This study was conducted through a collaboration between Duke University and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The study was led by Dr. Eve Puffer. Puffer is on the faculty at Duke University with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Duke Global Health Institute. Dr. Eric Green and Dr. Rhea Chase are Co-Principal Investigators on the study. Green is on the faculty at Duke University in the Duke Global Health Institute, and Chase is the Director of Early Childhood Programs at Judge Baker Children’s Center. Research support from Duke was provided by Dr. Amy Finnegan (Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Duke Global Health Institute).

At the IRC, the project was spearheaded by two technical units: (1) the Research, Evaluation, and Learning unit who provided consultation on research design and support for study implementation and (2) the Child and Youth Protection and Development unit who played a large role in intervention development and implementation. For both trials associated with this project, John Zayzay has served as the main project officer coordinating research and intervention fieldwork from the IRC office in Liberia.

The following individuals from both the IRC and Duke University made important contributions to the study: