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, Portia Miller, and the PPEL team.
Jones, E., J., Miller, P., Gibson-Davis, C., M., Hanson, J., L., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2025). Family Wealth and Adolescent Physical Health. Health Psychology Review.
Jones, E., J., Miller, P., Natale, B., N., Dupree, T., Damon, S., T., Marsland, A., L., Shaw, D., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2025). Childhood family income and adult cardiovascular health: Indirect effects through childhood neighborhood socioeconomic advantages and disadvantages in a prospective sample of young men. Journal of the American Heart Association.
Fox, D., Ribner, A., Votruba-Drzal, E., Bachman, H. J., & Libertus, M. (2025). Parents’ spatial talk predicts toddlers’ spatial language gains. Learning and Instruction.
Betancur, L., Votruba-Drzal, E., & Miller, P. (2025). Long-term associations between early childhood education and academic achievement in two low- and middle-income countries. International Journal of Educational Development.
Blatt, L.R., Delale-O’Connor, L. A., Binning, K. R., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2024). School segregation and social processes that shape early and middle childhood development. Educational Psychologist.
Impact of key contexts that support learning and socioemotional development during the transition to school and the elementary school years.
