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ECPN COMMITTEES, 2016–2017 (at a glance)
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STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS’ BIOSKETCHES
Marie-Hélène Véronneau, Ph.D. Current position:
ECPN Chair, 2015–2017 Previous positions:
ECPN Chair elect; ECPN newsletter committee chair; ECPN student poster contest chair
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal Training: Ph.D. in Psychology, Université de Montréal
Postdoctoral training in prevention science, University of Oregon Research interests:
Academic achievement, school persistence, peer influences, emotional competence, longitudinal studies.
Website/contact: https://psychologie.uqam.ca/professeur?c=veronneau.marie-helene [email protected]
Sarah Lindstrom Johnson, Ph.D. Current position:
ECPN Chair elect, 2015-2017; ECPN student poster committee chair
Previous positions: ECPN program committee chair; ECPN membership committee chair
Affiliation: School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University Training: Ph.D. in Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Postdoctoral training in adolescent health, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Research interests: Violence, future orientation, school environments, interventions
Website/contact: https://thesanfordschool.asu.edu/content/sarah-lindstrom-johnson
Kathleen Anderson, MPA, CPS Current position:
SPR Advocacy Committee (ECPN Liaison) SPR Membership Communications Taskforce
Previous positions: ECPN program committee
Affiliation: School of Public Health, Indiana University Training: Masters in Public Affairs, Truman School of Public Affairs,
University of Missouri Research interests: Community-based participatory research,
economic analysis of substance use prevention efforts Website/contact: https://info.publichealth.indiana.edu/faculty/current/anderson-kathleen.sh
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Courtney N. Baker, Ph.D. Current position:
ECPN program committee chair
Previous positions: ECPN program committee; ECPN poster committee
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Tulane University Training: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts
Amherst; Postdoctoral training in clinical/community/school psychology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Research interests: Dissemination and implementation science, violence prevention, trauma-informed care, early childhood, health disparities, community-based participatory research
Website/contact: http://tulane.edu/sse/psyc/faculty-and-staff/faculty/courtney-baker.cfm
Elizabeth (Liz) Baker, M.A. Current position:
Steering committee; Training Committee (co-liaison); Training Needs Assessment Taskforce
Affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University Training: M.A. in Experimental Psychology with Quantitative Minor, Kent
State University Research interests: Interpersonal violence, dating violence,
implementation and evaluation of dating violence interventions, romantic relationships, peer relationships
Website/contact: http://www.kent.edu/psychology/irdp-lab/project-staff; [email protected]
Brian R. Barber, Ph.D. Current position:
ECPN membership committee chair SPR Membership Committee (ECPN liaison)
Affiliation: School of Lifespan Development and Education Sciences, Kent State University
Training:Masters in Education Leadership, University of Florida; Ph.D. in Special Education, University of Florida
Research interests: Effective behavioral prevention and intervention strategies in educational settings, executive function and the self-regulation of behavior, social and emotional learning in schools, setting factors affecting intervention implementation in alternative educational settings
Website/contact: https://www.kent.edu/ehhs/ldes/sped/profile/dr-brian-barber
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Tara Bautista Current Position:
Scavenger hunt committee
Affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona; Ph.D. Student
Training: B.A. in Psychology, San Diego State University Research Interest: Stress, coping, & resilience; drug abuse;
Mindfulness; Minority and Underserved populations; Interdisciplinary research; Integrative Mixed Methods Methodology.
Samantha Calvin
Jessica Duncan Cance, M.P.H., Ph.D. Current position:
ECPN program committee, ECPN poster contest committee ECPN evaluation committee (co-chair)
Previous positions: ECPN Chair (2013-2015), ECPN Chair-Elect (2011-2013)
Affiliation: Texas Health and Human Services Commission Training: Masters in Public Health (Behavioral Sciences and Health
Education), Emory University; Ph.D. in Public Health (Health Behavior and Health Education), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research interests: Adolescent and young adult risk behavior (focus on substance use), opioid use disorders, pubertal development, person-centered methodology
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Brittany Cooper, Ph.D. Current Position:
ECPN liaison for the SPR Training Needs Assessment Taskforce SPR Advocacy Committee
Previous Positions: ECPN Awards Chair ECPN Membership Chair
Affiliation: Department of Human Development, Director of Prevention Science Graduate Program, Washington State University
Training: Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Research Interests: Dissemination and implementation science; evidence-based program adaptation and sustainability; person-centered methodology (e.g., latent class analysis), early childhood preventive interventions
Website/Contact: http://cahnrs.wsu.edu/hd/people/faculty/ [email protected]
MeLisa Creamer, M.P.H., Ph.D. Current Position:
Program Committee
Affiliation: The University of Texas School of Public Health, Austin Regional Campus, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
Training: Masters in Public Health, University of Texas School of Public Health; Ph.D. in Public Health (Epidemiology), University of Texas School of Public Health
Research Interests: Adolescent and young adult tobacco product use, including multiple tobacco product use and alternative tobacco product use, co-variation of tobacco product use with other risk and substance use behaviors
Website/Contact: [email protected]; 512-482-6165
Melissa Cox, PhD, MPH Current Position: Program Committee
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health
Training: PhD in Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Research Interests: contextual influences on the development of adolescent alcohol use, prevention of adolescent alcohol use, longitudinal methodology
Website/Contact: [email protected]; melissajcox.com
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Eleanor Dizon, B.S. Current Position: SPR Membership Communication Taskforce
Affiliation: Department of Human Development, Doctoral Student in Prevention Science, Washington State University
Training: B.S. in Psychology, University of Oregon Research Interests: Translational research and multidisciplinary
collaboration (especially between research, education, and design sectors); role of dyadic relationships (e.g., parent-child; teacher-student) in health behavior and educational achievement outcomes; methodological advances to support intervention development and implementation (e.g., Latent Class Analysis and Meta-Analysis)
Website/Contact: http://preventionscience.wsu.edu/graduatestudents.htm
Jennifer Doty Current Position: SPR Membership Communications Committee
Affiliation: Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota
Training: Postdoctoral training in adolescent health; PhD in Family Science, University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Jennifer’s research interests are built around the idea that parent-child relationships are a key leverage point for improving both parent and adolescent health and well-being. She views the online environment as a potential outlet for the dissemination of parent-based prevention programming for families. Website/Contact: [email protected]
Rebecca Eliseo-Arras, PhD, MSW Current position:
ECPN Webpage Committee
Affiliation: Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
Training: PhD in Social Welfare, University at Buffalo MSW University at Buffalo
BA in Psychology and Political Science, University at Buffalo Research Interests: Non-suicidal self-injury, suicide, trauma, and
addictions Website/Contact: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Nadine Finigan-Carr, PhD Current Position: Diversity Network Committee Liaison Previous Position: Training Committee Co-Chair
Affiliation: University of Maryland, Baltimore: School of Social Work; Research Assistant Professor and Director of the Prevention of Adolescent Risks Initiative Training: PhD, Public Health, Johns Hopkins University: Bloomberg School of Public Health MS, Applied Psychology, University of Baltimore Research Interests: prevention of adolescent risk behaviors with a primary interest in the intersection of sexual and reproductive health behaviors, aggression and violence, and substance use and abuse. Domestic minor sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth are my main project focuses. Website/Contact: http://www.family.umaryland.edu/research-pari/ [email protected]
Diego Garcia-Huidobro, MD, PhD Current position:
International Task Force liaison
Affiliations: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Department of Family Medicine
Training: MD, specialist in Family Medicine; PhD, Family Social Science, minors in Epidemiology and Prevention Science (completed summer 2016); Postdoctoral fellowship, Adolescent Health
Research interests: Family-based research, parenting interventions, research methodology, dissemination and implementation research
Website/contact: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/fsos/people/grads/GarciaHuidobroD.asp Email: [email protected]
Emily Hennessy
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B.K. Elizabeth Kim Ph.D. Current position:
SPR training committee liaison
Affiliation: Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California
Training: Ph.D. in Social Welfare, University of Washington Postdoctoral training in Social Welfare, Berkeley Center for Prevention Research in Social Welfare
Research interests: violence prevention, protective factors, alternatives to incarceration, implementation
Website/contact: https://sowkweb.usc.edu/faculty/bo-kyung-elizabeth-kim
Lourdes Molleda
Katherine Paschall, Ph.D Current position:
Evaluation committee co-chair
Affiliation: Population Research Center and Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin
Training: Ph.D. in Family Studies and Human Development, University of Arizona.
Research Interests: Parent-child relationships in early childhood; early childhood education; development and family dynamics in the context of poverty; child maltreatment prevention; quantitative methods
Website/Contact: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/prc/directory/faculty/kwp433
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Sarah Racz, Ph.D. Current position:
Steering committee; Awards committee
Previous positions: Program committee; Poster contest reviewer; Steering committee
Affiliation: Department of Psychology; First-Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE) Program, University of Maryland College Park
Training: Ph.D. in Child Clinical Psychology, University of Washington. Research Interests: Family and parenting factors influencing the
developmental course of childhood and adolescence, particularly in terms of childhood externalizing behaviors; statistical models of change; implementation and evaluation of parenting interventions
Website/Contact: https://psyc.umd.edu/facultyprofile/Racz/Sarah [email protected]
Kelly Rulison, Ph.D. Current position:
Training needs assessment taskforce liaison
Previous positions: Training committee co-chair; ECPN student poster committee
Affiliation: Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Training: Ph.D. in Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University
Research interests: Peer relationships; social networks; substance use; diffusion of intervention effects; quantitative methodology;
Website/contact: https://phe.uncg.edu/team/kelly-rulison-ph-d/
Valerie B. Shapiro, Ph.D. Affiliation: School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Training: Ph.D. in Social Welfare, University of Washington Research interests: Prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral
problems in children and youth through the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of effective prevention practices, with a particular focus on: (a) strength-based screening and assessment, (b) whole-school and community-wide preventive interventions, and (c) coalition-based models for evidence-informed and participatory decision-making
Website/contact: http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/faculty/valerie-shapiro
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Amanda Sisselman-Borgia, PhD, LMSW Current Position:
Liaison to SPR Membership Communication Taskforce
Affiliation: Department of Social Work, Lehman College, City University of New York
Training: PhD in Social Welfare, University at Albany, School of Social Welfare
Research Interests: Domestic violence, trauma, at risk youth and adolescents, homelessness
Website/Contact: [email protected]
J.D. Smith, Ph.D. Current Position:
ECPN Representative on the Transparency in Publication Task Force
Affiliation: Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology (Ce-PIM), Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Preventive Medicine, and Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago
Training: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Tennessee Knoxville; Postdoctoral: Prevention Science Institute, University of Oregon and REACH Institute, Arizona State University
Research Interests: Family-centered approaches for the prevention of problem behavior, substance use, obesity, cardiovascular disease in childhood and adolescence; implementation science and systems science methods; assessment of fidelity to evidence-based programs; integrated child and family healthcare.
Website/Contact: [email protected] http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/az/profile.html?xid=
33205
Bin Suh
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Nancy Trevino-Schafer, MS, ABD Current Position: Award
Committee Chair Previous Positions: Award
Committee Chair
Affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Texas Tech University
Training: Current Doctoral Candidate in Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Cross-Cultural Studies; M.S. in Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Tech
Research interests: Adolescent development; adolescent risk taking, specifically teen pregnancy prevention; and prevention research with special populations, specifically foster youth and ethnic minorities; program evaluation using mixed methods
Website: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/hdfs/graduate_students/trevino.php email contact: [email protected]
Kai Wei, MSW Current Position:
Program Committee
Affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh Computational Social Science Lab (PICSO), University of Pittsburgh
Training: Current Doctoral Student in School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh
Research interests: the methods of data science (focus on text mining), temporal analysis, immigrant health issues, immigration policy
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