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Leadership Team
Max Crowley PRC Director; C. Eugene Bennett Chair in Prevention; Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Public Policy; Director, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Carol Masullo Assistant Director for Operations
Sara Brennen Assistant Director for Strategic Communications
Alicia Fetzer Financial Coordinator
Center Faculty
Yaryna Andrushko Visiting Scholar
Rose Baker Assistant Research Professor
Mustafa Cetin Visiting Scholar
Sarah Chilenski Associate Research Professor
Blake A. Colaianne Assistant Research Professor
Mark E. Feinberg Research Professor
Jochebed Gayles Assistant Research Professor; Evaluation Analyst
Lindsey Gedaly Researcher
Michelle Hostetler Assistant Research Professor
Damon Jones Associate Research Professor
Ashley Linden-Carmichael Associate Research Professor of Health and Human Development
Elizabeth Long Assistant Research Professor
Kimberly Mallett Research Professor of Health and Human Development
Samantha Murray-Perdue Researcher
Taylor Bishop Scott Associate Research Professor of Human Development and Family Studies; Director, Research Translation Platform
Meg Small Director for Social Innovation; Associate Research Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Edward Smith Past PRC Director; Research Professor (Retired)
Rob Turrisi Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Prevention Research
Janet Welsh Research Professor
Staff
Sarah Ackerman Senior Research Coordinator & Researcher
Sophia Amarillo Meeting and Training Support Assistant
Amanda Applegate Technical Communications Specialist
Alise Barr PAYS Support & Development Specialist, EPIS
Elaine Berrena Prevention Educator
Sandesh Bhandari Research Data Analyst
Janie Braid DDAP Systems Coordinator
Geneen Burris Implementation Specialist
Lee Carpenter Pre-Award Coordinator/Proposal Development
Casey Anne Cunningham Policy Associate, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Gwen Davis Project Coordinator, Family Life Project
Jessica DeFelice Human Research Technologist
Melissa Fausey Systems Change Specialist
Lisa Fetzer SPEP™ Implementation Specialist
Lisa Freese SPEP™ Implementation Specialist
Carol Gaddis Data Manager, EPIS
Megan Galinksy Research Assistant
Kris Glunt SPEP™ Project Manager
- Maria Godfrey Education Program Coordinator
Sarah Hamel Research Project Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Jeffery Hogan Systems Change Specialist
Jordan Joyce Implementation Specialist
Dawn Karoscik SPEP ™ Implementation Specialist, Level 2 Trainer
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
Mary Lisa Penilla Research Project Manager
Nicole (Wells) Platz Implementation Specialist
Luann Rhodes Administrative Support Assistant
Heather Roberts Implementation Specialist
Daniel Schmidt Research Project Manager
Bethany Shaw Assistant Director of Data Accelerator Compliance
Gillian Sommerville Research Project Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Roger Spaw Evidence-based Practices Project Manager
Victoria Stamadianou Project Manager, Research Translation Platform
Cheryl Stamm Administrative Support Coordinator
Rachel Storace Research Project Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Christy Tomascik Education Program Specialist
Melissa Tomascik Youth and Family Prevention Specialist
Emily Warthman Associate Director of Policy Operations, Research Translation Platform
Courtney Whetzel Project Manager
Alex Winters Systems Design Specialist
Jessica Wolfe Connor Director of Research Operations
Jonathan Wright Data Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Yanping Zhao Research Project Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Center Affiliates
Jennifer P. Agans Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Jocelyn C. Anderson Assistant Professor, Nursing
Sunhye Bai Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies; Karl R. and Diane Wendle Fink Early Career Professor for the Study of Families
Karen L. Bierman Evan Pugh University Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies
Mark Brennan UNESCO Chair and Professor
Patricia Broderick Assistant Research Professor
Meg Bruening Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Department Head
Linda Caldwell Emeritus Distinguished Professor, RPTM
Daryl Cameron Associate Professor of Psychology
Anne-Marie Chang Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health and Nursing
Bo Cleveland Professor, HDFS
Christian M. Connell Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies; Director, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
Molly Countermine Associate Teaching Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Celene Domitrovich Research Associate Professor, Georgetown University; PRC Adjunct Faculty
Michael W. Donovan Associate Director, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative; Assistant Research Professor of Social Science & Public Policy
Sebrina L. Doyle Fosco Assistant Research Professor in Human Development and Family Studies
Kamila Dvorakova PRC Adjunct Faculty
Rina D. Eiden Professor of Psychology, Consortium for Combating Substance Abuse; Associate Editor of Child Development
Cara Exten Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Rick Fiene Research Psychologist
Diana Fishbein Past PRC Director; Research Professor, HDFS
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
Sukhdeep Gill Professor, HDFS, Penn State York
Maithreyi Gopalan Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy
Mark T. Greenberg Emeritus Bennett Chair of Prevention Research and Founding Director, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
Paul Griffin Professor of Engineering, Director of the Penn State Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction
Cristin Hall Assistant Professor, Education
Michael L. Hecht Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Yoon Sun Hur Assistant Research Professor
Abenaa Jones Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Health and Human Development
Patricia Koch Emeritus Professor, BBH
Linda LaSalle Director of Health Promotion and Wellness
Stephanie Lanza Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Heidemarie Laurent Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
David Lee Professor, Education
Erika Lunkenheimer Professor, Psychology; Associate Director of Education, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
Jennifer Maggs Professor, HDFS
Claudia Mincemoyer Professor Emerita of Agricultural and Extension Education and Prior Director, Penn State Better Kid Care Program
Dana Mitra Professor, Education Policy Studies
Paul Morgan Professor, Education
John Park Assistant Research Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Daniel F. Perkins Professor of Family and Youth Resiliency and Policy; Principal Scientist and Founder, Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
Robert W. Roeser Bennett Pierce Chair in Caring and Compassion, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Emma Jane Rose Assistant Teaching Professor
Nicole C. Ryerson Assistant Profesor of Psychology
Jessica Saalfield Assistant Professor of Psychology
Dennis P. Scanlon Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Administration (HPA), Director of the Center for Health Care and Policy Research (CHCPR)
Barrett Scroggs Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State Mont Alto
Chad Shenk Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Pediatrics
Shedra Amy Snipes Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Jeremy Staff Professor of Sociology, Criminology, and Demography
Glenn Sterner III Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State Abington Campus
Douglas Teti Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Familly Studies, HDFS Department Head, Professor of Psychology and Pediatrics
Samantha L. Tornello Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Martha Wadsworth Professor, Psychology
Christina L. Wissinger Associate Librarian for the Health Sciences
Steven Xing Assistant Research Professor
Trainees
Hannah Apsley PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Ayana Best Postdoctoral Scholar, Research Translation Platform/Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Avery Chahl PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Alexander Chapman PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
Lan Chen PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
C. Andrew Conway Postdoctoral Scholar
Walter Dyer PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Shannon Glenn PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Miglena Ivanova PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Ty Lees Postdoctoral Scholar
Kristin Perry PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
Jek Pesigan PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
Holly Pham PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Veronica Richards PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
Justin Rist PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Danny Wang PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Elsie Xu Yan PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
