The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences is pleased to announce that Elizabeth O'Neal has recieved a K99 Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Elizabeth's project aims to study the relationship between parental instruction and novice drivers' ability to identify and respond to latent road hazards. Her research will first examine and describe parent-teen conversations about hazard identification and mitigation, and then develop and test a hazard anticipation training program to teach parents to better communicate with their children about identifying potential hazards on the roadway.