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Sonya Troller-Renfree is an Assistant Professor at the Teachers College, Columbia University, where she directs the Stroller Laboratory. Her work focuses on how early life stress and adversity shape neurocognitive and socioemotional development, with expertise in mobile and in-home EEG data collection and analysis.
- Primary Affiliation: Teachers College, Columbia University
- Department: Biobehavioral Sciences
- Research Collaborations: Bucharest Early Intervention Project, Baby's First Years study
Academic Background:
- Ph.D. in Human Development and Quantitative Methodology (2018), University of Maryland
- Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023-present), Teachers College
- B.A. in Psychology (2010), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests: Sonya's research bridges developmental psychology, neuroscience, and public health, examining how maternal stress, socioeconomic status, and interventions affect infant brain activity. She specializes in EEG methodology for diverse populations, including global child neurodevelopmental research in Ethiopia.
Publications & Research Trends: Her 40+ publications emphasize neurocognitive development, maternal-child health, and EEG-based studies of proactive/reactive control, anxiety trajectories, and epigenetic aging. Recent work explores mobile EEG feasibility in low-resource settings and cognitive control mechanisms in socially anxious populations.
Scientific Awards & Grants:
- NICHD K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award ($1,022,893)
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship ($105,000, 2013-2018)
- Rising Star (Association for Psychological Science, 2023)
- Goldberg Postdoctoral Fellowship (Teachers College, 2020)
Labs & Collaborations: Leads the Stroller Laboratory, collaborating with researchers like Kimberly Noble, Nathan Fox, and Charles Nelson. Her work spans the Bucharest Early Intervention Project and global initiatives in Ethiopia focusing on neurodevelopmental assessment in rural contexts.
