Mandel School’s Francisca Richter receives grant to explore potential long-term impact of sedative use in PICU

Mandel School’s Francisca Richter receives grant to explore potential long-term impact of sedative use in PICU Hero Type Image Brianna Smith Thu, 10/22/2026 - 15:25 Awards Editorial Staff October 23, 2026 Francisca Richter, PhD, research associate professor at Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development, recently received an R21 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for a a multi-institutional collaborative study.Titled “Kindergarten readiness assessment sc