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John Colombo, Ph.D. |
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Director, Schiefelbusch Institute for Life
Span Studies 1000 Sunnyside Avenue 1052 Dole Human Development Center 785-864-4295 Professor, Department of Psychology 1415 Jayhawk Boulevard 426 Fraser Hall 785-864-4131 |
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Other Contact Information: |
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Wakarusa Research Facility laboratory |
(785) 312-5345 |
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Edwards Campus laboratory |
(785) 864-8590 |
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Carlson/Colombo laboratory, Smith Center, KU Med
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(913) 588-5743 |
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History I received my PhD in Psychology (1981) from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
After one year at Youngstown State University (1981-1982),
and six years (1982-1988) as a research associate with the Bureau
of Child Research at the University of Kansas, I joined the faculty of
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
at the University of Kansas in 1988, and
have been a member of the Department of
Psychology since January of 2002. Research My research interests are in the developmental
cognitive neuroscience of attention and learning, with a special focus on
early individual differences in these areas and how they relate to the
typical and atypical development of cognitive and intellectual function. I
conduct research in laboratories at the KU
Edwards Campus and the KU Medical Center,
as well as at the Wakarusa Research Facility in Lawrence. Students and Postdocs I generally admit students interested in pursuing
a graduate degree in my laboratory through the Developmental
or Cognitive
doctoral programs in the Department of Psychology. However, I also advise
students in the Child Language Doctoral Program and in Clinical Child
Psychology. Occasionally, postdoctoral positions are available through
federal research or training grants, or through fellowships funded through
the Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service
Awards (F32
mechanism) at NIH. Collaborations I collaborate with a number of faculty members at
the University of Kansas and elsewhere. My collaborations over the past
decade include research and writing projects with the following scientists: Dr.
Susan E. Carlson, A.J. Rice Professor of Dietetics and Nutrition, the
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA Dr. Kathleen
F. Gustafson, Research Assistant Professor of Neurology, and Director of Magnetoencephalography, Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, the
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. Dr.
Kathleen N. Kannass, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Loyola University
of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Dr. Laura
Caulfield, Associate Professor of Human Nutrition, The Johns Hopkins
State University, Baltimore, MD, USA Nelly Zavaleta, MD, Senior Investigator,
Instituto de Investigaciones Nutricional, Lima (Molina), Peru Dr.
David Thomas, (Professsor, Department of
Psychology), and Dr. Tay Kennedy (Associate Professor, Department of
Nutrition), Oklahoma State University Dr. Jane
Roberts, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of South Carolina,
Columbia SC, USA Dr.
Elizabeth Pungello and Dr. Sam Odom,
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill NC, USA Publications A list of my publications (most with links to .pdf files for direct downloads) can be accessed by
visiting my profile at ResearchGate.
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Administrative Duties, Service, and Other Affiliations My administrative responsibilities at the
University of Kansas also include: Director of
the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life
Span Studies Director and Principal Investigator, University of Kansas Intellectual
and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (KIDDRC). My primary faculty appointment is in the Department of Psychology, but
I am also affiliated with the
following interdisciplinary programs: Child Language Doctoral Program Clinical Child Psychology
Doctoral Program Neurosciences Doctoral
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National Service Secretary
of the International Society for Infant
Studies (ISIS) Associate Editor for Child
Development, the flagship journal of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Fellow, American Psychological
Association (Division 7: Developmental
Psychology) Charter Member and Fellow, Association for Psychological
Science Member, Psychonomic
Society Editorial
Board member for the following journals Infant
Behavior and Development Journal
of Applied Developmental Psychology |
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Current Projects Principal Investigator (with Peter G. Smith) , Kansas intellectual and developmental disabilities
research center. National Institutes of Health (Eunice Shriver National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development), P30 HD02528. This is a core
grant to serve investigators at the University of Kansas and University of
Kansas Medical Center who conduct research related or relevant to
developmental disabilities. Co-Principal
Investigator (with Susan
Carlson), DHA supplementation and pregnancy outcome.
National Institutes of Health: Eunice Shriver National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development, 2R01 HD047315. This is a clinical
trial designed to study the effects of prenatal supplementation with DHA on
cognitive development through childhood. Our recent application to renew this
project was funded to follow this cohort through age 6. Principal
Investigator, Effect of low- and
high-glycemic intake on preschool cognition. This study is funded by Mead
Johnson Nutrition to compare the effects of low- and high-glycemic beverages
on a battery of cognitive tasks in 3-year-olds. Core Faculty Member and Co-Principal Investigator
(with Dr.
Kate Saunders), Postdoctoral training in translational research on
intellectual and developmental disabilities. National Institutes of
Health: Eunice Shriver National Child Health and Human Development,
T32HD007525. This is a postdoctoral training grant. If you are interested in
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Teaching I have taught a
number of courses in various departments at the University of Kansas, and continue to
teach courses as my other duties allow. |
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COURSE |
TITLE |
LAST OFFERED |
ENROLLMENT |
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PSYC 318 |
Cognitive Psychology |
Fall 2007 |
200-400 |
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PSYC 333 |
Child Psychology |
Spring 2007 |
300-500 |
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PSYC 430 |
Cognitive Development (undergraduate) |
Fall 2001 |
50-100 |
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PSYC 480 |
Independent Study |
Fall 2008 |
5-15 |
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BIOL 449 |
Laboratory/Fieldwork in Human Biology |
Fall 2008 |
1-5 |
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PSYC 770 |
Cognitive Development (graduate) |
Spring 2011 |
15-20 |
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SPLH 764 |
Infant Development (with N. Brady and S. Barlow) |
Spring 2007 |
10-20 |
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PSYC 800 |
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience |
Spring 2010 |
10-15 |
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PSYC 800 |
Cognition in Infancy |
Spring 2003 |
5-10 |
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PSYC 815 |
Design and Analysis for Developmental Research |
Fall 2008 |
10-15 |
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Current Graduate Students and Postdocs |
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Sara McElhaney, BA (Developmental Psychology) Lori
Curtindale, MA (Developmental Psychology), Doctoral Candidate Leah
Kapa, MA (Child Language), Doctoral Candidate Megan
Stratton Blossom (Child Language), Doctoral Candidate Brenda Salley, PhD, NRSA Postdoctoral Trainee Amy Barth, PhD,
NIH K-Award grantee |
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Past Students and Postdocs currently in academic/research/clinical
positions |
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Janet Frick, PhD, Associate Professor
of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Terrill Saxon,
PhD, Associate Professor and Chair of Educational Psychology, Baylor
University, Waco, TX Jeff Coldren,
PhD, Professor of Psychology, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH W.
Allen Richman, PhD, Director of Outcomes Assessment and Institutional
Effectiveness, Prince George County Community College, Upper Marlboro, MD Kathleen N. Kannass,
Associate Professor of Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Carol Cheatham,
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina Nutrition
Research Institute, Kannapolis, NC Audra Sterling, PhD, Assistant
Professor of Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Christa
J. Anderson, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Schiefelbusch Life Span
Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS Brandon
Aylward, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Childrens' Hospital,
Cincinnati, OH Caitlin Brez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology,
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN |
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