Along with members of our advisory boards, the Center for Adolescent Health is composed of a team of faculty, staff and affiliates dedicated to improving the health and well-being of young people in urban environments. Faculty are available for interviews upon request by contacting the Bloomberg School's marketing and communications team.
Director
Bloomberg Professor of American Health
tmendel1@jhu.edu Research interests: mental health, opportunity youth, urban youth, school-based prevention programs, mindfulness and yoga, mental health during pregnancy and post-partum |
Associate Director
Research Core Co-Lead
Assistant Scientist
bmarsha2@jhu.edu Research interests: youth risk behaviors, school-based health programs, schools and health, health education, youth development, teen pregnancy prevention |
Assistant Professor
Co-Director Health Criminology Research Consortium
dylan.jackson@jhu.edu Research interests: child health; adolescent health; crime; violence; criminal legal system; justice-involved families; incarceration; policing; adverse childhood experiences; trauma-informed policy; mental health; social support; prevention science; life course; health equity |
 Katrina Brooks, MHS
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Associate Professor
rjohnson@jhu.edu Research interests: emerging adults, substance use epidemiology, vulnerable populations |
Research Core Co-Lead
Associate Professor
kmmari1@jhu.edu Research interests: opportunity youth, early adolescents, gender norms, monitoring and evaluation |
Translation and Dissemination Core Lead
Associate Scientist
mdavey1@jhu.edu Research interests: HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, implementation science, dissemination, urban health |
 Paige Wilson, MPP
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Associate Professor
terri.powell@jhu.edu Research interests: adolescent health prevention and promotion research, community-engaged research; implementation science, qualitative methodologies |
Bloomberg Professor American Health
Director, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
mtrent2@jhmi.edu Research interests: sexual and reproductive health, STIs, pregnancy prevention / contraception, health disparities, adolescent access to clinical services, school health services, impact of racism and other forms of discrimination on youth development |
Senior Advisor
Emeritus Director
Professor
pleaf@jhu.edu Research interests: mental health, youth violence prevention, trauma-informed practices and interventions, program implementation |
Emeritus Director
fsonens1@jhu.edu |
Center Founding Director |
Maria Trent, MD
