"Jungmeen and I get to tackle thorny problems while pursuing answers to questions that matter for promoting healthier youth development," Deater-Deckard said. "Our team utilizes state-of-the-art ...

Adolescent substance use is a significant predictor of future addiction and related disorders. Understanding neural mechanisms underlying substance use initiation and frequency during adolescence is ...

Jungmeen said that despite the well-documented connection between adverse experiences and the development of mental health disorders, the lack of available information on exactly how adolescents ...

While researchers have long spotlighted the role childhood abuse, poverty, and substance use play in human development, Virginia Tech’s Jungmeen Kim-Spoon is pulling back the curtain on what ...