{"id":2324,"date":"2026-05-21T12:40:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/?p=2324"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:40:29","slug":"dr-rebecca-grzadzinski-receives-faculty-development-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/2026\/05\/21\/dr-rebecca-grzadzinski-receives-faculty-development-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Rebecca Grzadzinski Receives Faculty Development Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2329\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 231px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1401\/2026\/05\/becca-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Rebecca Grzadzinski, PhD\" width=\"221\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1401\/2026\/05\/becca-1-scaled.jpg 2222w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1401\/2026\/05\/becca-1-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1401\/2026\/05\/becca-1-889x1024.jpg 889w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1401\/2026\/05\/becca-1-768x885.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1401\/2026\/05\/becca-1-1333x1536.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1401\/2026\/05\/becca-1-1778x2048.jpg 1778w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1401\/2026\/05\/becca-1-600x691.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Rebecca Grzadzinski, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Rebecca Grzadzinski, Assistant Professor at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, has received a Faculty Development Award to advance innovative research focused on early detection of neurodevelopmental differences in infants. Her project, <em>Tracking the Pupil in Naturalistic Infant Assessment<\/em>, aims to develop new wearable technology that measures subtle changes in infants\u2019 pupil responses during everyday interactions with caregivers. By integrating infrared sensors into infant seating and head supports, the project seeks to create a scalable, real-world method for identifying early markers associated with autism and other developmental conditions. This work combines neuroscience, engineering, and clinical research to improve understanding of infant development and ultimately support earlier, more personalized interventions for children and families.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Rebecca Grzadzinski, Assistant Professor at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, has received a Faculty Development Award to advance innovative research focused on early detection of neurodevelopmental differences in infants. Her project, Tracking the Pupil in Naturalistic Infant Assessment, aims to develop new wearable technology that measures subtle changes in infants\u2019 pupil responses during &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/2026\/05\/21\/dr-rebecca-grzadzinski-receives-faculty-development-award\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dr. Rebecca Grzadzinski Receives Faculty Development Award\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55430,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":false,"featured_image_medium":false,"featured_image_medium_large":false,"featured_image_large":false,"featured_image_thumbnail":false,"featured_image_alt":false,"category_details":[{"name":"Uncategorized","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/category\/uncategorized\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2334,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324\/revisions\/2334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}