Dr. Candice Odgers is an award-winning psychologist, scientist, and expert on adolescent mental health. She is a leading authority on how to best support and protect children in the digital age. With more than 20 years of experience leading research on adolescent mental health, her team captures the daily lives of adolescents on their smartphones and works with young people, parents, and policy-makers to implement science-based solutions.
As a parent of two adolescents, Odgers understands the day-to-day challenges of supporting and protecting young people in a rapidly changing and increasingly digital world. She provides an authoritative and trusted view on the science alongside solutions that parents and policymakers can use to both keep adolescents safe and support their still developing brains and bodies.
A UC Irvine professor of psychology and School of Social Ecology associate dean for research and faculty development, Odgers has written for The Atlantic, taken the main stage at The Aspen Ideas Festival and has been featured for her science in The New York Times. She is the author of more than 100 scientific publications that have been broadly covered in outlets such as The Economist, London Times, Scientific American, and The Washington Post.
