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EdLab is a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development, where we talk to the people behind the school’s transformative research, innovative teaching, and thriving partnerships. Each episode we aim to demystify some of the big questions being asked in education, policy, health and human services. 

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Season 1: Episodes 7-8

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Effective Mental Health Care for Individuals with Autism

June 13, 2025

Micah Mazurek
Novartis U.S. Foundation Professor of Education
Supporting Transformative Autism Research (STAR)

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How Fitness Level Trumps Body Mass Index

May 23, 2025

Siddhartha Angadi
Associate Professor
Kinesiology

Season 1: Episodes 4-6

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Getting Curious About Curiosity

April 28, 2025

Jamie Jirout
Associate Professor
Educational Psychology: Applied Developmental Science

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Students' Return to School After a Mental Health Hospital Visit

April 7, 2025

Lora Henderson Smith
Assistant Professor
Clinical and School Psychology
Youth-Nex

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Pathways to Become a Teacher

March 17, 2025

Jillian McGraw
Director
Teacher Education

Season 1: Episodes 1-3

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How Ed Policy Gets Implemented

February 24, 2025

Beth Schueler
Associate Professor
Education Policy

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Keeping Schools Safer with Threat Assessment Teams

February 24, 2025

Dewey Cornell
Virgil S. Ward Professor of Education
Youth Violence Project
 

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Ways to Close the Ed Tech Gap

February 24, 2025

Jennifer Chiu
Associate Professor
Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education