Center for Child & Family Policy | Duke University

Elizabeth Snyder-Fickler

Senior Research Scientist and Affiliate Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Health and Discovery Initiative

Liz Snyder is a senior research scientist at the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy and affiliate member of the Children’s Health and Discovery Initiative. Snyder-Fickler is trained as a research psychologist with a concentration in cognitive development. Her work focuses on conducting rigorous community-based research and evaluation. Centered on vulnerable children and families and the systems that serve them, her research broadly spans the areas of child welfare, early childhood and elementary education, and children's mental health. Research interests include design, implementation and analysis of interventions, and the use of actionable data to improve practice and policy within these human service settings. Together with a multi-disciplinary team of Duke researchers, she currently conducts the following studies:

• Evaluation of the Responsive Early Access for Durham's Young Children (READY)

• Reducing the Need for Out-of-home Placements: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Effects of Family Centered Treatment on Well-Being Outcomes and Public Dollar Costs

• The evaluation of the Durham Children’s Initiative (DCI)

Research Interests:
Program Evaluation, Education, Child Maltreatment, Children's Mental Health

Education:

• Ph.D. University of Louisville - 2004

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Golonka, M; Liu, Y; Rohrs, R; Copeland, J; Byrd, J; Stilwell, L; Crew, C; Kuehn, M; Snyder-Fickler, E; Hurst, JH; Evans, KE; Terrell, L; Gifford, EJ (2022). What Do Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Evaluation Consultation Notes Tell Researchers and Clinicians?. Child Maltreat, 10775595221134537. [doi]  [abs]


2. Snyder-Fickler, E; Lawrence, N; Ulrich, S; Alban, C "The East Durham Children's Initiative Year 10 Evaluation Report: Implementation and Outcomes."  January, 2022


3. Snyder-Fickler, E; Lawrence, N; Ulrich, S "Responsive Early Access for Durham’s Young Children (READY): Year 1 Evaluation."  December, 2020


4. Snyder-Fickler, E; Lawrence, N; Malone, P "Durham Integrated Domestic Violence Response System: Final Report."  October, 2020


5. Jubitana, C; Lawrence, N; Snyder-Fickler, E "Reframing Law Enforcement’s Approach to Domestic Violence Calls."  July, 2020