Brian Barger
Research Associate Professor Population Health Sciences- Education
2013 Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Georgia.
2007 Peace Corps Volunteer, Chinese Language and Culture Training, P.R. China.
2000 M.A., Experimental Psychology, Western Kentucky University.
2000 B.A., History and Religious Studies, Western Kentucky University.
- Biography
Dr. Brian Barger is a Research Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences at Georgia State University’s Mark Chaffin Centers for Healthy Development (Center for Leadership in Disability [a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities [UCEDD]). Dr. Barger's research blends epidemiological, psychometric, and education/health service methods to clarify how children with social, emotional, and developmental disabilities are identified in their communities and connected to community-based interventions (e.g., early intervention or childhood special education). He is actively engaged in graduate training through the Georgia LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities), the GSU Maternal and Child Health (MCH Epidemiology) programs, and regularly serves on thesis and dissertation committees. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Disability and Health Journal, Infants and Young Children, and Remedial and Special Education (associate editor). He has also served as a subject matter expert for national measurement (e.g., 2020 CDC- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Child and Adolescent Mental Health Indicator Task Force) and grant review initiatives (e.g., NIH Child Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities). His early identification research has been supported by the NIH, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), and the CDC. His MCHB funded research on racial and ethnic inequities in developmental monitoring and screening has resulted in recognition by the National Institute of Mental Health’s Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee Summary of Advances in Autism Research publication (https://iacc.hhs.gov/publications/summary-of-advances/2021/summary_of_advances_2021.pdf?ver=2 ).