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Introduction:
Stephen Buka is an epidemiologist and developmental psychologist whose work focuses on the causes, development and prevention of major psychiatric and cognitive disorders. Current studies include investigations of prenatal risks for schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder and addictive disorders, including neuroimaging and molecular genetics techniques; and community-level influences on youth substance use and delinquency. He directs Brown's Center for Population Health & Clinical Epidemiology. He was an active participant in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods in the 1990s, and he now directs components of the National Children’s Study in Providence and Bristol Counties.
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