Monday, March 1, 2020 CHHS Research Day Keynote Speaker - John E. Schulenberg, Ph.D.
At our inaugural CHHS Research Day event, Dr. John Schulenberg presented: Development Matters: Taking the Long View on Substance Use across Adolescence and the Transition to Adulthood.
John E. Schulenberg, Ph.D., is Professor of Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, and Research Professor, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Dr. Schulenberg has published widely on several topics concerning adolescence and the transition to adulthood, bringing a developmental perspective to understanding health risks and adjustment difficulties. As PI of the NIDA-funded US national Monitoring the Future Panel study on the etiology and epidemiology of substance use from adolescence through middle adulthood, he focuses on individual and contextual risk factors, course, co-morbidity, consequences, and historical variation across adolescence and adulthood. He collaborates in international interdisciplinary projects involving long-term studies to address key questions about life course pathways and connections. Over the past 30 years, he has mentored numerous wonderful graduate students, post-docs, and beginning faculty members. Dr. Schulenberg’s work has been funded by several U.S. institutes and foundations including NIDA, NIAAA, NICHD, NIMH, NSF, RWJF, Spencer, and WT Grant. For these and other institutes and foundations, he has served on numerous advisory and review committees, including chairing the NIH Psychosocial Development and Risk Prevention (PDRP) Study Section. He was a member of the Institute of Medicine/National Research Council’s consensus committee on Health and Well-Being During the Transition to Adulthood that recently published Investing in the health and well-being of young adults. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a previous President of the Society for Research on Adolescence.
Monday, March 1, 2020 Lightning Talks - Research Innovation, Integration, and Impact
Our faculty presented a six minute talk followed by a short question and answer session.
Construction Management: Svetlana Olbina, Associate Professor
Design and Merchandising: Jennifer Ogle, Professor
Food Science and Human Nutrition: Chris Gentile, Associate Professor
Health and Exercise Science: Josie Broussard, Assistant Professor
Human Development and Family Studies: Lauren Shomaker, Associate Professor
Occupational Therapy: Andy Persch, Assistant Professor
School of Education: Jill Zarestky, Assistant Professor
School of Social Work: Samantha Brown, Assistant Professor