Jed Elison, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Institute of Child Development, was featured in the University of Minnesota’s Driven to Discover campaign for his research on brain development.

Elison, who specializes in developmental social neuroscience, structural brain development, and autism, recently won a $2.45 million grant from the National Institutes of Health called BRAINS (Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists). Through the project, he aims to chart brain development in children between the ages of three and 24 months.

According to Elison, “understanding this developmental period in greater detail may ultimately allow us to improve the health and wellbeing of children.”

Learn more about Elison’s research.