Below is a list of our current research projects. If you'd like to learn about any of them, click on the specific project for details. Our scholars work together in an effort to increase dialogue, foster collaborations and achieve results for families and children.
| Project Name: |
Principal Investigator(s): |
| A Foundation-University Partnership: Collaborating for Non-profit Capacity Building and Infrastructure Enhancement |
Jenni Owen, David Rabiner |
| A Neuroscience-Based Health Curriculum to Promote Academic Success |
Leslie Babinski, Wilkie Wilson, Cynthia Kuhn |
| Adolescent Adjustment: An integrative examination of parenting, emotion regulation, and social information processing |
Anne-Marie Iselin |
| America's Promise Evaluation Project |
Kenneth Dodge, Beth Gifford |
| Child Development Project - Developmental Pathways to Adjustment and Well-being in Early Adulthood |
Kenneth Dodge, John E. Bates, Gregory S. Pettit |
| Child Mental Health Initiative |
Nicole Lawrence, Elizabeth Snyder-Fickler |
| Community Prevention of Child Maltreatment |
Kenneth Dodge |
| Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families |
Christina Christopoulos |
| Decision-Making in Everyday Life |
Jennifer Lansford |
| Developing Consultation and Collaboration Skills: ESL and Classroom Teachers Working Together with Students and Families |
Leslie Babinski, Steve Amendum , Steve Knotek |
| Developing, Implementing and Evaluating a Comprehensive Family Assessment to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes in Alamance County, NC |
Elizabeth Snyder-Fickler |
| Development and Prevention of Substance Abuse Problems |
Kenneth Dodge |
| Durham Connects |
Kenneth Dodge |
| Economic and Social Determinants of the Educational, Occupational, and Residential Choices of Young Adults |
Elizabeth O. Ananat |
| Effects of Classroom Management Training on Early Learning Skills (Incredible Years for Teachers) |
Desiree Murray, David Rabiner |
| Effects of Drug Treatment Courts on Outcomes of Adults and Their Children |
Frank Sloan |
| Evaluation of Bridgescape Academy |
Desiree Murray |
| Evaluation of School-Based Child and Family Support Teams Initiative (100 Schools Project) |
Beth Gifford |
| Evaluation of the East Durham Children's Initiative - Child & Parent Support Services |
Liz Snyder, Nicole Lawrence |
| Evaluation of the Larry King Center |
Beth Gifford |
| Integrated Pediatric Mental Health Care Collaboration |
Helen Egger |
| Marine Corps Project |
David Rabiner, Beth Gifford |
| North Carolina Education Research Data Center (NCERDC) |
Kenneth Dodge, Clara Muschkin |
| North Carolina Family Impact Seminar (NCFIS) |
Jenni Owen |
| Parenting, Adolescent Self-Regulation, and Risk-Taking Across Cultures |
Jennifer Lansford |
| Partnering for Excellence |
Katie Rosanbalm, Christina Christopoulos |
| Positive Parenting in Wake County |
Katie Rosanbalm |
| Prospective Study of Infant Development (PSID) |
Ken Dodge, Ben Goodman |
| Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analyses of Substance Abuse Project |
Ken Dodge, Max Crowley |
| Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center (TPRC) |
Philip Costanzo, Kenneth Dodge |
| Truancy Prevention Project |
Phil Cook, Ken Dodge |
