People
We are a diverse group of researchers and research support specialist passionate about the work we do in prevention to improve the lives of children and families across the life span.
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Stephanie Lanza
PRC Director; C. Eugene Bennett Chair in Prevention; Professor, Biobehavioral Health
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Greg Fosco
PRC Associate Director; Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
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Sarah Ackerman
Senior Research Coordinator & Researcher
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Yaryna Andrushko
International Visiting Scholar
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Ayana Best
Postdoctoral Scholar
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Patricia Broderick
Assistant Research Professor
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Mustafa Cetin
International Visiting Scholar
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Sarah Chilenski
Associate Research Professor
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Blake A. Colaianne
Assistant Research Professor
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Andrew Conway
Postdoctoral Scholar
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Mark E. Feinberg
Research Professor
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Greg Fosco
PRC Associate Director; Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
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Jochebed Gayles
Evaluation Analyst; Assistant Research Professor
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Lindsey Gedaly
Researcher
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Michelle Hostetler
Assistant Research Professor
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Damon Jones
Associate Research Professor
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Ty Lees
Postdoctoral Scholar
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Ashley Linden-Carmichael
Associate Research Professor of Health and Human Development
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Elizabeth Long
Assistant Research Professor
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Kimberly Mallett
Research Professor
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Siri Newman
Assistant Research Professor
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Taylor Bishop Scott
Assistant Research Professor; Co-Director, Research-to-Policy Collaboration
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Meg Small
Director for Social Innovation
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Edward Smith
Past PRC Director; Research Professor (Retired)
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Janet Welsh
Research Professor
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Jonathan Wright
Data Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
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Amanda Applegate
Technical Communications Specialist
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Zoé Armstrong
Human Research Technologist
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Elaine Berrena
Prevention Educator
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Sandesh Bhandari
Research Data Analyst
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Lee Carpenter
Pre-Award Coordinator/Proposal Development
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Gwen Davis
Project Coordinator, Family Life Project
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Jessica DeFelice
Human Research Technologist
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Jessica Dunn
Human Research Technologist
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Sarah Hamel
Research Project Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
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Mary McCauley
Director of Administration and Compliance, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
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Daniel Schmidt
Research Project Manager
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Bethany Shaw
Assistant Director of Data Accelerator Compliance
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Gillian Sommerville
Research Project Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
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Rachel Storace
Research Project Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
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Melissa Tomascik
Youth and Family Prevention Specialist
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Courtney Whetzel
Project Manager
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Alex Winters
Cloud DevOps Engineer, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
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Jessica Wolfe Connor
Director of Research Operations
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Yanping Zhao
Research Project Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
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Sara Brennen
Assistant Director for Strategic Communications
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Alicia Fetzer
Financial Coordinator
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Carol Masullo
Administrative Support Coordinator
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Mel Miles
Financial Assistant
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Luann Rhodes
Administrative Support Assistant
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Sophia Amarillo
Meeting and Training Support Assistant
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Alise Barr
PAYS Support & Development Specialist
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Nataly Barragan
Project Assistant
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Janie Braid
DDAP Systems Coordinator
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Geneen Burris
Implementation Specialist
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Mary Ann Demi
Implementation Specialist
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Melissa Fausey
Systems Change Specialist
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Lisa Fetzer
SPEP™ Implementation Specialist
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Lisa Freese
SPEP™ Implementation Specialist
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Carol Gaddis
Data Manager, EPIS
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Jochebed Gayles
Evaluation Analyst; Assistant Research Professor
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Kris Glunt
SPEP™ Project Manager
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Jeffery Hogan
Systems Change Specialist
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Jordan Joyce
Implementation Specialist
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Dawn Karoscik
SPEP™ Implementation Specialist, Level 2 Trainer
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Phyllis Law
Senior Systems Change Specialist
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Aaron Luneke
Research Data Analyst
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Shannon M. O'Lone
SPEP™ Implementation Specialist, Level 3 SPEP™ Master Trainer
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Christa Park
SPEP™ Implementation Specialist
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Nicole (Wells) Platz
Implementation Specialist
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Heather Roberts
Implementation Specialist
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Roger Spaw
Evidence-based Practices Project Manager
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Cheryl Stamm
Administrative Support Coordinator
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Janet Welsh
Research Professor
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Jennifer P. Agans
Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
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Jocelyn C. Anderson
Assistant Professor, Nursing
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Sunhye (Sunny) Bai
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies; Karl R. and Diane Wendle Fink Early Career Professor for the Study of Families
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Karen L. Bierman
Evan Pugh University Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies
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Mark Brennan
UNESCO Chair and Professor
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Linda Caldwell
Emeritus Distinguished Professor, RPTM
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Anne-Marie Chang
Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health and Nursing
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Bo Cleveland
Professor, HDFS
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Christian M. Connell
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies; Director, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
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Molly Countermine
Associate Teaching Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
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Max Crowley
Associate Professor of Human Development, Family Studies, and Public Policy; Director, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
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Michael W. Donovan
Associate Director, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative; Assistant Research Professor of Social Science & Public Policy
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Sebrina L. Doyle Fosco
Assistant Research Professor in Human Development and Family Studies
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Rina Eiden
Professor of Psychology, Consortium for Combating Substance Abuse; Associate Editor of Child Development
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Cara Exten
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
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Rick Fiene
Research Psychologist
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Diana Fishbein
Past PRC Director; Research Professor, HDFS
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Lori Francis
Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
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Jennifer Frank
Associate Professor, Education
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Steffany Fredman
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
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Lisa Gatzke-Kopp
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
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Charles Geier
Associate Professor, HDFS
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Sukhdeep Gill
Professor, HDFS, Penn State York
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Mark T. Greenberg
Emeritus Bennett Chair of Prevention Research and Founding Director, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
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Paul Griffin
Professor of Engineering, Director of the Penn State Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction
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Cristin Hall
Assistant Professor, Education
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Michael L. Hecht
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
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Yoon Sun Hur
Assistant Research Professor
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Abenaa Jones
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Health and Human Development
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Patricia Koch
Emeritus Professor, BBH
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Linda LaSalle
Director of Health Promotion and Wellness
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Heidemarie Laurent
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
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David Lee
Professor, Education
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Erika Lunkenheimer
Professor, Psychology; Associate Director of Education, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
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Jennifer Maggs
Professor, HDFS
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Claudia Mincemoyer
Professor Emerita of Agricultural and Extension Education and Prior Director, Penn State Better Kid Care Program
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Dana Mitra
Professor, Education Policy Studies
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Paul Morgan
Professor, Education
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Jennie Noll
Professor, HDFS; Director, Network on Child Protection and Wellbeing
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John Park
Assistant Research Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
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Daniel F. Perkins
Professor of Family and Youth Resiliency and Policy; Principal Scientist and Founder, Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
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Robert W. Roeser
Bennett Pierce Chair in Caring and Compassion, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
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Emma Rose
Assistant Teaching Professor
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Kelly Rulison
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
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Dennis P. Scanlon
Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Administration (HPA), Director of the Center for Health Care and Policy Research (CHCPR)
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Deborah Schussler
Professor, Education
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Barrett Scroggs
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State Mont Alto
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Chad Shenk
Associate Professor, HDFS
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Shedra Amy Snipes
Associate Professor, BBH
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Jeremy Staff
Professor of Sociology, Criminology, and Demography
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Glenn Sterner III
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State Abington Campus
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Douglas Teti
Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Familly Studies, HDFS Department Head, Professor of Psychology and Pediatrics
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Samantha L. Tornello
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
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Robert Turrisi
Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Prevention Research
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Martha Wadsworth
Professor, Psychology
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Steven Xing
Assistant Research Professor
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Celene Domitrovich
Research Associate Professor, Georgetown University; PRC Adjunct Faculty
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Kamila Dvorakova
PRC Adjunct Faculty
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Laura Jana
PRC Adjunct Faculty
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Hannah Apsley
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
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Shou-Chun (Nathan) Chiang
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
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Prescilla Garcia-Trevizo
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
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Shannon Glenn
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
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Miglena Ivanova
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
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Muntasir Masum
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Kristin Perry
PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
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Holly Pham
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
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Danny Rahal
PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
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David Reichenberger
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
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Veronica Richards
PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
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Justin Rist
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
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Carlie Sloan
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
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Elsie Xu Yan
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow