Candice Lynn Odgers (born 1976) is a developmental and quantitative psychologist who studies how early adversity and exposure to poverty influences adolescent mental health. Her team has developed new approaches for studying health and development using mobile devices and online tools, with a focus on how digital tools and spaces can be improved to support children and adolescents. Odgers is currently a professor of Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine and a research professor at Duke University. Odgers is also the co-director of the Child and Brain Development Program at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Odgers has received multiple awards for her research including the 2016 Advanced Research Fellowship from Klaus J. Jacobs Foundation, 2015 Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association, 2014 William T. Grant Scholar Award, 2012 Janet Taylor Spence Award from the Association for Psychological Science, and 2005 Alice Wilson Award from the Royal Society of Canada. Source: Wikipedia (en)