Bennett
Lecture in Prevention Science
One of the Center's most visible outreach efforts is the Bennett Lecture
in Prevention Science. This annual lecture recognizes a leading
scientist in this field. The Inaugural lecture was held in 2002.
A list of the honored lecturers may be found below.
2012 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science
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Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development and Education, Teachers College and College of Physicians and Surgeons; Co-Director, National Center for Children and Families; and Co-Director, Institute for Child and Family Policy, Columbia University
"Disadvantage and Development: Strategies to Reduce Income Gaps in School Readiness"
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2011 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science
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Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Parenting and Family Support Centre, University of Queensland, Australia
"Making a Public Health Approach to Parenting Support Really Work"
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2010 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science
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Bat-Yaacov Professor of Child Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Director of the UCLA Global Center for Children and Families; Director of the UCLA Center for HIV Identification Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS)
"Mobile Technologies to Diffuse Preventive Interventions Globally"
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2009 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science
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Professor of Psychology and Director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of Washington
"Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention in the Treatment of Addictive Behaviors" |
2008 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science
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Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Education and President of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), University of Illinois at Chicago
"Social and Emotional Learning: Strategies to Improve the Lives of Millions of Children?" |
2007 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science
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Professor of Psychology and Director of Research, Child and Family Center, University of Oregon
"The Family Check-up: Intervention Model and Effects for Children and Adolescents" |
2006 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science
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Professor of Preventive Medicine and Director of the Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California
"Community-based Prevention: From Effectiveness to Diffusion Trials (and back again)" |
2005 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science
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Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
"The Nurse-Family Partnership: From Trials to Practice" |
2004 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science
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Regents Professor of Psychology and Director of the Prevention Research Center, Arizona State University
"Prevention as the Experimental Promotion of Resilience: Development and Evaluation of the New Beginnings Program for Children of Divorce" |
2003 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science
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School of Social Work Kozmetsky Professor of Prevention and Director of the Social Development Research Group, University of Washington, Seattle
"Prevention Science: Two Decades of Progress, Plenty of Challenges" |
2002 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science
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Research Professor of Developmental Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London
"Prevention of Psychological Dysfunction: Interfaces Among Pessimism, Optimism, and Realism" |
