Gift to strengthen program on mindfulness, empathy and compassion in education

Our Focus

The Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center has been leading the field of prevention science since 1998, using research to create programs and inform policies that promote the health and well-being of children and families.

Projects

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Shaping Programs, Changing Lives

Research projects and programs that promote healthy lifestyles

Research

Elevating Prevention Science

Infrastructure and operational support for interdisciplinary research

Graduate Education

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Creating a New Generation of Researchers

Pre- and Post-doctoral training in prevention science

Policy

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Research that Informs Policy

Evidence-based prevention practices to guide decision-making

Featured Initiatives

Rob Roeser demonstrates a mindfulness activity using a glass jar to a mother and her two children

PEACE (Program on Empathy, Compassion, and Awareness in Education)

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Future Directions in Social and Emotional Learning and Education

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Events

Thu Sep 16

Child Study Center's 2021 Bloom Lecture

Helen Egger, Ph.D., Directory of the NYULH Child Study Center, New York University Langone Health

Thursday September 16, 2021 from 4:15 pm–5:15 pm

Thu Oct 14

2021 Bennett Lecture in Prevention Science

Beth Stormshak, Ph.D., Director of the Prevention Science Institute, University of Oregon

Thursday October 14, 2021 from 4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Location to be determined

Oct 25 -to- 26

29th Annual National Symposium on Family Issues

Hosted by the Population Research Institute at Penn State

Monday October 25, 2021 - Tuesday October 26, 2021
Details to be announced

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