Welcome to the Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families web site. Within this site you will find patient care information as well information on our active research in Longitudinal Investigation of Genes, Environment, and Resilience.

The Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families is a center within the Department of Psychiatry and encompasses research at the University of Vermont; and patient care at Fletcher Allen Health Care as well as information for Primary Care Givers in the State of Vermont.

The VCCYF was developed in 1999 and is active in research activities funded through the NIH, State Funding, and National and International Collaborations in research. The Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families is also active in patient care in the PPC (Pediatric Psychiatry Clinic) through FAHC (Fletcher Allen Health Care).

This web site describes current research information; the investigators affiliated with the research, as well as Primary Care Giver and patient care resources for the state of Vermont.

James J. Hudziak, M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry, Medicine & Pediatrics
Director, Vermont Center for Children Youth & Families Thomas M. Achenbach Chair in Developmental Psychopathology
UVM College of Medicine