OIBR Fellows, Jay A. Mancini (HDFS) and K.A.S. Wickrama (HDFS) have received the Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families Award for 2018

OIBR Fellows, Jay A. Mancini (HDFS) and K.A.S. Wickrama (HDFS) have received the Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families Award for 2018 (this award is sponsored by the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue, and supported by the Association of the United States Army) along with former HDFS post-docs Laura Arnold (now with ICF International) and Mallory Lucier-Greer (now at Auburn University), and HDFS Research Scientist, James Ford (retired). Their research on family systems and adolescents in military families, published in Journal of Family Issues, was funded by HQ Army Child, Youth, and School Services and USDA, and performed by the Family and Community Resilience Laboratory inHuman Development and Family Science (“How family structures and processes interrelate: The case of adolescent mental health and academic success in military families”, V. 38(6), 858-879). This award-winning article can be retrieved at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0192513X15616849.For further information on this award and the Military Family Research Institute: https://www.mfri.purdue.edu/