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March 21, 2024
Lecture: “Sleep Well! A Family-Centered and Health Equity-Informed Behavioral Sleep Intervention”
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 4:30 p.m. (ET)
Ariel Williamson, Ph.D., DBSM, Assistant Professor in The Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health, University of Oregon
In-Person Event
March 27, 2024
PRC Seminar: “Psychological and Neurobiological Predictors of Clinicians’ Pain Assessment and Treatment Decisions”
Wednesday, March 27, 12-1 p.m. (ET)
Lunch provided starting at 11:30 a.m.
Elizabeth Losin, Ph.D., Bennett Pierce Associate Professor in Caring and Compassion in Adulthood & Director of the Social and Cultural Neuroscience Lab at Penn State
In-Person and Virtual Event
March 27, 2024
Virtual Briefing: “Building Sustainable Infrastructure to Implement Programs that Promote Healthy Development and Prevent Behavioral and Mental Health Problems”
Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 2-3:30 p.m. (ET)
Abigail Fagan, Ph.D., Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society, University of Florida
Zili Sloboda, ScD, President, Applied Prevention Science
Pamela Buckley, PhD Associate Research Professor, University of Colorado Boulder and Principal Investigator, Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development
Lisa Hill, CEO of Invest in Kids
Virtual Event
March 29, 2024
Annual Conference of Penn State’s Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction
Monday, April 29, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET)
Keynote Speaker: R. Lorraine Collins, Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, University at Buffalo
In-Person and Virtual Event
April 3, 2024
Compassion Workshop: “Flourishing Kin: The Transcendent Compassion of Indigenous Traditions”
Wednesday, April 3, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. (ET)
Yuria Celidwen, Ph.D., Senior Fellow at the Institute for Othering and Belonging
April 3, 2024
Lecture on Compassion: “The Need to Imagine: How Humans Transcend Reality Through Compassion, Awe, and Aesthetics”
Wednesday, April 3, 4-5:30 p.m. (ET)
Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley; Co-Director of the Greater Good Science Center
April 4, 2024
Coffee with Craig Featuring the 25th Anniversary of the Prevention Research Center
Thursday, April 4, 3:15-4:15 p.m. (ET)
Mark Greenberg, founding director of the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, and Max Crowley, Director of the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
Virtual Event
April 17, 2024
Prevention Science Seminar with Harrison Pinckney, Ph.D.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 12-1 p.m. (ET)
Lunch provided starting at 11:30 a.m.
Harrison Pinckney, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
In-Person and Virtual Event
April 24, 2024
PRC Seminar: “Public Impact Research and International Engagement”
Wednesday, April 24, 12-1 p.m. (ET)
Lunch provided starting at 11:30 a.m.
Michael Donovan, MBA., M.A., Associate Director of the Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
In-Person and Virtual Event
May 1, 2024
Strategic Planning Update for the Prevention Research Center
Wednesday, May 1, 12-1 p.m. (ET)
Lunch provided starting at 11:30 a.m.
In-Person and Virtual Event
Visit our Standing Event Series Pages
Upcoming Events
March 21, 2024
Lecture: “Sleep Well! A Family-Centered and Health Equity-Informed Behavioral Sleep Intervention”
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 4:30 p.m. (ET)
Ariel Williamson, Ph.D., DBSM, Assistant Professor in The Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health, University of Oregon
In-Person Event
March 27, 2024
PRC Seminar: “Psychological and Neurobiological Predictors of Clinicians’ Pain Assessment and Treatment Decisions”
Wednesday, March 27, 12-1 p.m. (ET)
Lunch provided starting at 11:30 a.m.
Elizabeth Losin, Ph.D., Bennett Pierce Associate Professor in Caring and Compassion in Adulthood & Director of the Social and Cultural Neuroscience Lab at Penn State
In-Person and Virtual Event
March 27, 2024
Virtual Briefing: “Building Sustainable Infrastructure to Implement Programs that Promote Healthy Development and Prevent Behavioral and Mental Health Problems”
Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 2-3:30 p.m. (ET)
Abigail Fagan, Ph.D., Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society, University of Florida
Zili Sloboda, ScD, President, Applied Prevention Science
Pamela Buckley, PhD Associate Research Professor, University of Colorado Boulder and Principal Investigator, Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development
Lisa Hill, CEO of Invest in Kids
Virtual Event
March 29, 2024
Annual Conference of Penn State’s Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction
Monday, April 29, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET)
Keynote Speaker: R. Lorraine Collins, Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, University at Buffalo
In-Person and Virtual Event
April 3, 2024
Compassion Workshop: “Flourishing Kin: The Transcendent Compassion of Indigenous Traditions”
Wednesday, April 3, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. (ET)
Yuria Celidwen, Ph.D., Senior Fellow at the Institute for Othering and Belonging
April 3, 2024
Lecture on Compassion: “The Need to Imagine: How Humans Transcend Reality Through Compassion, Awe, and Aesthetics”
Wednesday, April 3, 4-5:30 p.m. (ET)
Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley; Co-Director of the Greater Good Science Center
April 4, 2024
Coffee with Craig Featuring the 25th Anniversary of the Prevention Research Center
Thursday, April 4, 3:15-4:15 p.m. (ET)
Mark Greenberg, founding director of the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, and Max Crowley, Director of the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
Virtual Event
April 17, 2024
Prevention Science Seminar with Harrison Pinckney, Ph.D.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 12-1 p.m. (ET)
Lunch provided starting at 11:30 a.m.
Harrison Pinckney, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
In-Person and Virtual Event
April 24, 2024
PRC Seminar: “Public Impact Research and International Engagement”
Wednesday, April 24, 12-1 p.m. (ET)
Lunch provided starting at 11:30 a.m.
Michael Donovan, MBA., M.A., Associate Director of the Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
In-Person and Virtual Event
May 1, 2024
Strategic Planning Update for the Prevention Research Center
Wednesday, May 1, 12-1 p.m. (ET)
Lunch provided starting at 11:30 a.m.
In-Person and Virtual Event
Visit our Standing Event Series Pages
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