Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
@prcpennstate.bsky.social
Global leader 🌎 in #prevention research, technical assistance, training, policy, & outreach. Our work ⬆️ #publichealth, #wellbeing & #flourishing. 🌳
Visit our website: prevention.psu.edu
Visit our website: prevention.psu.edu
Our new seminar series kicks off today! Join us via Zoom or in-person (lunch provided) Wednesdays at noon (ET). Info. & registration: https://prevention.psu.edu/events/
January 21, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Our new seminar series kicks off today! Join us via Zoom or in-person (lunch provided) Wednesdays at noon (ET). Info. & registration: https://prevention.psu.edu/events/
Free webinar Jan. 28 on supporting teacher and leader wellbeing through mindfulness-baed programs and practices, with @sebrinadf.bsky.social.
Registration and details: https://prevention.psu.edu/event/webinar-supporting-teacher-and-leader-wellbeing-cultivating-awareness-and-resilience-in-education/
Registration and details: https://prevention.psu.edu/event/webinar-supporting-teacher-and-leader-wellbeing-cultivating-awareness-and-resilience-in-education/
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Free webinar Jan. 28 on supporting teacher and leader wellbeing through mindfulness-baed programs and practices, with @sebrinadf.bsky.social.
Registration and details: https://prevention.psu.edu/event/webinar-supporting-teacher-and-leader-wellbeing-cultivating-awareness-and-resilience-in-education/
Registration and details: https://prevention.psu.edu/event/webinar-supporting-teacher-and-leader-wellbeing-cultivating-awareness-and-resilience-in-education/
How can kinship, compassion and community can lead to healing and recovery from substance use? Learn more in this free webinar Jan. 23, with Domenica Personti:
https://prevention.psu.edu/event/rethinking-recovery-kinship-compassion-and-community/
https://prevention.psu.edu/event/rethinking-recovery-kinship-compassion-and-community/
January 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
How can kinship, compassion and community can lead to healing and recovery from substance use? Learn more in this free webinar Jan. 23, with Domenica Personti:
https://prevention.psu.edu/event/rethinking-recovery-kinship-compassion-and-community/
https://prevention.psu.edu/event/rethinking-recovery-kinship-compassion-and-community/
Free webinar on Jan. 28 with @sebrinadf.bsky.social on supporting teacher and leader wellbeing through mindfulness-based programs and practices.
Register today! https://prevention.psu.edu/event/webinar-supporting-teacher-and-leader-wellbeing-cultivating-awareness-and-resilience-in-education/
Register today! https://prevention.psu.edu/event/webinar-supporting-teacher-and-leader-wellbeing-cultivating-awareness-and-resilience-in-education/
January 15, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Free webinar on Jan. 28 with @sebrinadf.bsky.social on supporting teacher and leader wellbeing through mindfulness-based programs and practices.
Register today! https://prevention.psu.edu/event/webinar-supporting-teacher-and-leader-wellbeing-cultivating-awareness-and-resilience-in-education/
Register today! https://prevention.psu.edu/event/webinar-supporting-teacher-and-leader-wellbeing-cultivating-awareness-and-resilience-in-education/
New research from Penn State shows that “In families with a father in the household, dads affect the environment in ways that can support — or undermine — the health of the child for years to come.”
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3YHlC87
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3YHlC87
Fathers' early interactions with babies may affect child health years later | Penn State University
A father's warmth and developmentally sensitive engagement with a 10-month-old child predicted whether the child would show elevated health risks at age seven, according to a new study by researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human Develop...
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January 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
New research from Penn State shows that “In families with a father in the household, dads affect the environment in ways that can support — or undermine — the health of the child for years to come.”
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3YHlC87
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3YHlC87
⚡ New publication alert: Integrating Motivational Interviewing into Community Coalition Technical Assistance: The Coalition Check-Up: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10474412.2025.2603277#d1e1397
Integrating Motivational Interviewing into Community Coalition Technical Assistance: The Coalition Check-Up
Community coalitions often form as vehicles to support inclusive community change. Yet, community coalition work is complex, and intensive technical assistance (TA) is potentially cost- prohibitive...
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January 6, 2026 at 6:13 PM
⚡ New publication alert: Integrating Motivational Interviewing into Community Coalition Technical Assistance: The Coalition Check-Up: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10474412.2025.2603277#d1e1397
⚡ New publication alert: Corporate Profits and the Health of Americans, by Anthony Biglan, Ronald J. Prinz, and Diana Fishbein.
Link to article: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/14/1/119
Let us know your thoughts in the comments. ⬇️
Link to article: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/14/1/119
Let us know your thoughts in the comments. ⬇️
Corporate Profits and the Health of Americans
A large and growing empirical literature documents that privatization, deregulation, financialization, and under-regulation of harmful industries are associated with adverse health outcomes in the United States. However, this evidence remains fragmented...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
⚡ New publication alert: Corporate Profits and the Health of Americans, by Anthony Biglan, Ronald J. Prinz, and Diana Fishbein.
Link to article: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/14/1/119
Let us know your thoughts in the comments. ⬇️
Link to article: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/14/1/119
Let us know your thoughts in the comments. ⬇️
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We were delighted to welcome HRH The Duke of Edinburgh to Wilton Park last week, to chair a session at our dialogue on promoting #empathy in adolescence.
Partners include: @prcpennstate.bsky.social I @uniofgalway.bsky.social I @foroige.bsky.social I @dofe.org International Award Foundation
Partners include: @prcpennstate.bsky.social I @uniofgalway.bsky.social I @foroige.bsky.social I @dofe.org International Award Foundation
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We were delighted to welcome HRH The Duke of Edinburgh to Wilton Park last week, to chair a session at our dialogue on promoting #empathy in adolescence.
Partners include: @prcpennstate.bsky.social I @uniofgalway.bsky.social I @foroige.bsky.social I @dofe.org International Award Foundation
Partners include: @prcpennstate.bsky.social I @uniofgalway.bsky.social I @foroige.bsky.social I @dofe.org International Award Foundation
Reposted by Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
Penn State’s positive #parenting program, Family Foundations, helps to make #families thrive. @prcpennstate.bsky.social www.psu.edu/our-impact/f...
Family Foundations Helps New Parents with Stress | Positive Co-Parenting
Family Foundations helps new parents build a team-approach to positive parenting that can lower stress and improve mental health.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Penn State’s positive #parenting program, Family Foundations, helps to make #families thrive. @prcpennstate.bsky.social www.psu.edu/our-impact/f...
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The Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center’s 2025 Bennett Lecture takes place November 12, 2025. @prcpennstate.bsky.social
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School-based prevention of mental health problems the focus of Bennett Lecture | Penn State University
The Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center will welcome its 2025 Bennett Lecturer, Catherine Bradshaw, senior associate dean for research and professor at the University of Virginia., on Nov. ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center’s 2025 Bennett Lecture takes place November 12, 2025. @prcpennstate.bsky.social
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Welcome to the PRC, Joe Lancaster! Joe studies recovery from substance use disorders from a chronic care perspective, using intensive longitudinal methods. For more info. on our Prevention and Methodology Training program, visit pamt.psu.edu. We’re glad to have you!
October 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Welcome to the PRC, Joe Lancaster! Joe studies recovery from substance use disorders from a chronic care perspective, using intensive longitudinal methods. For more info. on our Prevention and Methodology Training program, visit pamt.psu.edu. We’re glad to have you!
Welcome to the PRC, Yuqi Shen! Yuqi studies the day-to-day effects of modifiable behaviors (e.g., sleep, physical activity) on substance use, using innovative quantitative methods. For more info. on our Prevention and Methodology Training program, visit pamt.psu.edu
October 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Welcome to the PRC, Yuqi Shen! Yuqi studies the day-to-day effects of modifiable behaviors (e.g., sleep, physical activity) on substance use, using innovative quantitative methods. For more info. on our Prevention and Methodology Training program, visit pamt.psu.edu
Welcome to the PRC, Anna Newell! Anna studies drug policy and substance use with a specific focus on unintended crime and health-related consequences of drug policies. For more info. on our Prevention and Methodology Training program, visit http://pamt.psu.edu
September 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Welcome to the PRC, Anna Newell! Anna studies drug policy and substance use with a specific focus on unintended crime and health-related consequences of drug policies. For more info. on our Prevention and Methodology Training program, visit http://pamt.psu.edu
We are thrilled to welcome Emma Skogseth as a predoctoral fellow in our Prevention and Methodology Training Program! She examines pathways to treatment and treatment outcomes among women with co-occurring substance use disorder and serious mental illness.
Learn more: http://pamt.psu.edu
Learn more: http://pamt.psu.edu
September 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We are thrilled to welcome Emma Skogseth as a predoctoral fellow in our Prevention and Methodology Training Program! She examines pathways to treatment and treatment outcomes among women with co-occurring substance use disorder and serious mental illness.
Learn more: http://pamt.psu.edu
Learn more: http://pamt.psu.edu
Congratulations! Well-deserved! https://www.psu.edu/news/health-and-human-development/story/lisa-gatzke-kopp-named-head-human-development-and-family-studies
Lisa Gatzke-Kopp named head of human development and family studies | Penn State University
Lisa Gatzke-Kopp has been named head of the Penn State Department of Human Development and Family Studies. She joined the College of Health and Human Development in 2007 as an assistant professor and ...
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September 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Congratulations! Well-deserved! https://www.psu.edu/news/health-and-human-development/story/lisa-gatzke-kopp-named-head-human-development-and-family-studies
The "Power of Parents" handbooks created by Penn State Professor Rob Turrisi help parents have positive conversations with their children about drinking alcohol -- the risks, consequences, and how to make safer choices.
Download the FREE handbooks here: https://madd.org/power-of-parents/
Download the FREE handbooks here: https://madd.org/power-of-parents/
August 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The "Power of Parents" handbooks created by Penn State Professor Rob Turrisi help parents have positive conversations with their children about drinking alcohol -- the risks, consequences, and how to make safer choices.
Download the FREE handbooks here: https://madd.org/power-of-parents/
Download the FREE handbooks here: https://madd.org/power-of-parents/
We are excited to welcome @amormino.bsky.social to the Prevention Research Center as a postdoctoral scholar in our Prevention and Methodology Training program! Her PAMT mentors will be @dcameron.bsky.social and Joel Segel. For more about PAMT for pre- and postdoctoral scholars, visit pamt.psu.edu.
August 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are excited to welcome @amormino.bsky.social to the Prevention Research Center as a postdoctoral scholar in our Prevention and Methodology Training program! Her PAMT mentors will be @dcameron.bsky.social and Joel Segel. For more about PAMT for pre- and postdoctoral scholars, visit pamt.psu.edu.
First day of fall semester classes at #PennState! Good luck as you embark upon a new semester! 💥
August 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
First day of fall semester classes at #PennState! Good luck as you embark upon a new semester! 💥
Join a FREE online course on School Connectedness to discover how fostering a sense of belonging boosts student well-being & academic success.💡 Perfect for educators, youth-serving professionals, and prevention partners.
Enroll here: ow.ly/PYba50WBGor
Enroll here: ow.ly/PYba50WBGor
August 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Join a FREE online course on School Connectedness to discover how fostering a sense of belonging boosts student well-being & academic success.💡 Perfect for educators, youth-serving professionals, and prevention partners.
Enroll here: ow.ly/PYba50WBGor
Enroll here: ow.ly/PYba50WBGor
Choosing a school-based mindfulness program can be a daunting task. Programs vary in their content, cost, length, and expected outcomes. Check out this helpful analysis conducted by Sebrina Doyle Fosco and Deb Schussler: prevention.psu.edu/news/explori...
Explore differences in practices, skills, and knowledge taught in 12 school-based mindfulness programs
Choosing a school-based mindfulness program can be a daunting task. Programs vary in their content, cost, length and expected outcomes. To help aid in understanding of what these programs offer, Sebri...
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July 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Choosing a school-based mindfulness program can be a daunting task. Programs vary in their content, cost, length, and expected outcomes. Check out this helpful analysis conducted by Sebrina Doyle Fosco and Deb Schussler: prevention.psu.edu/news/explori...
@Researchers: Want to connect with policymakers to share your findings & inform policy? Check out these free, online training modules, designed to take 10 minutes or less: prevention.psu.edu/news/new-onl...
New online training to motivate researchers to engage with policymakers
Researchers across different disciplines increasingly recognize the importance of communicating their findings beyond academic audiences, especially to policymakers who can act on evidence to improve ...
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July 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
@Researchers: Want to connect with policymakers to share your findings & inform policy? Check out these free, online training modules, designed to take 10 minutes or less: prevention.psu.edu/news/new-onl...
Penn State researcher Blake Colaianne returned to the high school where he used to teach to ask students to help him make a #mindfulness and #compassion curriculum more engaging and meaningful for them. Here's what he learned: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
In the Voices of Adolescents: Co‐Designing Four Curricular Components of Compassion Programs to Align With Developmental Needs
Introduction School-based prevention efforts to support social and emotional learning in adolescence frequently struggle to demonstrate sizable impact, and scholars suggest this may be due to a lack...
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July 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Penn State researcher Blake Colaianne returned to the high school where he used to teach to ask students to help him make a #mindfulness and #compassion curriculum more engaging and meaningful for them. Here's what he learned: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Researchers: The first wave of data Penn State’s HEALthy Brain and Child Development study is now available to researchers interested in addressing a wide-range of questions, including how environments and substances impact infant & child development.
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Early brain and child development study data now available
The first wave of data Penn State’s HEALthy Brain and Child [...]
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July 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Researchers: The first wave of data Penn State’s HEALthy Brain and Child Development study is now available to researchers interested in addressing a wide-range of questions, including how environments and substances impact infant & child development.
prevention.psu.edu/news/early-b...
prevention.psu.edu/news/early-b...
Welcome, Paige! 💙
Excited to announce that @amormino.bsky.social has joined the EMP Lab as a post-doctoral fellow through @prcpennstate.bsky.social Prevention and Methodology Training Program! Excited to work with her on prosociality, moral judgments, & prevention science. Check out her work below, cheers to Paige!
Paige Amormino
Hi, I'm Paige Amormino. I am currently in the fifth and final year of my Psychology Ph.D. program working with Dr. Abigail Marsh in the Laboratory on Social...
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June 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Welcome, Paige! 💙
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Excited to announce that @amormino.bsky.social has joined the EMP Lab as a post-doctoral fellow through @prcpennstate.bsky.social Prevention and Methodology Training Program! Excited to work with her on prosociality, moral judgments, & prevention science. Check out her work below, cheers to Paige!
Paige Amormino
Hi, I'm Paige Amormino. I am currently in the fifth and final year of my Psychology Ph.D. program working with Dr. Abigail Marsh in the Laboratory on Social...
www.paigeamormino.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Excited to announce that @amormino.bsky.social has joined the EMP Lab as a post-doctoral fellow through @prcpennstate.bsky.social Prevention and Methodology Training Program! Excited to work with her on prosociality, moral judgments, & prevention science. Check out her work below, cheers to Paige!