An estimated 850 prevention scientists and implementation specialists will convene at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. from May 30 through June 2 for the Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research. Online registration for the event is available through May 29.

Below is a list of sessions involving people currently affiliated with the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC) and former trainees of the PRC.

Tuesday, May 30

5:30-7 p.m.

Poster Presentation: Barriers and Facilitators to Whole School Mindfulness-Based Program Implementation: Application of the PARiHS (Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services) Framework (Sebrina Doyle Fosco, Presenter), in Columbia A/B (Ballroom)

Poster Presentation: Effects of Universal Substance Use Prevention on Young Adult Romantic Relationships through Differential Substance Misuse Trajectories (Carlie Sloan, Presenter), in Columbia A/B (Ballroom)

Poster Presentation: Implications of Lability and Level of Body Dissatisfaction across Days for Psychological and Behavioral Health Among Young Adults (Anna Hochgraf, Presenter), in Columbia A/B (Ballroom)

Poster Presentation: Neighborhood Risk and Caregiver Substance Use Differentially Predict Adolescent Substance Use (Kristen Perry, Presenter), in Columbia A/B (Ballroom)

Poster Presentation: Profiles of Co-Occurring Internalizing and Externalizing Problems and Adolescent Substance Use (Miglena Ivanova, Presenter), in Columbia A/B (Ballroom)

Wednesday, May 31

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Presentation: Past Successes and Future Directions of the Results First Initiative for Supporting Evidence-Based Policy Decisions (Damon Jones, Max Crowley, Sara Dube, Margaret Kulinski, and Taylor Scott, Presenters), in Regency D (Ballroom)

Roundtable Discussion: Building Positive Feedback Loops between Epidemiology and Prevention Intervention Research (Alexa Romberg, Chair; Nancy Whitesell, Tamika Zapolski, Allegra Gordon, Stephanie Lanza, and Keva Collier Kidemu, Discussants), in Capitol B (Lobby)

12-1 p.m.

Special Interest Group Meeting: Translating Implementation Science for Policymakers at the Federal, State and Local Levels: What Does It Take to Compel Action? (Diana Fishbein, Convener; Nathaniel Riggs, Co-Convener), in Concord (Ballroom)

11:55 a.m.-1:05 p.m.

Invited Symposium: A Conversation on the Role of Prevention Science in Combating Misinformation (Chanler Hilley, Courtney Dunn, Rebecca DiStefano, Co-Chairs and Organizers; Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou, Michele Kaufman, and Taylor Scott, Speakers/Presenters), in Regency D (Ballroom)

1:15-2:45 p.m.

Symposium: Toward the Prevention of Substance Use in Pregnancy: Implications from Large Cohort Studies and a Randomized Controlled Trial (Steven Brunwasser, Symposium Organizer; Rina Eiden, Discussant), in Concord (Ballroom)

Symposium: An Innovative Parent-Mediated Intervention Design for Promoting Executive Function in Young Children with Down Syndrome (Miranda Pinks, Symposium Organizer; Nathaniel Riggs, Discussant), in Columbia C (Ballroom)

4:15-5:45 p.m.

Roundtable Discussion: Evaluating Implementation, Impact, and Equity in Community-Based Scaling Initiatives: The Promise and Challenges of Small n Methods (William Aldridge, Chair; Kathy Etz, Brittany Cooper, Ty Ridenour, Gary Nelson, and Suzanne Kerns, Discussants), in Capitol A (Lobby)

Roundtable Discussion: Bridging the Research-to-Practice Gap with Community Coalition Technical Assistance: A Dialogue Among Diverse Approaches (Lewis Brown, Chair; Mildred Johnson, Capetra Parker, Melissa Fausey, Jaymie Vandergriff, and Melissa Tomascik, Discussants), in Regency D (Ballroom)

6-7:15 p.m.

Poster Presentation: Fixed Effect Estimates of Student-Teacher Racial or Ethnic Matching in U.S. Elementary Schools (Paul Morgan, Presenter), in Columbia A/B (Ballroom)

Poster Presentation: Implementing a Behavioral Intervention Equitably: It Is More Complicated Than It Seems (Jillian Strayhorn, Presenter), in Columbia A/B (Ballroom)

Poster Presentation: App-Based Program Analytics Vs. Self-Report Measures of Program Acceptability and Usability: Which Better Predicts Outcomes of a Parent-Based Intervention to Prevent Teen Alcohol Use? (Shannon Glenn, Presenter), in Columbia A/B (Ballroom)

Thursday, June 1

10-10:20 a.m.

Presentation: Opportunities for Improving the Use of Prevention Science Research Evidence in US Federal Policymaking (Elizabeth Long, Presenter), in Columbia C (Ballroom) 

10-11:30 a.m.

Penn State Prevention and Methodology Training Program competes for the Sloboda and Bukoski Annual SPR Cup (Miglena Ivanova (Team Captain), Danny Rahal, Veronica Richards, Kristin Perry, and Muntasir Masum), in Regency A (Ballroom)

Symposium: How Prevention Science Can Inform Policymaking: The Research on Bringing Research to Congress (Elizabeth Long, Symposium Organizer; Brittany Gay, Discussant), in Columbia C (Ballroom)

11:45 a.m-12:45 p.m.

Presentation: Prevention Science Graduate Training Programs (Brittany Cooper, Presenter), in Bunker Hill (Ballroom)

1-2:30 p.m.

Roundtable Discussion: Achieving Impact at Scale through Science Policy and Policy-Relevant Research (Taylor Scott, Chair; Michelle Abraczinskas, Angela Bednarik, Jonathan Purtle, Sarah Steverman, and Max Crowley), in Capitol A (Lobby)

Presentation: School and Neighborhood Effects (Jimikaye Courtney), in Bunker Hill (Ballroom)

1:20-1:40 p.m.

Presentation: A University-State Agency Partnership to Support Best Practices in Implementing and Adapting Evidence-Based Interventions (Nathaniel Riggs), in Regency C (Ballroom)

2:45-3:05 p.m.

Presentation: Pathways of PROSPER Intervention Pathways from Adolescence to Adulthood: Examining Impacts on Childrearing of the Next Generation (Greg Fosco), in Congressional C (Lobby)

Presentation: Quantifying the Reduction in Medicaid Enrollee Access to Dental Care Resulting from Traditional Medicare Coverage Expansion (Justin Rist), in Columbia Foyer (Ballroom)

6:45-8 p.m.

Poster Presentation: Alcohol-Induced Blackouts Among College Student Drinkers: A Multilevel Analysis (Veronica Richards), in Columbia A/B (Ballroom)

Poster Presentation: Socio-Demographic Disparities in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnosis and Medication Use during Elementary School (Paul Morgan), in Columbia A/B (Ballroom)

Poster Presentation: Stressors and Alcohol Use Among Mexican-Origin Youth from Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood (Griselda Martinez), in Columbia A/B (Ballroom)

Friday, June 2

1:15-2:45 p.m.

SPR Standards of Knowledge for the Science of Prevention Task Force Update (Brittany Cooper, Chair; Zili Sloboda, Mark Eddy, Nathaniel Riggs, Cady Berkel, Qiyue Cai, Erica Doering, Youngjo Im, and John Winston Toumbourou, Speakers/Presenters), in Regency A (Ballroom)

Symposium: Community Strategies and Partnerships for Preventing Opioid Overdoses/Overdose Deaths (Renee Cloutier, Symposium Organizer), in Regency D (Ballroom)

1:15-1:35 p.m.

Presentation: Pennsylvania’s Community Coordination Strategy to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths (Renee Cloutier, Presenter), in Regency D (Ballroom)

Presentation: Motives Matter: Self-Determined Motivational Profiles for Drinking Distinguish Groups By Drinking Frequency, Intensity, and Consequences (Jimikaye Courtney), in Congressional C (Lobby)

1:35-1:55 p.m.

Presentation: Affective Variability and Frequency and Intensity of Alcohol Use (Danny Rahal), in Congressional C (Lobby)

1:55-2:15 p.m.

Presentation: Evaluating the Impacts of the 2022 Opioid Settlement Funds in Pennsylvania: Implications for Prevention (Glenn Sterner), in Regency D (Ballroom)