EdSHARe research focuses on the long-term effects of education on later-life cognition, health, and mortality. It investigates how early-life factors, such as sociodemographic background and education, impact health outcomes in adulthood.
Libbie Gibson is the Project Manager for EdSHARe and is based at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities. She received her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and her Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include psychological health across the life course and the impacts of early life factors on cognitive aging. Previously, she was a research assistant at the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research on the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. She worked with twins and their families to study neurodevelopment.