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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
Yaryna Andrushko
Psychologist and Researcher
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
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
Researcher
Robert W. Roeser
Bennett Pierce Chair in Caring and Compassion, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
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
Staff
Sarah Ackerman
Senior Research Coordinator & Researcher
Amanda Applegate
Technical Communications Specialist
Alise Barr
PAYS Support & Development Specialist, EPIS
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
Lisa Freese
SPEP™ Implementation Specialist
Carol Gaddis
Data Manager, EPIS
Megan Galinksy
Data Management Specialist
Kris Glunt
SPEP™ Project Manager
Maria Godfrey
Education Program Coordinator
Angie Halaja-Henriques
Research Project Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Sarah Hamel
Research Project Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative
Jeffery Hogan
Systems Change Specialist
Laura Huber
Policy Associate
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
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
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
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
Associate Professor, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
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
Bo Cleveland
Professor, HDFS
Christian M. Connell
Director, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
Molly Countermine
Teaching Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
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
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Rick Fiene
Research Psychologist
Diana Fishbein
Senior Part-Time Research Faculty, Human Development and Family Studies
Zachary Fisher
Assistant Professor of 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
Sukhdeep Gill
Professor, HDFS, Penn State York
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
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
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
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State Mont Alto
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
Avery Chahl
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Alexander Chapman
PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
Lan Chen
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
C. Andrew Conway
Postdoctoral Scholar
Gabriel Cruz Rodríguez
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Walter Dyer
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Shixin Fang
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Morgan Mannweiler
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Rachel Marcus
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Mary Mbaba
PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
Sara Miller
PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
Patrick O'Neill
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan
PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
Danielle Rice
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Katelin Trautmann
Postdoctoral Scholar
Danny Wang
PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
