Overview
Jennifer Godwin is a research scientist at the Center for Child and Family Policy. She joined the Center in 2003 to provide statistical expertise for various projects. Currently, she works on the Fast Track and Childhood Risk Factors and Young Adult Competence projects, providing statistical analyses. She has extensive programming experience in SAS, Stata and MPlus, including survival analysis, mediation models, and multilevel models for continuous and categorical dependent variables.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Research Scientist
Center for Child and Family Policy,
Sanford School of Public Policy
Recent Publications
Hair Cortisol Concentrations in the Prediction of Early Substance Use Engagement in Youth.
Journal Article Subst Use Misuse · 2025 OBJECTIVE: Understanding factors associated with early onset of substance use is critical as using alcohol or drugs at a young age is a strong predictor of later substance dependency. Experiencing stressful life events is associated with increased risk for ... Full text Link to item CiteAdolescent reports of subjective socioeconomic status: An adequate alternative to parent-reported objective and subjective socioeconomic status?
Journal Article PloS one · January 2025 Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with well-being outcomes across studies; however, there is wide variation in its measurement, particularly in adolescence. One key difference in measures of SES concerns whether participants relay objective informat ... Full text CiteTaking John Schulenberg's "long view" on successful transitions to adulthood: Associations with adult substance use.
Journal Article J Res Adolesc · December 2024 Can positive transitions into young adulthood at age 25 prevent problematic substance use at age 31, even in the context of childhood adverse family environments, conduct problems, and adolescent substance use? We lean on John Schulenberg's developmental f ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Intergenerational Persistence of Treatment Effects in Human Capital Interventions
ResearchStatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2029Mid-Life Health Inequalities in the Rural South: Risk and Resilience
ResearchData Manager · Awarded by University of Vermont · 2023 - 2028Childhood, Adolescence, and Covid-Related Risk and Protective Factors in the Development of Adjustment in Early Adulthood Across Cultures
ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2022 - 2027View All Grants