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Rebecca Shlafer

Rebecca Shlafer, PhD, MPH
Director & Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Medical School
[email protected]
Shlafer Experts@Minnesota

Focus areas:

Developmental outcomes of children and families with multiple risk factors
Programs and policies impacting children and families affected by incarceration

Chris Mehus

Christopher Mehus, PhD, LMFT
Core Research Project Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, College of Education and Development
[email protected]
Mehus Experts@Minnesota

Focus Areas:

Parenting and parent-child relationships
Parent engagement and parenting interventions
Trauma and PTSD
Behavioral healthcare in primary care

Faculty & Staff (alphabetical order)

Jenna Baumgartner

Jenna Baumgartner, MS
Communications and Special Projects Manager
[email protected]

Focus areas:

Health communications
Global adolescent health

Kara Beckman

Kara Beckman, MA
Senior Evaluator
[email protected]

Focus areas:

Restorative justice
Restorative practices
Systems change
Implementation science

Lynn Bretl

Lynn Bretl, MPP
Youth Advisory Board Program Manager
[email protected]

Focus areas:

Positive Youth Development
Adolescent health promotion
Sexual health education
Youth engagement

Jill Farris

Jill Farris, MPH
Director of Sexual Health Training and Education
[email protected]

Focus areas:

Training and technical assistance
Adolescent sexual health
Sexual health data and trends

Janna Gewirtz O'Brien

Janna Gewirtz O'Brien , MD, MPH, FAAP
Assistant Professor, Medical School
[email protected]
Gewirtz-O’Brien Experts@Minnesota

Focus areas:

Adolescent Medicine
Youth homelessness
Social drivers of health
Adolescent health services

Amy Gower

Amy Gower, PhD
Research Associate
[email protected]
Gower Experts@Minnesota

Focus areas:

Risk and protective factors for adolescent wellbeing
Promoting health equity
Data analysis and evaluation

Cathy Jordan

Cathy Jordan, PhD, LP
Professor, Medical School
[email protected]
Jordan Experts@Minnesota

Focus areas:

Impact of nature on children's health, mental health, development and academic outcomes
Teacher training in nature-based pedagogies
Community-based and participatory research approaches

Barbara McMorris

Barbara McMorris, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Medical School
[email protected]
McMorris Experts@Minnesota

Focus areas:

Prevention of risky health behaviors in adolescence
Promotion of health among vulnerable populations
Program evaluation, research methods, and statistical modeling

Ingie Osman

Ingie Osman, MPH
Project Director
[email protected]
Osman Experts@Minnesota

Focus areas:

Intersection of public health and the criminal legal system
Community-based participatory research and community-engaged research
Applied research and evaluation

Katie Pierson

Katie Pierson, MA
Communications Manager
[email protected]

Focus areas:

Systems change
Community-engaged strategic communications
Health equity

Shari Plowman

Shari Plowman, MPH
Senior Evaluator and External Sales Manager
[email protected]

Focus areas:

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health
Youth-related program evaluation
Evaluation capacity building
Evaluation methods and data analysis

Renee Sieving

Renee Sieving, PhD, RN, FAAN, FSAHM
Professor, Schools of Nursing and Medicine
[email protected]
Sieving Experts@Minnesota

Focus areas:

Youth health promotion
Prevention of health risk behavior (sexual risk, violence involvement, school drop-out) among adolescents

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