Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center

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Global leader 🌎 in #prevention research, technical assistance, training, policy, & outreach. Our work ⬆️ #publichealth, #wellbeing & #flourishing. 🌳 Visit our website: prevention.psu.edu

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A PowerPoint slide titled "Be a Positive Parent & Start the Conversation," featuring a webinar with Dr. Rob Turrisi. The slide lists tips for parents on approaching conversations about drinking with kids and teens, including how to engage them with open-ended questions. Logos of MADD and Operation Parent are displayed at the bottom.
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headshots of the 3-coauthors on the research paper above the paper's title, Individual variability in adolescent impulsivity, The predictive role of family and peer relationships
BIG10 Neuroscience Student Art Competition Unleash your creativity and explore the intersection of art and science in our inaugural Big Ten Neuroscience Annual Meeting Art Competition, Connecting Minds: Art, Neuroscience, and Community.
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PRC Seminar on Empathy and Engaged Youth Citizenship, What it Means and Why it Matters on Monday, April 28, from 3 to 4 p.m. Eastern time
two graphs, one shows a scenario with investment of resources, and the other without, the graph with investment resources shows a slower decline in good outcomes in midlife
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PRC seminar, Designing a community-engaged childhood obesity preventive intervention using the multiphase optimization strategy
graph with bad outcome risk on y axis and time on x axis. Line shows the effect of a PRC intervention like PROSPER on reducing the risk of bad outcomes over time
PRC seminar, Empathic Choices and Interdisciplinary Moral Psychology