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Leadership Team
Max Crowley PRC Director
Carol Masullo Assistant Director for Operations
Sara Brennen Communications Director
Alicia Fetzer Financial Coordinator
Center Faculty
Rose Baker Assistant Research Professor
Sarah Chilenski Research Professor, Health and Human Development
Blake A. Colaianne Assistant Research Professor
Mark E. Feinberg Research Professor
Jochebed Gayles Director, Lab for Equitable Prevention & Implementation in Diverse Contexts
Lindsey Gedaly Researcher
Shannon Glenn Assistant Research Professor
Michelle Hostetler Assistant Research Professor
Damon Jones Research Professor, Health and Human Development
Elizabeth Long Assistant Research Professor, Health and Human Development
Kimberly Mallett Research Professor, Health and Human Development
Samantha Murray-Perdue Assistant Research Professor
Taylor Bishop Scott Director, Research Translation Platform
Meg Small Director for Social Impact
Rob Turrisi Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Prevention Research
Janet Welsh Research Professor
Jonathan Wright Assistant Research Professor
Staff
Sarah Ackerman Senior Research Coordinator & Researcher
Amanda Applegate Technical Communications Specialist
Alise Barr PAYS Support & Development Specialist, EPIS
Gabriela Bauer-Garcia Student Administrative Support
Elaine Berrena Prevention Educator
Geneen Burris Implementation Specialist
Kristin Camplese Instructional Designer
Lee Carpenter Pre-Award Coordinator/Proposal Development
Casey Anne Cunningham Policy Associate, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Jessica DeFelice Human Research Technologist
Melissa Fausey PA Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) Systems Coordinator
Lisa Fetzer SPEP™ Implementation Specialist
Carol Gaddis Data Manager, EPIS
Megan Galinksy Data Management Specialist
Kris Glunt SPEP™ Project Manager
Maria Godfrey Education Program Coordinator
Brianna Gonyea Student Administrative Support
Sarah Hamel Research Project Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Jeffery Hogan Systems Change Specialist
Genavive Januszewski Student Administrative Support
Jordan Joyce Program Manager, Prevention Learning Portal
Phyllis Law Senior Systems Change Specialist
Aaron Luneke Research Data Analyst, EPIS
Mary McCauley Director of Administration and Compliance, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Mel Miles Financial Assistant
Shannon M. O'Lone SPEP™ Implementation Specialist, Level 3 SPEP™ Master Trainer
Christa Park SPEP™ Implementation Specialist
Justine Paul SPEP™ Implementation Specialist
Mary Lisa Penilla Research Project Manager
Nicole (Wells) Platz Implementation Specialist
Luann Rhodes Administrative Support Assistant
Heather Roberts Implementation Specialist
Bethany Shaw Assistant Director of Data Accelerator Compliance
Kerry Small Director of Industry Relations
Roger Spaw Evidence-based Practices Project Manager
Victoria Stamadianou Project Manager, Research Translation Platform
Cheryl Stamm Administrative Support Coordinator
Christy Tomascik Education Program Specialist
Melissa Tomascik Youth and Family Prevention Specialist
Emily Warthman Associate Director of Policy Operations, Research Translation Platform
Alex Winters Systems Design Specialist
Jessica Wolfe Connor Director of Research Operations
Center Affiliates
Jennifer P. Agans Associate Professor, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Yaryna Andrushko Psychologist and Researcher
Jennifer M. Barton Assistant Research Professor, Center for Childhood Obesity Research
Karen L. Bierman Evan Pugh University Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies
Mark Brennan UNESCO Chair and Professor
Patricia Broderick Research Associate
Meg Bruening Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Department Head
Linda Caldwell Emeritus Distinguished Professor, RPTM
Daryl Cameron Associate Professor of Psychology
Anne-Marie Chang Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health and Nursing
Eric Claus Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Bo Cleveland Professor, HDFS
Christian M. Connell Director, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
Molly Countermine Teaching Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Nikki Crowley Director, Penn State Neuroscience Institute - University Park
Michael W. Donovan Director of International Partnerships
Sebrina L. Doyle Fosco Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Kamila Dvorakova PRC Adjunct Faculty
Rina D. Eiden Professor of Psychology
Cara Exten Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Rick Fiene Research Psychologist
Diana Fishbein Senior Part-Time Research Faculty, Human Development and Family Studies
Greg Fosco Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Lori Francis Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Jennifer Frank Associate Professor, Education
Steffany Fredman Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Lisa Gatzke-Kopp Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Maithreyi Gopalan Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy
Mark T. Greenberg PRC Founding Director
Paul Griffin Professor of Engineering
Cristin Hall Assistant Professor, Education
Michael L. Hecht Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Yoon Sun Hur Assistant Research Professor
Catherine Jantzer CARE Project Manager
Abenaa Jones Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Patricia Koch Emeritus Professor, BBH
Linda LaSalle Director of Health Promotion and Wellness
Stephanie Lanza Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Heidemarie Laurent Bennett Pierce Chair in Caring and Compassion
Solim Lee Assistant Professor of Nursing
David Lee Professor, Education
Erika Lunkenheimer Associate Director of Education, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
Jennifer Maggs Professor, HDFS
Claudia Mincemoyer Professor Emerita of Agricultural and Extension Education
Dana Mitra Professor, Education Policy Studies
Hee Man Park Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management
Daniel F. Perkins Principal Scientist and Founder, Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
Harrison Pinckney Assistant Professor of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Management
Emma Jane Rose Director, Research on Adversity and Risk Lab
Michael Russell Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Nicole C. Ryerson Assistant Professor of Psychology
Jessica Saalfield Assistant Professor of Psychology
Dennis P. Scanlon Director, Center for Health Care and Policy Research
Barrett Scroggs Interim Director, Academic Affairs at Penn State Greater Allegheny
Joel E. Segel Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
Chad Shenk Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Pediatrics
Edward Smith Past PRC Director; Research Professor (Retired)
Shedra Amy Snipes Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Jeremy Staff Professor of Sociology, Criminology, and Demography
Ashley Stauffer Analyst, Office of Research Information Systems & Director, ResearchPros
Glenn Sterner III Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State Abington
Douglas Teti Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Samantha L. Tornello Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Martha Wadsworth Professor, Psychology
Christina L. Wissinger Associate Librarian for the Health Sciences
Steven Xing Assistant Research Professor
Trainees
Paige Amormino PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
James Jordan Banks Communications Intern
Karilyn Brue Intern
Sarah Buttikofer Communications Intern
C. Andrew Conway Postdoctoral Scholar
Gabriel Cruz Rodríguez PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Shixin Fang PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Pearl Hoffman PRC Communications Intern
Joseph Lancaster PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Rachel Marcus PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Mary Mbaba PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
Sara Miller PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
Anna Newell PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Patrick O'Neill PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
Teresa Phelan Communications Intern
Danielle Rice PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Yuqi Shen PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Emma Skogseth PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Sienna Strong-Jones PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Katelin Trautmann Postdoctoral Scholar
Erica Velazquez Communications Intern
