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- Research Area of Specialization: Family Development
- Research Area of Specialization: Individual Development — Childhood
- Research Area of Specialization: Individual Development — Adolescence
- Research Area of Specialization: Individual Development — Adulthood and Aging
- Research Areas of Specialization: Intervention and Prevention
- Research Areas of Specialization: Methodology
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- Adolescence and Young Adulthood
- Child Maltreatment
- Cognitive Health
- Computational Methods for Developmental Systems Models
- Determinants and Promotion of Well-Being
- Development and Family Processes in International Contexts
- Developmental Neuroscience
- Family Systems and Processes
- Gender and Development
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- Healthy Aging
- Influences of Stress on Development and Aging
- Longitudinal Methodologies/Designs for Studying Change and Variability
- Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, and Child Outcomes
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Methodology Consulting Center
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Research Faculty with HDFS Appointments
- Bethany Bray, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, College of Health and Human Development, and Outreach Director, The Methodology Center, bcbray@psu.edu
- Michael Cleveland, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, College of Health and Human Development, and Faculty Affiliate, The Methodology Center and the Prevention Research Center. Application of advanced statistical methods to substance use prevention research. mjc37@psu.edu
- Mark Feinberg, Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), 1998, George Washington University, Research Professor, Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development. Family process (coparenting, parenting, sibling relations) and development, prevention, biology and behavior (genetics, affective neuroscience, stress-related hormones). mef11@psu.edu
- Damon Jones, Ph.D. (Quantitative Methods), 2002, Vanderbilt University, Research Associate, Prevention Research Center. Statistical analysis/research methods, Quasi-experimental research designs, longitudinal data, economic evaluation, program evaluation, prevention research. dej10@psu.edu
- Meg Small, Ph.D. (Quantitative Methods and Health Policy), 1992, University of Maryland, Research Associate, Prevention Research Center. Understanding factors that allow organizaions to successfully adopt and sustain evidence-based interventions; Developing and testing methods that allow organizations to use data when making programmatic decisions. mxs693@psu.edu
- Janet Welsh, Ph.D. (Developmental Psychology), 1994, Pennsylvania State University, Research Associate, Prevention Research Center. Early language development and its relationship to social competence, and the impact of various aspects of the school ecology on students’ behavioral and academic adjustment. jaw900@psu.edu
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