Milkovich Lab

About the Team

The Milkovich lab actively collaborates with numerous investigators and community partners to evaluate the influence of environmental factors impacting children's development and behavior. Recent work focuses on school internet use and its influence on adolescent outcomes. In a qualitative study from the lab, school internet use has similar effects on adolescents as internet use outside the home with both benefits and drawbacks. The lab plans to further study in school internet use to mitigate its risk and optimize its benefit on populations of adolescents. Thanks to support from the philanthropy organization Fore the Kids Foundation, the lab can undertake this important work.

Another project of our lab looks to improve implementation of evidenced-based mental health interventions in the school setting informed by community collaboration. Other research interests include improving the quality of medical care for children with neurodevelopmental diagnoses.