This study enrolls children ages 3-5 who attend certain Buffalo child care centers and their parents. This study is looking at early stressful experiences in the family and with friends at school. We are trying to find out how these experiences impact school readiness when children transition from preschool to kindergarten. We are also exploring how stressful experiences "get under the skin" and are measured in the stress hormone cortisol that we can measure in hair and saliva. Read More

Children ages 3-5.
Must be attending one of the participating child care centers in the larger Buffalo metro area.

This study is for people who read the Sofia Learns About Research book. The book is a coloring and activity book created to help children and families learn more about participating in research. Anyone can access the online, interactive version of the book and participate in the study. Read More

Children and adults (any age)
Have read or will read the Sofia Learns About Research Book

ALSO
Children in select classrooms in WNY where the Sofia Learns About Research book is being read.

This study enrolls babies with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS). The purpose of this study is to learn about how babies with this syndrome grow and develop. This will help us learn the best way to care for babies with NOWS. Read More

Infants born at 36 weeks gestation or greater
Managed for NOWS at Oishei Children's Hospital

This study enrolls newborns and their families. The purpose of this study is to learn more about newborn screening for immunodeficiency. Read More

Newborns and their families in New York State.