Seminar Description
- young adult drinking and consequences;
- the efficacy research for the “Parent Handbook for Parents of College students”, a brief intervention that has been examined in over a dozen clinical trials; and
- next steps in future prevention efforts.
About the Speaker
Rob Turrisi has been engaged in research on prevention science topics for more than 35 years. His initial work looked at methods for reducing drunk driving — a subject on which he is passionate and continues to engage both with graduate fellows and his research team. His research also includes externally funded studies on brief parent interventions, substance abuse prevention, and skin cancer prevention.
