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Contact Person<\/h2>\n
Stephanie Reszka, stephanie.reszka@unc.edu, Co-PI<\/p>\n
Investigators and Key Personnel<\/h2>\n
Brian Boyd – PI Stephanie Reszka – Co-PI Linda Watson – Investigator Elizabeth Crais – Investigator Grace Baranek – Investigator Wanqing Zhang – Methodologist\/Statistician<\/p>\n
Primary Funding Source<\/h2>\n
US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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