Prevention Extension Cast

Prevention Research Center
Prevention Extension Cast

About the Cast

The Colorado State University Prevention Research Center, in partnership with Colorado State University Extension, is excited to introduce The CSU Prevention Extension Cast, an online broadcast featuring interviews with nationally recognized experts on current issues in the fields of prevention science and public health. Dr. Nathaniel Riggs, professor of Human Development and Family Studies, and the executive director of the CSU Prevention Research Center, moderates discussions during each broadcast with special guests. Discussions are followed by an open question and answer period. To learn more, Dr. Riggs can be reached by phone at (970) 491-2684 or email at nathaniel.riggs@colostate.edu.

Prevention Extension Cast Previous Webinars

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Making Prevention Last: How to Sustain Prevention Programs

Featuring Dr. Brian Bumbarger, Senior Distinguished Fellow for Juvenile Justice and adjunct faculty member at several universities, including Colorado State University.

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How to Promote Healthy Aging through Prevention

Featuring Dr. Christine Fruhauf, Professor at Colorado State University in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Director of the HDFS Extension Programs, Coordinator of the Gerontology Interdisciplinary Minor, and Healthy Aging Division Director within the CSU’s Prevention Research Center.

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Social Work & Prevention Science: Areas of Overlap and Opportunities for Collaboration

Featuring Dr. Anne Williford, Associate Professor and Ph.D. Program Director in the School of Social Work at Colorado State University.

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Community Program Evaluations

Featuring Dr. David MacPhee, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and Director of the Division of Community-University Partnerships at the Prevention Research Center at Colorado State University.

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The importance and connection of early childhood education

Featuring Dr. Angela Lewis, Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Colorado State University.

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How Colorado’s opioid settlement funds will be distributed and used

Featuring Heidi Williams, Director of Opioid Response with the Colorado Office of Attorney General.

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Tools for Reducing the Risk of Substance Misuse among the LGBTQ+ Community

Featuring Dr. Jonah DeChants, a research scientist with the Trevor Project.

Evidence-Based Prevention Program Implementation Fidelity and Adaptation

Featuring Dr. David MacPhee, professor emeritus in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and director of the Prevention Research Center’s Community-University Partnerships, and graduate students Katelyn Dame and Nicole Mingola.

A Discussion on Youth Cannabis Use

Featuring Dr. Brad Conner, associate professor and director of Addictions Counseling, and Mark Prince, assistant professor and associate director of Addictions Counseling in the Psychology Department at Colorado State University.

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The PROSPER Delivery System: Supporting and sustaining local community prevention efforts in Colorado

Featuring Greg Pliler, program specialist at Iowa State University’s Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute; Alex Elswick, Assistant Extension Professor at the University of Kentucky’s School of Human and Environmental Sciences; and Joy Akey, Area Extension Agent (Family and Consumer Sciences) at Colorado State University Extension – Golden Plains Area.