Past Projects
Our scholars work together in an effort to increase dialogue, foster collaborations and achieve results for families and children.
A Foundation-University Partnership: Collaborating for Non-profit Capacity Building and Infrastructure Enhancement
Jenni Owen, David Rabiner
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A Foundation-University Partnership: Collaborating for Non-profit Capacity Building and Infrastructure Enhancement
Jenni Owen, Katie Rosanbalm, Jeff Quinn
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A Neuroscience-based Health Curriculum to Promote Academic Success
Leslie Babinski, Wilkie Wilson, Cynthia Kuhn, Desiree Murray
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Adolescent Adjustment: An integrative examination of parenting, emotion regulation, and social information processing
Anne-Marie Iselin
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Adolescent Drug Use: Development, Prevention, and Policy
Kenneth Dodge
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Advancing Home Visiting Research to Inform Public Policy
Kenneth Dodge
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Advancing the study of human development with 21st century technologies
Candice Odgers, V. Joseph Hotz
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America’s Promise Evaluation Project
Kenneth Dodge, Beth Gifford
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Baby’s First Years Study
Lisa Gennetian
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Beyond Test Scores: Schooling and Life-Course Outcomes in Early Adulthood
Charles Clotfelter
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Book Babies Randomized-Control Trial
Nicole Lawrence, Elizabeth Snyder-Fickler
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Brain Imaging the Effects of High Sensation Value Anti-Drug PSAs
Rick Hoyle
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Building Capacity for Trauma-Informed Infant & Toddler Care: A Professional Development Framework
Katie Rosanbalm
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Building the Science of Investing in Early Childhood: The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Universal Home Visiting
Kenneth Dodge, Max Crowley
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Causes, Consequences, and Prevention of Child Maltreatment
Lisa Berlin
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Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
Helen 'Sunny' Ladd
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Child Development Project – Developmental Pathways to Adjustment and Well-being in Early Adulthood
Kenneth Dodge, John E. Bates, Gregory S. Pettit
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Child Mental Health Initiative (BECOMING)
Nicole Lawrence, Elizabeth Snyder-Fickler
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Children’s Health and Discovery Initiative
Elizabeth Gifford
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CIFAR Child Brain and Development Research Award
Candice Odgers
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Collaborative Proposal: A Data-Intensive Exploration of the Links between SES and STEM Learning Outcomes
Anna Gassman-Pines
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Collaborative Research: Leveraging Matched Administrative Datasets to Improve Educational Practice and Long Run Outcomes: Toward Building a National Interdisciplinary Network
Kenneth Dodge
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College Students’ Non-Medical Use and Misuse of ADHD Meds
David Rabiner
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Community Non-Profit Capacity Building Pilot Project
Katie Rosanbalm, Jenni Owen
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Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families
Christina Christopoulos
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Crime Gun Theft
Philip J. Cook
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Adolescent Well-Being
Anne-Marie Iselin
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Daily Text Message Study
Anna Gassman-Pines, Elizabeth Ananat
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Database for Title V State Abstinence Education Plan
Joel Rosch
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Decision-Making in Everyday Life
Jennifer Lansford
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Design a Randomized-Control Trial (RCT) for the Family Centered Treatment Intervention
Elizabeth Snyder-Fickler
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Developing Consultation and Collaboration Skills: ESL and Classroom Teachers Working Together with Students and Families
Leslie Babinski, Steve Amendum, Steve Knotek
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Developing, Implementing and Evaluating a Comprehensive Family Assessment to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes in Alamance County, NC
Elizabeth Snyder-Fickler
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Development and Prevention of Substance Abuse Problems
Kenneth Dodge
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Dissemination and Outreach Core – Duke Autism Center of Excellence
Kenneth A. Dodge
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Doris Duke Fellowships for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Sandra Nay McCourt
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Durham Children’s Data Center
Kenneth Dodge, Clara Muschkin, Beth Gifford
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Durham Connects
Kenneth Dodge
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Durham Family Initiative
Kenneth Dodge
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Durham Substance Use Report
Beth Gifford
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Durham Together for Resilient Youth (TRY)
Beth Gifford
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Economic and Social Determinants of the Educational, Occupational, and Residential Choices of Young Adults
Elizabeth O. Ananat
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Educational Decision-making: Normative Principles and Empirical Social Science Research
Helen F. Ladd
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Effects of Classroom Management Training on Early Learning Skills (Incredible Years for Teachers)
Desiree Murray, David Rabiner
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Effects of Cognitive Control Training among Adolescent Offenders
Anne-Marie Iselin
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Effects of Drug Treatment Courts on Outcomes of Adults and Their Children
Frank Sloan
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Enhanced Applied Public Policy Research Capacity
Jenni Owen
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Epigenetic Mediation of Early Environmental Influences on Adolescent Neurobehavioral Development
Dustin Albert
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Establishing a Definition of Child Well-Being and Developing a Program-Specific Intervention and Evaluation Plan to Measure Outcomes
Nicole Lawrence, Elizabeth Snyder-Fickler, Katie Rosanbalm
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Evaluating and Mitigating the Impact of Evictions and Other Housing Insecurity Issues Over Health and Child Development in North Carolina
Anna Gassman-Pines
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Evaluating the impact of North Carolina’s Kindergarten Entry Formative Assessment intervention on student outcomes in the early grades
Clara Muschkin
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Evaluation of Book Babies Program
Nicole Lawrence
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Evaluation of Bridgescape Academy
Desiree Murray
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Evaluation of Implementation of Multiple Response System
Kenneth Dodge
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Evaluation of Improving Child Welfare Outcomes through Systems of Care
Kenneth Dodge
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Evaluation of School-Based Child and Family Support Teams Initiative (100 Schools Project)
Beth Gifford, Ken Dodge, Joel Rosch
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Evaluation of the East Durham Children’s Initiative – Brady Education Foundation
Liz Snyder, Nicole Lawrence
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Evaluation of the East Durham Learning Collaborative
Liz Snyder-Fickler, Nicole Lawrence
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Evaluation of The Hill Center Program in Davie County Schools
Christina Christopoulos
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Evaluation of The Hill Center Program in Durham Public Schools
Christina Christopoulos
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Evaluation of the Larry King Center
Beth Gifford, Leslie Babinski
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Evaluation of the Larry King Center
Beth Gifford
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Evaluation of Universal Nurse Home Visiting in Low-Income, Rural Counties
Ben Goodman
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Family Structure and Inequality in Contemporary America
Christina Gibson-Davis
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Fast Track Data Center
Kenneth Dodge
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Fast Track Project – Multi-Site Prevention of Adolescent Conduct Problems
Kenneth Dodge
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Feasibility Study for a Guilford County Comprehensive Child Information System
Kenneth A. Dodge
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Global Human Development Intervention Research Network
Jennifer Lansford
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GREAT Schools and Families Project – Evaluation Research Study in Area of Aggression/Interpersonal Youth
David Rabiner
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Identifying Opportunities to Prevent Child Maltreatment in the Health and Social Services Systems
Beth Gifford, Sallie Permar
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Immigration Enforcement and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from North Carolina
Christina Gibson-Davis
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Impact of Toxic Stress on Self-Regulation: Implications for ACF Programs
Desiree Murray, Katie Rosanbalm
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Increasing Teacher Effectiveness Evaluation
Leslie Babinski, Jenni Owen
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Incredible Years Evaluation Review
Katie Rosanbalm
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Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Project
Nicole Lawrence, Joel Rosch
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Juvenile Justice Treatment Continuum
Joel Rosch
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Kindergarten Readiness Project
Katie Rosanbalm
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Longitudinal Data for Education Reform: Critical Role for North Carolina Education Research Data Center
Kenneth Dodge, Clara Muschkin
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Low-Cost RCT Evaluation of a Universal Postnatal Nurse Home Visiting Program
Ben Goodman, Kenneth Dodge
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Macomb Intermediate School District Kindergarten Home Visit Project
Amy Schulting
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Macomb Intermediate School District Kindergarten Home Visit Project
Amy Schulting
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Macro-to-Micro Contextual Triggers of Early Adolescent Substance Exposure
Candice Odgers
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Marine Corps Project
David Rabiner, Beth Gifford
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Marriage and Parenthood in the Lives of Adolescents and Young Adults
Christina Gibson-Davis
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Meeting the Bar: A Propensity Score Analysis of BSF Impacts by Couples’ Economic Status
Christina Gibson-Davis, Anna Gassman-Pines, Jenni Owen
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Monitoring Substance Abuse in Durham County
Beth Gifford
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Monitoring Substance Use Indicators for North Carolina Adolescents
Beth Gifford
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Multi-Level and Trajectory Modelling of Environmental Risk Factors for Childhood Psychotic Symptoms Incorporating a New Virtual Systematic Social Observation Technique
Candice Odgers
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Natural History of ADHD in a Population-based Sample
David Rabiner
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North Carolina Central University Campus Coalition Evaluation
Jeff Quinn
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North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Summer Ventures Program Evaluation
Jeff Quinn
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Optimizing Prevention of Costly Adult Outcomes
Kenneth Dodge, Jennifer Lansford, Patrick Malone
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Parent Behavior and Child Adjustment across Cultures
Jennifer Lansford
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Parental Employment, Family Functioning and Young Child Well-being: A Daily Diary Study of Mexican Immigrant Families
Anna Gassman-Pines
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Parenting across Cultures Study-award from Jacobs Foundation
Jennifer Lansford
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Parenting, Adolescent Self-Regulation, and Risk-Taking Across Cultures
Jennifer Lansford
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Peer and Neighborhood Influences on Youth and Adolescent Development
Jacob Vigdor
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Positive Parenting in Wake County
Katie Rosanbalm
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Preliminary Evaluation of the National STEM Career Platform
David Rabiner
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Project CLASS: A Randomized Trial of Two Promising Interventions for Students with Attention Problems
David Rabiner
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Project LAUNCH Evaluation
Christina Christopoulos
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Promoting Self-Regulation to Enhance Social, Behavioral, and Academic Adjustment in Middle School
Leslie Babinski
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Prospective Study of Infant Development (PSID)
Kenneth Dodge, Ben Goodman
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QuitAssist™ External Evaluation Plan
Rick Hoyle
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Research on High School Reform: Study of the Efficacy of North Carolina’s Learn and Earn Early College High School Model
Kenneth Dodge
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Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program
David Rabiner
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Scholars Mentorship Grant – Odgers and Wang
Candice Odgers
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Scientific Meetings for Advancing Economic Analyses of Substance Abuse Prevention
Ken Dodge, Max Crowley
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Secondary and Postsecondary Pathways to Labor Market Success: A Proposed Research Program
Helen F. Ladd
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Setting the Stage: Planning for Intentional and Effective Spaces and Places for Children
Jenni Owen
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Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analyses of Substance Abuse Project
Kenneth Dodge, Max Crowley
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Studying whether two North Carolina legal interventions reduce child maltreatment
Frank Sloan, Lindsay Eldridge, Beth Gifford
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The Effects of Local Job Destruction on Youth Mobility
Anna Gassman-Pines, Elizabeth Ananat
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The Effects of Local Job Destruction on Youth Mobility
Anna Gassman-Pines, Elizabeth Ananat
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The Effects of Scheduling Stability Legislation on Family Functioning: A Combined Event Study and Daily Diary Study of Workers in Emeryville, CA
Anna Gassman-Pines
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The Impact of Federal Accountability Sanctions on Student Outcome: Evidence from North Carolina
Jacob Vigdor
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The Intergeneration Effects of Criminal Justice Policies on Substance Use Crimes
Beth Gifford
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The Intergenerational Effects of the Criminal Justice System on Children’s Health
Elizabeth Gifford, Lindsey Eldred Kozecke
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The Racial Marriage Gap and Student Achievement: A New Look at an Old Conundrum
Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, Christina Gibson-Davis
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The Role of Wealth in the Transition to Young Adulthood for Minority Youth
Christina Gibson-Davis
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The Timing of SNAP Benefit Receipt and Children’s Academic Achievement
Anna Gassman-Pines
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Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center (TPRC)
Philip Costanzo, Kenneth Dodge
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Truancy Prevention Project
Philip J. Cook, Kenneth Dodge, Amy Schulting
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Week in the Life Study
Candice Odgers, Michael Russell
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