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10-year Milestone for Violence Prevention Research and Programming

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Nov 29, 2023

Q&A With Joel Fein, MD, MPH, and Stephen Leff, PhD

Joel Fein, MD, MPH, and Stephen Leff, PhD, co-directors of the Center for Violence Prevention at CHOP, reflect on a decade of research and programming, in this Cornerstone Q&A.

Faculty Spotlight: Bullying Interventions With Tracy Waasdorp, PhD, MEd

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Sep 27, 2023

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Bullying Interventions With Tracy Waasdorp, PhD, MEd

As a new school year begins, meet our September Faculty Spotlight, Tracy Waasdorp, PhD, MEd, whose research focuses on bullying prevention.

Training Teachers to Detect, Prevent, and Intervene with Bullying

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Mar 11, 2022

in Cornerstone Blog

A new grant is allowing researchers to study a program educating teachers to detect, prevent, and respond to bullying in the classroom.

Center for Violence Prevention

Conducting hospital- and community-based research to reduce exposure to and impact of violence among children and families, and designing innovative, evidence-based programs and initiatives that are implemented across clinical, school, and neighborhood settings.

Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Translating research into action to keep children, teens, and young adults safe from injury.

From Being Your Own Advocate to Balance: More Stories From Women in STEM

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Mar 26, 2020

in Cornerstone Blog

Our second installment of Women in STEM features more scientists leading fields historically underrepresented by women.

CHOP Psychologists Aim to Enhance Classroom Culture From the Inside Out

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Aug 2, 2019

in Cornerstone Blog

Through the Friend to Friend Program, researchers will coach counselors, teachers, and students on navigating relational aggression.

Tracy E. Waasdorp, PhD, MEd

Dr. Waasdorp’s research focuses on translating child development theory and literature into prevention and intervention programming as well as examining the efficacy of school-based programming. Her programs aim to reduce bullying and aggression, improve children’s social and emotional skills, and help adults promote children’s positive peer relationships. She also has a strong focus on research methodology and related statistics.

E-mail:

waasdorpt [at] chop.edu

Stephen S. Leff, PhD

Dr. Leff's background is in child clinical psychology, and he has broad training and expertise in intervention research, mixed methods, and in leading a range of federally funded research initiatives. His research goal is to use community-based participatory research (CBPR) to develop and validate school-based aggression and bullying intervention programs and assessment tools for urban minority youth.

E-mail:

leff [at] chop.edu

Violence Prevention Initiative Reinforces How Research Helps to Keep Kids Safe

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Mar 27, 2018

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Violence Prevention Initiative leaders recognize progress and challenges of programs that impact violence in our communities locally and nationally.