Wednesday Noon Seminar Series

3rd TERM, 2011–2012
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Hampton House Auditorium (B14)
12:15 – 1:30 PM

January 25, 2012
"Risk Reduction for Juvenile Drug Court Involved Youth"
Elizabeth Letourneau, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Letourneau will describe an ongoing randomized clinical trial examining efficacy of a clinical intervention aimed at reducing substance use and sexual risk behaviors of youth referred from juvenile drug courts.  Her presentation will include a description of the intervention and its implementation with youth and parents, very preliminary outcomes, and the vicissitudes of conducting randomized clinical trials.

February 1, 2012
"Using Evidence-Based Practices to Improve Outcomes in Child Welfare and Child Abuse Intervention SystemsTBD"
Mark Chaffin, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Dr. Chaffin is a Psychologist and Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.  He serves as Director of Research at the OUHSC Center on Child Abuse and Neglect and Co-Director of the National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth. He conducts research in areas related to child abuse and neglect, including development and dissemination of evidence-based intervention models.  Dr. Chaffin has advised national and international government agencies and NGOs on interventions for abused children.    Dr. Chaffin's presentation will review some of the findings from intervention outcome and scaled-up implementation studies that support use of evidence-based practices in child welfare systems, and describe the characteristics of better supported intervention models.  Additional discussion will focus on strategic plans for implementing evidence-based models at scale within service networks operated or contracted by child welfare systems.

February 8, 2012
“Integration of Salivary Analytes and Biomarkers into Behavioral and Health Sciences: Prospects and Future Directions”
Douglas Granger, PhD
Professor, Acute and Chronic Care
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Dr. Douglas A. Granger is a psychoneuroendocrinology researcher who is well known for his development of methods related to saliva collection and analysis and the theoretical and statistical integration of salivary measures into developmental research. Dr. Granger will provide an overview of the research being carried out by The Center for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience, which he directs

February 15, 2012
“Coping Power Outcome and Evaluation Studies”
John E. Lochman, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology
University of Alabama

Dr. John Lochman is the developer of Coping Power, an indicated preventive intervention for aggressive-disruptive youth in school settings.   Dr. Lochman will provide an overview of the findings to date on the effectiveness of the Coping Power program.

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February 23, 2012
"Research on the Effectiveness of the Family Check-up"
Thomas Dishion, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology
Arizona State University

Dr.  Tom Dishion will discuss the latest evidence from a large dissemination trial of the Family Checkup--a universal drug abuse and violence preventive intervention program.  The Family Checkup has been used with toddlers and elementary and middle school children.

February 29, 2012
“Broad-Scale Efforts to Narrow the Science-Service Gap in Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment”
Michael McCart, PhD
Assistant Professor, Family Services Research Center,
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina

Dr. McCart's research interests focus on the development, evaluation and dissemination of evidence-based interventions for disruptive behavior disorders, substance abuse, and post traumatic stress disorder among adolescents.  In this presentation, Dr. McCart will summarize the findings from three studies that aimed to narrow the science-service gap through broad-scale dissemination of an evidence-based substance use protocol.

March 7, 2012
“Advancing the Field of Implementation Science”
C. Hendricks Brown, PhD
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Dr. Hendricks Brown is leading a newly funded NIDA Center aimed at developing cutting edge methological tools and trial designs for the field of implementation science.  Dr. Brown will discuss the Center and its initiatives.

March 14, 2012
“Developing Treatments for Individuals on the Threshold of Adulthood”
Maryann Davis, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Dr. Davis is Research Associate Professor, Center for Mental Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Learning and Working during the Transition to Adulthood Rehabilitation Research and Training Center.  Dr. Davis is an internationally recognized expert on services for transition age youth and young adults with serious mental health conditions and will present her research on improving treatments and services for this population.

For disability access information or listening devices, please contact the Office of Support Services at (410) 955-1197 or visit www.jhsph.edu/SupportServices. Additional information on our Wednesday Noontime Seminar Series can be obtained by contacting Michelle Maffett at (410) 955-4490 or mmaffett@jhsph.edu.