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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 Communications Director
- Alicia Fetzer Financial Coordinator
Center Faculty
- Yaryna Andrushko Visiting Scholar
- Rose Baker Assistant Research Professor
- Sarah Chilenski Associate Research Professor of Health and Human Development
- 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 Impact; Associate Research Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
- 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
- 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 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
- Angie Halaja-Henriques Research Project Manager, Evidence-to-Impact Colaborative
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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; Edna P. Bennett Faculty Fellow in Prevention Research
- 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
- Hee Man Park Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management
- Daniel F. Perkins Professor of Family and Youth Resiliency and Policy; Principal Scientist and Founder, Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
- Harrison Pinckney Assistant Professor of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Management
- Robert W. Roeser Bennett Pierce Chair in Caring and Compassion, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
- Emma Jane Rose Assistant Teaching Professor
- Michael Russell Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Kristin Perry PAMT Postdoctoral Fellow
- Ivan Jacob Agaloos 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