Meaghan Franks is the founder of Sport Sitters, a marketplace where families book NCAA Division I female student-athletes for active, engaged childcare.
She began her career at the National Institutes of Health’s Child Psychiatry Branch, contributing to pediatric neurodevelopment research published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, and Cerebral Cortex. After graduate school, she transitioned into business and entrepreneurship, combining her research and business experience with her perspective as a mom.
She created Sport Sitters to rethink traditional babysitting as more than passive supervision, giving families a health-focused, active and engaging childcare experience while providing female student-athletes with flexible income and a meaningful way to serve as role models for kids in their communities.
Trajectories of Cerebral Cortical Development in Childhood and Adolescence and Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Biological Psychiatry, 2013
Development of Cortical Surface Area and Gyrification in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Biological Psychiatry, 2012
Parental Age Effects on Cortical Morphology in Offspring
Cerebral Cortex, 2011
Developmental Trajectories of the Corpus Callosum in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Biological Psychiatry, 2011
Cortical Development in Typically Developing Children With Symptoms of Hyperactivity and Impulsivity: Support for a Dimensional View of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
American Journal of Psychiatry, 2011