October 11, 2018
UWās Kristina Olson wins MacArthur Foundation āgenius grantā
Kristina Olson, ĢĒŠÄŌ““ associate professor of psychology, has been named one of this yearās MacArthur Fellows.
The Fellowship from the John T. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation comes with a $625,000 stipend, commonly known as the āgenius grant,ā for recipients to use as they see fit. The Chicago-based foundation announcedĀ 25Ā winners on Thursday.
Olson runs theĀ Social Cognitive Development LabĀ at the UW and created theĀ TransYouth Project, which is the nationās largest longitudinal study of transgender children. She is considered a national leader in research into how children develop gender identity.
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