Elliot Tucker-Drob | |
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Born | Elliot Max Tucker-Drob |
Nationality | American |
Education |
Cornell University University of Virginia |
Spouses | |
Awards | Max Planck-Humboldt Medal (2019) Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship (2018–2020) Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (2017) Janet Taylor Spence Award (2017) Fuller and Scott Award (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Developmental psychology Cognitive aging Behavioral genetics Statistical genetics Psychiatric genetics |
Institutions | University of Texas at Austin |
Thesis | Global and Domain-Specific Longitudinal Cognitive Changes Throughout Adulthood (2009) |
Doctoral advisor | Timothy Salthouse |
Elliot Max Tucker-Drob is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a Professor of Psychiatry, a faculty research associate at the Population Research Center, a faculty research associate at the Center for Aging and Population Studies, and director of the Lifespan Development Lab. He is the co-founder and co-director of the Texas Twin Project. He is known for his research in the fields of developmental psychology, cognitive aging, behavioral genetics, and statistical genetics. [4] [5] This has included research on the effects of education and socioeconomic status on children's cognitive development and academic achievement; cognitive aging and dementia; the genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders; and the development of Genomic Structural Equation Modelling, a statistical framework for the multivariate analysis of genome-wide association study data. [6] [7] [8]
Elliot Tucker-Drob | |
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Born | Elliot Max Tucker-Drob |
Nationality | American |
Education |
Cornell University University of Virginia |
Spouses | |
Awards | Max Planck-Humboldt Medal (2019) Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship (2018–2020) Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (2017) Janet Taylor Spence Award (2017) Fuller and Scott Award (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Developmental psychology Cognitive aging Behavioral genetics Statistical genetics Psychiatric genetics |
Institutions | University of Texas at Austin |
Thesis | Global and Domain-Specific Longitudinal Cognitive Changes Throughout Adulthood (2009) |
Doctoral advisor | Timothy Salthouse |
Elliot Max Tucker-Drob is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a Professor of Psychiatry, a faculty research associate at the Population Research Center, a faculty research associate at the Center for Aging and Population Studies, and director of the Lifespan Development Lab. He is the co-founder and co-director of the Texas Twin Project. He is known for his research in the fields of developmental psychology, cognitive aging, behavioral genetics, and statistical genetics. [4] [5] This has included research on the effects of education and socioeconomic status on children's cognitive development and academic achievement; cognitive aging and dementia; the genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders; and the development of Genomic Structural Equation Modelling, a statistical framework for the multivariate analysis of genome-wide association study data. [6] [7] [8]