BCTR Annual Report 2014 by College of Human Ecology

2013–2014 ANNUAL REPORT

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Message from the Dean Message from the Director Governance

Community Engagement/Partnerships Project Highlights BCTR in the News

Urie Bronfenbrenner

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Staff Highlights

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Events

Publications & Presentations

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Faculty Engagement

Grants & Contracts

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Student Engagement

The mission of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research is to expand, strengthen, and speed the connections between cutting-edge research and the design, evaluation, and implementation of policies and practices that enhance human development, health, and well being.

Jennifer Tiffany addressing Janis Whitlock (center) and Denyse Variano at a Research Navigator Initiative workshop

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN The College of Human Ecology relies on the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research as a hub for innovation that bridges the gap between rigorous research across a range of disciplines and communities from Buffalo to the Bronx. Our continuing effort requires us to expand the outreach network with new community partnerships, promote innovative evidence-based programs, and build campus-community collaborations that are models for ongoing extension and outreach efforts. That is why I am so pleased that each year the faculty and program staff working in the BCTR convene nearly one hundred events that engage thousands of leaders in the development, assessment, and evaluation of many evidence-based projects. Several developments from the past year highlight how college support for the Bronfenbrenner Center connects researchers and practitioners across our college, Cornell University, New York State agencies, and community organizations. The BCTR is home to New York State 4-H, the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest youth development organization. Together with other youth development programs in New York, our programs reach more than 130,000 kids and teens each year. One effort aimed at increasing our impact is the Youth Development Research Update conference. This year, we welcomed 50 Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) leaders, 4-H educators, and other program leaders to Cornell for program updates and to hear about new research from Cornell faculty members focused on children and adolescents. The BCTR is a critical partner in enriching CCE and 4-H youth development curricula, including science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The success of new programs often is due in part to the enthusiasm and expertise of more established BCTR programs. In one example, the ACT for Youth Center of Excellence, with support from the NY State Department of Health, launched Pathways to Success. This new network of school district and community college leaders is exploring what services are available to assist young mothers and fathers still in high school to meet the dual challenge of child care needs and educational goals. With help from BCTR youth development experts, the first meeting this year brought community leaders from Buffalo, Rochester, and the Bronx together with NY State Department of Health staff to implement the new program.

Of course, in the College of Human Ecology, we are interested in the health and development of humans in all stages of life, not just the teenage years. Several years ago, the college, with partners at Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University, launched the Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life (TRIPLL), based in New York City. With funding from the National Institute on Aging, TRIPLL links researchers with practitioners at senior centers, hospitals, and retirement communities, as well as home care aides. By building deep ties with the community, the research is informed at every stage by feedback from caregivers and the elderly. The high level of engagement with community leaders, agencies, researchers, and others is a critical aspect of all of the projects at the Bronfenbrenner Center. In fact, I think the deliberate efforts to collaborate and build partnerships, exchange ideas, and share information is central to all of the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. The final result is the demonstrated ability to develop programs that are not only effective, but are models for success across the country.

Alan D. Mathios, Ph.D. Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean College of Human Ecology

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6 Jennifer Tiffany speaking to Janis Whitlock and Denice Variano at the Research Navigator workshop

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR It is a pleasure to present the annual report of the center’s third year. It was an exciting and challenging year for our excellent group of faculty and staff. Our funded programs continue to grow and mature – see project descriptions at www.bctr.cornell.edu. The center received about $4.4 million in direct costs through grants and contracts in FY14. These projects generated over $1 million in indirect cost recovery for the College of Human Ecology, making the center one of the leading college units in that regard. This report summarizes many of the exciting and impactful activities of our programs, and lists our publications. In addition to our grant and contract work we continued our faculty pilot grant program with five new projects beginning August 1, 2014 (see page 15). We are now beginning to see the impacts on the development of the past recipients’ research programs. For example, Department of Communications Profs. Natalie Bazarova and Dan Cosley, in collaboration with BCTR research scientist Janis Whitlock, recently received an NSF grant based on work they began with a 2012 BCTR pilot grant. We sponsored an engaging series of talks this past year through our Talks at Twelve series, the annual Bronfenbrenner Lecture (Prof. Frank Furstenberg), the John Doris Memorial Lecture (Prof. Catherine Bradshaw), and the annual Iscol Lecture (Leila Janah). Also, the Fourth Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference, co-led by Profs. Corinna Loeckenhoff and Anthony Ong from the Department of Human Development, was a great success. The resulting book is in progress. The BCTR is home to many graduate and undergraduate students working with our projects, who benefit tremendously from their involvement. The third annual BCTR Undergraduate Student Showcase was held on May 4 with thirteen students discussing their work across a range of center projects. Congratulations also to four graduate students who have worked closely with us and who completed their Ph.Ds. this year: Deinera ExnerCortens, Emily Chen, Margaret McCarthy, and Nicole Ja. We wish them the best in the next stages of their careers. This past year saw the unexpected death of our colleague Donald Tobias, who had been directing Cornell University Cooperative Extension in New York City, a key BCTR partner. After the initial shock of this loss, the college mobilized to find an interim director. Jennifer Tiffany, our director of outreach and community

engagement, generously stepped forward and has since been appointed as the director. We were also fortunate to recruit Andy Turner as the new state leader for the 4-H Youth Development Program. Andy began his association with New York State 4-H as a youth, so we are very pleased that he will lead 4-H over these coming years. Finally, the dean has recently announced a change of leadership for the center. Our colleague and friend Prof. Karl Pillemer will assume the role of center director beginning January 15, 2015. This decision is the result of a succession plan for the center that I initiated. I would like to thank Karl for agreeing to take on this important position, and the dean for his ongoing support of the BCTR. Karl knows us well and has a great deal of research and administrative experience that will benefit the center. I would also like to thank all BCTR staff for making my time as director so gratifying and rewarding. There is a great team in the BCTR, and it has been an honor to work with everyone. I look forward to staying involved and helping Karl and the leadership team in any way that I can. This is just a sampling of BCTR news from the past year! It has been another great one thanks to the BCTR staff, our faculty affiliates, the College of Human Ecology, our funders, and our community supporters and collaborators. You are making a real difference for families and communities.

John Eckenrode, Ph.D. Director, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research and Professor of Human Development

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GOVERNANCE Executive Committee

John Eckenrode Director

Stephen Hamilton Associate Director for Youth Development

Rachel Dunifon Associate Director

Elaine Wethington Associate Director

Jennifer Tiffany Director of Outreach and Community Engagement

Deborah Sellers Director of Research and Evaluation

Senior Staff Jutta Dotterweich Rachel Dunifon John Eckenrode Thomas Endres Cynthia Enroth Peter Farley Dorothy Forbes

Nigel Gannon Mary Agnes Hamilton Stephen Hamilton Martha Holden Charles Izzo Kimberly Kopko Frank Kuhn

Brian Leidy Mary Maley Lisa McCabe Mary Lu McPheron Michael Nunno Karl Pillemer Jane Powers

Nancy Schaff Deborah Sellers Elliott Smith Marney Thomas Jennifer Tiffany Andrea Turnbull Andy Turner

Elaine Wethington Janis Whitlock Gregory Wise

Administrative Management

Peter Farley Director of Finance and Administration

Denice Markley Finance Manager

Kirstin Gasteiger Accounts Representative

Patricia Thayer Assistant to the Director

Carrie Chalmers Communications Assistant

Standing Committees

BCTR/CCE Relations

Communications

Research and Evaluation

Student Engagement

Rachel Dunifon Stephen Hamilton Karl Pillemer Jennifer Tiffany Andy Turner

Carrie Chalmers Kimberly Kopko Mary Maley Deborah Mann Lisa McCabe Karen Schantz Elliott Smith

Charles Izzo Brian Leidy Mary Maley Amanda Purington Leslie Schultz Deborah Sellers Elliott Smith

Carrie Ernhout Deborah Mann Jane Powers Amanda Purington Catherine Riffin Patricia Thayer Diane Wach Janis Whitlock

URIE BRONFENBRENNER

Urie Bronfenbrenner with children in the Cornell Early Childhood Program

The BCTR is named in honor of Urie Bronfenbrenner, a renowned developmental psychologist who taught at Cornell for over fifty years. Urie’s work integrated the development of theory, innovative research design, engaged teaching, and broad dissemination of research findings with the creation of programs and policies dedicated to improving human health and well-being. Born in Moscow, Russia in 1917, Urie Bronfenbrenner came to the United States at the age of six. After graduating from high school in Haverstraw, N.Y., he received a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in 1938, where he completed a double major in Psychology and in Music. He then went on to graduate work in Developmental Psychology, completing an M.A. at Harvard followed by a doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1942. The day after receiving his doctorate he was inducted into the Army, where he served as a psychologist in a variety of assignments in the Air Corps and the Office of Strategic Services. After completing officer training, he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Following demobilization and a two-year stint as an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, he joined the Cornell faculty in 1948, where he remained for the rest of his professional life. He died September 25, 2005.

From the very beginning of his scholarly work, Urie pursued three mutually reinforcing themes: • developing theory and corresponding research designs at the frontier of developmental science; • laying out the implications and applications of developmental theory and research for policy and practice; and • communicating—through articles, lectures, and discussions—the findings of developmental research to undergraduate students, the general public, and to decision-makers both in the private and public sectors. He also played an active role in the design of developmental programs in the United States and elsewhere, including being one of the founders of Head Start. His widely-published contributions won him honors and distinguished awards both at home and abroad. Urie held six honorary degrees, three of them from European universities. The most recent American award (1996), given annually in his name by the American Psychological Association, is for “Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society.”

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EVENTS

Stephen Hamilton, Catherine Bradshaw (Doris Lecturer), John Eckenrode, and Ellen Doris

John Doris Memorial Lecture

Catherine Bradshaw (Ph.D. ’04), professor and associate dean for research and faculty development at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, delivered this year’s John Doris Memorial lecture. School-Based Prevention of Behavior Problems: Integrating and Advancing the Evidence Base examined the importance of schools as a context for children’s development and the prevention of behavioral and mental health problems. Dr. Bradshaw’s primary research interests focus on the development of aggressive behavior, school-based prevention, and implementing science and coaching supports to better understand what works for whom, under what conditions.

Sociology and Research Associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. His lecture discussed how and why our society transitioned from having a relatively undifferentiated family system in the middle of the last century to the present system of diverse family forms. He linked this shift to changing economic, demographic, technological, and cultural conditions, in addition to the breakdown of genderbased divisions of labor. His current research focuses

Dr. Bradshaw holds a doctorate in developmental psychology from Cornell University and a master’s of education in counseling and guidance from the University of Georgia. She is an associate editor for the Journal of Research on Adolescence and the editor elect of Prevention Science. She is a coeditor of the forthcoming book, Handbook of School Mental Health (Springer). BCTR staff Jutta Dotterweich, Mary Lu McPheron, and Karen Schantz watch the Bronfenbrenner Lecture

Bronfenbrenner Lecture

This year’s lecture, Fifty Years of Family Change: From Consensus to Complexity, was given by Professor Frank Furstenberg, the Zellerbach Family Professor of

on the family in the context of disadvantaged urban neighborhoods, adolescent sexual behavior, crossnational research on children’s well-being, and urban education.

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Jill Iscol and Leila Janah during Q&A following the Iscol Lecture

Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. received his Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University. His most recent book is Managing to Make It: Urban Families in High-Risk Neighborhoods. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.

Iscol Lecture

The 2013 Iscol Fellow Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, delivered her lecture Samasource: A Sustainable Solution to Global Poverty to a capacity audience on September 30, 2013. Samasource delivers enterprise digital services through a unique “microwork” model that harnesses the untapped potential of the world’s poor. The non-profit has generated more than $5 million in contracts from leading companies and institutions, including Google, eBay, and Microsoft, and has directly employed nearly 5,000 people in SubSaharan Africa, South Asia, and the Caribbean. Leila Janah serves on the boards of CARE, OneLeap, and TechSoup Global. She is the recipient of a 2011 World Technology Award, a 2012 TechFellow Award, and the Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy and Employment in 2014, becoming one of the youngest people to be recognized by the Heinz Family Foundation

for her extraordinary achievements. She received a B.A. from Harvard University.

Youth Development Research Update

Each year the BCTR co-sponsors (with ACT for Youth) the Youth Development Research Update to present and discuss the latest research in the field. On June 3–4, 2014 Cornell researchers gathered with Cornell Cooperative Extension county leaders, 4-H educators, and community partners for the fourth annual event. This forum offers participants the opportunity to explore how practitioners can use research findings to enhance their work with young people. It also identifies questions from the field that researchers have not yet explored and could address in the future. The following faculty made presentations: • Robert Sternberg, Human Development: Beyond IQ: Assessing Students for Creative, Analytical, Practical, Wisdom-based, and Ethical Skills • Nancy Wells, Design and Environmental Analysis: Findings from a Research - Extension Partnership: The Effects of School Gardens on Children’s Diet and Physical Activity continued on next page

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Bronfenbrenner Conference speakers/organizers - front row: Laura Carstensen, Mara Mather, Jeanne Tsai, Anthony Ong, Corinna Loeckenhoff, Heather Urry; back row: Dan Mroczek, Michaela Riediger, Alex Zautra, Laura Kubzansky, George Bonanno, Susan Charles, Adam Anderson

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• Natalie Bazarova, Communications: Selfdisclosure of Personal Information in Social Media • Travis Gosa, Africana Studies: Does Hip-Hop Really Belong in Schools? Reframing Hip-Hop as Critical Pedagogy • Lorraine Maxwell, Design and Environmental Analysis: The Role of the Physical Environment in Child and Adolescent Self-efficacy

Bronfenbrenner Conference

The Fourth Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference on New Developments in Aging, Emotion, and Health was held October 3–4, 2013. The event brought together national and international experts to examine how emotions change and impact health in new ways as people age. The conference was organized by Corinna Loeckenhoff, assistant professor, and Anthony Ong, associate professor, both of the Department of Human Development. The conference aimed to close the gap between two burgeoning fields of research at the intersection of aging, emotion, and health: affective science and the psychobiology of health. To integrate these lines

of inquiry, the conference convened leaders in the respective fields for two days of intense dialogue aimed at setting the stage for transformative research in the future. Presenters included Adam K. Anderson, George Bonanno, Laura Carstensen, Susan T. Charles, Laura D. Kubzansky, Mara Mather, Daniel K. Mroczek, Michaela Riediger, Jeanne Tsai, Heather Urry, and Alex J. Zautra. A book with chapters by the presenting academics will be p u b l i s h ed b y t h e American Psychological Association as part of the Bronfenbrenner Series on the Ecology of Human Development. The volume from the 2011 Bronfenbrenner Conference, The Neuroscience of Risky Decision Making, was published this year.

EVENTS Talks at Twelve

Talks at Twelve completed its third year with a roster of distinguished faculty, staff, and graduate students from five universities and across the Cornell campus. Representing various disciplines, presenters shared their findings focusing on translational research in its many forms. The series continues to reach a diverse audience that has grown beyond the Cornell campus to include students and staff from TC3, Binghamton University, Ithaca College, Tompkins County Human Resources Coalition, Ithaca City School District, and Cornell Cooperative Extension from several counties, as well as local Ithaca residents. Below are the 2013â&#x20AC;&#x201C;14 Talks at Twelve, listed in chronological order. Unless otherwise noted, speakers are from Cornell.

Christine Bozlak, University at Albany

Glynis Shea, University of Minnesota

Adolescent Health and Wellness Research: Translating Community-engaged Research into Policy as Part of a Participatory Action Research Process

Framing Disparities: Are You Sending the Right Message? Building the Public Will to Tackle Health Disparities

Jutta Dotterweich, BCTR Lisa Dundon, Ithaca Content Architecture and Design, LLC

Mildred Warner, City and Regional Planning Planning Across Generations

Creating an Online Training Program to Build Capacity for Frontline Adolescent Sexual Health Educators

Thomas Archibald, Virginia Tech

David DuBois, University of Illinois at Chicago

Geri Gay,* Communications; Information Science Mark Matthews,* Information Science

Deinera Exner-Cortens, Centre for Prevention Science

Catherine Riffin, Human Development

Nancy Wells,* Design and Environmental Analysis

Research on Translation: A Study of EvidenceBased Programs and Practices

MoodRhythm: Supporting Individuals with Bipolar Disorder to Establish Stable Daily Routines

Communication and Treatment Planning among Older Adults with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

Jane Mendle,* Human Development

Expressive Writing and Pubertal Development: Testing a Brief Intervention

Evidence-Based Practice for Promoting Positive Youth Development: A Critical Perspective

Program Scale-up in Canada: Lessons Learned from National Implementation of the Fourth R

School Gardens: Examining Effects on Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diet and Physical Activity

Emily Chen, Human Development Catherine Riffin, Human Development

Priority Research Areas in Palliative Care: Findings from a Mixed Method, Multi-Stakeholder Research Project

*BCTR Pilot Grant recipient

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FACULTY ENGAGEMENT

BCTR faculty affiliate Kelly Musick (Policy Analysis & Management) preparing to present at a Parenting in Context In-Service meeting

The BCTR engages College of Human Ecology faculty in the development of translational research (TR) projects by providing support to experienced investigators submitting TR proposals, increasing their likelihood of obtaining external funding and of successfully disseminating results. For faculty with less experience doing TR, the center provides proposal preparation assistance, training and technical support, and the brokering of collaborative relationships with other more experienced faculty and with communities.

Science Foundation grant stemming from work conducted with the pilot funding. • Maureen Waller (PAM) was a presenter at the Parenting Education in-service offered by the Parenting in Context Initiative in January 2014. • The annual Youth Development Research Update in June 2014 engaged several faculty as presenters: Robert Sternberg (HD); Nancy Wells (DEA); Natalie Bazarova (Communications); Travis Gosa (Africana Studies); Lorraine Maxwell (DEA).

Recent and current BCTR/faculty connections include newly-developed collaborative work with individual faculty, systematic engagement of faculty in in-service meetings and other BCTR conferences, and on-going partnerships. Some examples are:

Faculty and staff from the BCTR engage faculty from throughout the university in collaborative activities. For example:

• Prof. Jane Mendle (HD), a 2013 BCTR pilot grant recipient, has partnered with 4-H summer camps to collect data from youth for her research; Prof. Mendle is also a co-PI with Janis Whitlock on a study of self-injury, disordered eating, and puberty that is currently being drafted as a paper submission. • Prof. Natalie Bazarova (Communications) received a 2012 BCTR pilot grant. Janis Whitlock is a co-PI with her on a recently funded National

• BCTR associate director Rachel Dunifon is a co-PI with Mike Goldstein (Psychology) on the newly BCTR-funded project Caregiver Responsiveness and Infant Language Development. She is also a co-author on the following papers: Better for Baby? Premarital Conceptions, Shotgun Marriage, and Child Well-Being with Sharon Sassler (PAM); A WellBeing Penalty for Working Mothers? Parental Work Arrangements and Maternal Well-Being in Two-Parent Families with Kelly Musick (PAM) and The Effect of Maternal Employment on

FACULTY ENGAGEMENT Children’s Academic Performance with Sean Nicholson (PAM). • BCTR director John Eckenrode and director of research and evaluation Debbie Sellers are collaborating with Bill Trochim (CORE) on the development of a concept paper for a new model to bring innovative programs up to an evidence-based standard. • BCTR associate director Elaine Wethington and Carol Devine (DNS) will be involved in the analysis of trial findings for Small Changes and Lasting Effects (SCALE), a multi-year weight loss trial conducted in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medical College faculty led by Mary Charlson. • Karl Pillemer actively collaborates with Weill faculty Cary Reid and Mark Lachs in directing

the BCTR’s TRIPLL project and conducting research. • Jennifer Tiffany, BCTR director of outreach and community engagement, works closely with Julianne Imperato-McGinley, director of the Weill Cornell Clinical and Translational Science Center. Jennifer is also actively engaged in developing collaborative research and outreach projects with the Workplace Institute and with the Cornell NYC Tech Campus. • The Military Projects have been working closely with Bill Trochim (PAM) and CORE staff on an evaluation of the Healthy Bases project. A comprehensive census of BCTR faculty collaborations will be conducted in the fall of 2014, updating data gathered from a similar survey in 2012.

Innovative Pilot Study Program

To further support translational research projects on campus, each year the BCTR awards five or six pilot grants of up to $12,000 each. The overarching goal of the pilot study program is to encourage researchers to systematically move social and behavioral research into real-world practice and policy. We are especially interested in multi-disciplinary projects and ones that partner with BCTR programs, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Weill Clinical and Translational Science Center, or other Cornell units. In 2014, the third year of the pilot study program, five applicants received pilot grants. Neural Mechanisms of Pain Experience of Individuals Who Self-injure and Investigating the Feasibility of Using a Mindfulness-based Intervention Adam Anderson, Human Development Janis Whitlock, BCTR

Spatial Language and Spatial Play in the Early Development of Spatial Skills Marianella Casasola, Human Development

Caregiver Responsiveness and Infant Language Development Michael Goldstein, Psychology Rachel Dunifon, Policy Analysis and Management Eliza Cook, BCTR

The Science Word Scavenger Hunt: Design, Implementation, and Assessment of a Simple Interactive Museum Experience to Engage Young Children and Their Families in Science Learning Tamar Kushnir, Human Development Michelle Kortenaar, Sciencenter

Determinants of Financial Vulnerability in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Pilot Research Study Nathan Spreng, Human Development Karl Pillemer, Human Development Mark Lachs, Gerontology, Weill

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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

Karen Ojeda, Ayesha Sujan, and Anne Laurita at the Fall 2013 undergraduate/graduate student mixer.

“I gained my first research experience here and this has prepared me to work at research institutions elsewhere.” - BCTR student research assistant Within the BCTR, graduate and undergraduate students offer key contributions to translational research projects that span the life course. Although individual projects differ in their topical content (e.g. social engagement and isolation, aging and pain, adolescent sexuality and mental health, HIV prevention), they share the common goals of promoting in-depth conceptual understanding, optimizing practical experiences, and enhancing students’ analytic skills. The Student Engagement Committee (SEC) tracks student accomplishments, enhances student experiences through professional development opportunities, and provides forums for students to present their research findings. BCTR graduate and undergraduate students not only cultivate interests in critical real-world topics, but also develop marketable analytic and professional skills that will transfer to post-graduate opportunities. During 2013-2014, the BCTR SEC focused on broadening and deepening support for center-affiliated students by: • refining and continuing to sponsor a professional development workshop series for students and interested staff; • creating featured profiles of undergraduate,

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graduate, and alumni students on the BCTR website; engaging CHE graduate students in BCTR programs and activities (for example, at least two graduate students per term are now included in the BCTR Talks at Twelve series); hosting the third annual spring showcase, featuring undergraduate presentations on their work with center programs; adding an undergraduate representative on the student engagement committee; surveying students at the start and end of the academic year to track their experiences and outcomes of BCTR involvement.

Forty-two students worked with center programs over the 2013-2014 academic year. Another twelve undergraduate students met twice a week in Beebe Hall for a Translational Research class offered by BCTR faculty and staff. To facilitate a sense of community among graduate students interested in applied research the SEC supported an independent, self-directed Translational Research Graduate Student Committee that met monthly to provide mentorship, feedback, and peer support.

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

Robbie Neff, Lydia Gill, Moyouri Bhattacharjee, Rachel Minton, Kemar Prussien, Megan Childs, and Pamela Babington at the Student Showcase

Student Showcase

The third annual BCTR Student Showcase was held on Friday, May 2, 2014. Thirteen students, who worked with six different BCTR projects between them this year, presented on their projects’ research. The talks exemplified the diverse and valuable application of research to real world needs currently happening in the center. The vital work that students perform in the BCTR includes applied research, knowledge translation, and research on knowledge translation. The 2014 presenters: • The Relationship between Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI), Suicide, and Eating Disorders - Pamela Babington, Psychology ’15; Rachel Minton, HD ’15; Megan Childs, HD ‘15, Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery (CRPSIR) • Finding Superstars - Bridgette Aumand, HD ’16; Moyouri Bhattacharjee, BS ‘15, The Superstar Practitioner Project • Analyzing Statewide 4-H Enrollment - Robert Neff, AEM ‘15, 4-H Youth Development • Differences in Caregiver Strain Between Caregivers of Self-Injurious Youth and Caregivers of Youth Who Do Not Self-Injure - Feven Fisseha, Psychology ‘14, CRPSIR • Parenting in Context and Beyond - Lydia Gill, HD ‘14, Parenting in Context Initiative

• Comprehensive Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiative: CAPP Program Outcomes in One NYS School District - Annie Goldthrite, HD ’14; Reniece McIntyre, AEM ‘14, ACT for Youth • Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in Adolescents: The Relationship between Parent’s First Reaction to Finding Out and Subsequent Communication and Recovery Trajectory - Sierra Shumate, Psychology ‘14, CRPSIR • An Examination of System-and Individual-level Factors Which May be Associated with the UrbanRural Disparity in Hospice Utilization - Meghan McDarby, HD ‘14, Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life • The Role of Emotion in NSSI - Kemar Prussien, Psychology ‘15, CRPSIR

Skill Development Workshops

During the 2013-14 academic year, the SEC organized a series of free workshops for interested students and staff. The workshops aimed to teach professional skills, focusing on training that might not be directly offered in student courses. The workshops offered this year included: Developing and Delivering Presentations, Conducting a Literature Review, and Developing Research Posters.

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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT Iscol Family Program

The Iscol Family Program for Leadership Development in Public Service provides inspiration and opportunities to Cornell students in their quest to engage in a public service experience. The program collaborates with the Public Service Center, the Entrepreneurship Speaker Series, the Cornell Urban Semester program, and the Global Health Program. This year the program supported twenty-nine undergraduate students in summer internships in public service and civic engagement. Since 2007 nearly ninety students have received financial support to pursue a summer of service in New York City, New York State, or elsewhere in the U.S. and around the world. Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource was the 2013 Iscol Fellow. She is an award-wining social entrepreneur using technology and lean business methods to promote social justice by connecting women and youth living in poverty in East Africa, South Asia, and Haiti to “microwork,” a system that divides work into small, computer-based tasks that don’t require advanced training to complete. She delivered her talk, Samasource: A Sustainable Solution to Global Poverty, on September 30, 2013 to a capacity audience. Leila was also a guest lecturer in Professor Sheila Danko’s Making a Difference by Design class where she engaged over one hundred students in discussion about combining leadership theory and process innovation across a wide range of disciplines. She also participated in a working lunch with Jill Iscol, Dean Alan Mathios, and over twenty Global Health and Engaged Learning+Research students.

Kendal at Ithaca Scholarship

Meghan McDarby (HD, ‘14), this year’s recipient of the Kendal at Ithaca Scholarship, is working toward a minor in gerontology. Meghan worked as a research assistant with Dr. Elaine Wethington from 2011-2013 on a project about pain disparities in racial and ethnic minority older adults and funded by the Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life. Her senior honors thesis examines rural older adults’ attitudes about and knowledge of hospice care. Meghan serves as co-program coordinator of Cornell Elderly Partnership and volunteers at Hospicare, Of her work in gerontology at Cornell, Meghan says, “I have a profound interest in end-of-life care alternatives, holistic care approaches, as well as increasing patient

empowerment and health literacy for older adults. The gerontology minor has been integral in fostering the development of my longterm goals.” The Kendal at Ithaca Scholarship was established by an anonymous Cornell alumnus and Kendal resident to foster a closer tie between Cornell and Kendal at Ithaca, the nearby continuing care retirement community.

Graduate Research Assistantships

Each year the center awards graduate research assistantships (GRAs) to up to three College of Human Ecology graduate students. The awardees work with center projects on current research to further the center mission. For fall 2014, the following graduate students were awarded GRAs: Bridget Brew Department of Policy Analysis & Management, Ph.D. student – Sociology

Elise Paul Department of Human Development, Ph.D. student – Developmental Psychology

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT/PARTNERSHIPS

Karl Pillemer presenting at a Research Navigator Initiative training

The BCTR takes a rigorous approach to knowledge translation and community engagement, closely aligning our work with the strategic goals of the college, university, and Cornell Cooperative Extension. The center’s community engagement work concentrates on creating and sustaining partnerships focused on translational research activities. The Research Navigator Initiative, the Research Synthesis Project, and the Consensus Conference process are resources unique to the BCTR. The center also plays a vital role as a “node in a network,” acting as a connector in dynamic collaborations that boost community engagement and innovative research translation.

Research Navigator Initiative

The Research Navigator Initiative (RNI), launched in 2010, moved to the BCTR this year. Through this program, Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) educators • learn how to build more successful partnerships with campus researchers; • better understand research processes; • get to know the Cornell campus research environment;

• deepen their knowledge of evidence-based programming. Building on the basic RNI trainings of previous years, the June 2014 RNI in-service was designed in collaboration with CCE educators who are members of the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. The training included presentations on successful partnerships, research with human participants, and bi-directional translational research frameworks.

Research Synthesis Program

The Research Synthesis Project synthesizes social and behavioral research to support extension and outreach programming. Practitioner and stakeholder input in selecting the topics addressed and synthesis format ensure the products’ relevance and utility. Work during 2013–14 focused on pilot testing the Systematic Translational Review (STR) process. In collaboration with the Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation (CORE)/Cornell Cooperative Extension Evaluation Partnership, the project produced three STRs: • Psycho-social Evaluation Measures for 8–12 continued on next page

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Cornell Cooperative Extension Summer Intern helping to band common terns on Oneida Lake

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year-olds in Nutrition Education Programs (topic from: Wendy Wolfe, Division of Nutritional Sciences); • Community Engagement in Practice (topic from: Rod Howe and Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman, Community and Economic Vitality); • Parent Education for Teen Pregnancy Prevention (topic from: Jane Powers, ACT for Youth) Producing the first STRs resulted in the refinement of protocols for question identification, literature searches, and citation management. In addition, the project conducted shorter, rapid reviews, including summaries of evaluation strategies for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programs with youth, equity issues in community-participatory research and engagement projects, best practices for engaging under-represented populations in research, setting-based approaches to promoting youth engagement, and effective hands-on youth nutrition education programs.

Cornell Cooperative Extension

As a core component of the College of Human Ecology’s outreach and extension infrastructure, the BCTR enhances extension and outreach efforts by

strengthening connections to the College’s research mission. Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) developed a more focused strategic plan during 2013, prioritizing translational research and evidence-based programming. CCE Program Work Teams (PWTs) play a major role in linking CCE programs with both researchers and communities. Many PWTs are coordinated by BCTR staff, including: • Risk and Thriving in Adolescence (Jutta Dotterweich, ACT for Youth Center of Excellence) • Youth Healthy Eating and Active Living (Nigel Gannon, 4-H) • 4-H STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) (Nancy Schaff, 4-H) • Parent Education (Kim Kopko, Parenting in Context) New PWTs on Youth Civic Engagement and Youth, Nature, and the Outdoor Environment were launched with BCTR assistance during 2013–2014.

Cornell University Cooperative Extension — NYC Programs

The BCTR maintains programmatic partnerships with CUCE-NYC around youth development, parenting

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CUCE-NYC’s Sonia DelValle (L) and Luis Almeyda (R) with Parenting A Second Time Around (PASTA) training participant Evelyn Acevedo

education, and aging. BCTR projects such as ACT for Youth, Complementary Strengths, and 4-H have long histories of collaboration with CUCE-NYC. Jennifer Tiffany, working closely with CUCE-NYC Family and Youth Development program leader Jacqueline Davis-Manigaulte and CUCENYC executive director Donald Tobias, planned and facilitated retreats for CUCE-NYC’s Family and Youth Development program staff during August and November 2013. These events encouraged better integration of translational research approaches throughout 4-H, parenting education, and other youth development activities. Following the unexpected death of Don Tobias in late 2013, Jennifer Tiffany served as interim executive director for several months and then was appointed to the position on a permanent basis. Jen’s position as executive director creates numerous links within and outside of Cornell. As executive director, Jen serves as co-director for the Weill Cornell Clinical and Translational Science Center’s Community Engagement in Research component. CUCENYC’s collaboration with Cornell’s NYC Tech Campus also presents opportunities for enhanced 4-H linkages with STEM education efforts under development. CUCE-NYC has strong collaborative relationships with the Cornell ILR School’s NYC center. Connections between CUCE-NYC and the College of Human Ecology’s Urban Semester Program are also increasing.

Engaged Cornell

The BCTR’s focus on bi-directional translational research and demonstrated ability to sustain community-based research partnerships place the center in a unique position within Cornell’s overall engagement initiative. Elaine Wethington and Jennifer Tiffany have been involved with Engaged Cornell efforts since the initiative’s inception, and Janis Whitlock represented the BCTR at Engaged Cornell’s 2013 faculty retreat. During 2014, Rebecca Stoltzfus and Judy Appleton of Engaged Cornell met with the senior staff of both the BCTR and CUCE-NYC, as well as with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) director Chris Watkins and CCE associate director Jennifer Tiffany regarding further development of the initiative.

Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation

The partnership with The Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation (CORE) continues to expand, including increasingly integrated work on the Research Synthesis Project and Cornell Cooperative Extension evaluation efforts. Other activities include development of several collaborative research proposals and CORE’s involvement in evaluation work conducted by the BCTR’s Military Projects.

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Kimberly Fleming, Nigel Gannon, Mallory Matson, Deborah Mann, and Patricia Thayer at the 4-H Career Explorations registration desk.

The BCTR is home to various research, outreach, and training programs and projects that engage multiple audiences and communities, span the life course, and focus on issues related to health and well-being. Below we briefly list activities of the main projects and encourage readers to visit the BCTR website and for more information (all project websites can be found on the project pages listed on www.bctr.cornell.edu/projects).

4 -H Youth Development Program

New York State 4-H is reaching four hundred underserved youth in year four of their National Mentoring Program (Stephen Hamilton, P.I.), which is supported by the National 4-H Council through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. This year 4-H was awarded two new Smith-Lever grants: Workforce Readiness, led by the BCTR’s Stephen Hamilton; and Outdoor Education led by Natural Resources professor Karim-Aly Kassam. These projects engage Extension offices in Broome, Warren, and Oswego Counties. 4-H Healthy Living programming has received more than $125,000 in support from Walmart, United Healthcare, and Coca-Cola. Wendy Wolfe (Division of Nutritional Sciences) and Nigel Gannon (4-H NY State Healthy Living Program Specialist) are collaborating with Cornell Cooperative Extension educators and youth to implement the projects in partnership with eighteen County Extension offices and New York City Cooperative Extension. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology partnered with 4-H on research investigating ways to increase

citizen science. This project was funded by the Noyce Foundation and a Cornell Smith-Lever grant.

ACT for Youth Center of Excellence

The ACT (Assets Coming Together) for Youth Center of Excellence is funded by the New York State Department of Health to reduce risky sexual behavior and promote positive outcomes among youth. ACT for Youth provides technical assistance, training, and evaluation support to seventy-seven community grantees within the Comprehensive Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (CAPP), Personal Responsibility Education Program, Successfully Transitioning Youth to Adolescence, and Pathways to Success initiatives. Highlights include: • an extensive evaluation of CAPP: Findings are relevant for future adolescent sexual health initiatives; • technical assistance for the new Pathways to Success initiative, through which school districts and community colleges in Buffalo, Rochester, and

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The first three systematic translational reviews from the Research Synthesis Project

the Bronx collaborate to support expectant and parenting youth; • the launch of an online training focused on implementing evidence-based programs in sexual health, which has attracted national attention; • focus groups with pregnant and parenting youth on the topic of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, leading to recommendations about effective messaging.

BCTR Research Sythesis Project

The Research Synthesis Project synthesizes social and behavioral research to support extension and outreach programming. The topics addressed and the format of syntheses produced rely on practitioner and stakeholder involvement to ensure relevance and utility. Work during 2013-14 focused on pilot testing the Systematic Translational Review (STR) process. This year, in collaboration with the Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation/Cornell Cooperative Extension Evaluation Partnership, the project produced three STRs on practitioner-nominated topics: • Community engagement in practice (topic from Rod Howe and Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman, Community and Economic Vitality) • Parent education for teen pregnancy prevention (topic from Jane Powers, ACT for Youth COE)

• Psycho-social evaluation measures for 8-12 yearolds in nutrition education programs (topic from Wendy Wolfe, Division of Nutritional Sciences) Producing the first STRs resulted in the refinement of protocols for question identification, literature searches, and citation management. In addition, the project conducted shorter, rapid reviews on request from practitioners and researchers. These included summaries of evaluation strategies for STEM programs with youth, equity issues in community-participatory research and engagement projects, obstacles to and best practices for engaging under-represented populations in research, setting-based approaches to promoting youth engagement, and best practices in delivering hands-on nutrition education programs involving youth.

Building Capacity for Effective Youth Work

This project, directed by Jutta Dotterweich, aims to improve the capacity of Cornell Cooperative Extension community educators to apply current research and best practices in youth development. Since professional development for youth workers in New York State has become increasingly rare, the continued on next page

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project developed a ten-hour orientation training for new educators highlighting youth development concepts, principles, and practices. Now in its second year, the project successfully piloted the training in four regions of the state, including New York City. A wide range of extension educators and communitybased youth professionals participated and provided extensive feedback. Approaching the final phase of the project the curriculum will be finalized and made available online. In addition, several trainings of trainers will be offered to create regional training teams. Implementation guidance will be provided via webinars and web-based resources and tools.

Cornell Early Childhood Program

The Cornell Early Childhood Program (CECP), directed by Dr. Lisa McCabe, engages in translational research activities focused on early care and education. In the past year, data collection was completed for the five-year follow-up of the Rural Early Education Project, conducted in collaboration with Dr. John Sipple (Department of Development Sociology) and Hope Casto (Skidmore College). Look for findings from this work in forthcoming publications about universal pre-kindergarten program implementation in rural school districts. Family child care

has also been an area of focus in the past year. Dr. McCabe co-edited (with Dr. Juliet Bromer) a special section on family child care for the December 2013 issue of Early Childhood Research Quarterly. In addition, the CECP was pleased to participate in the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) summer internship program for the first time. Student Emily Satinsky worked with the Madison/ Oneida County CCE office to explore the feasibility of developing a program to support refugee participation in starting family child care businesses.

Cornell Research Program on SelfInjury and Recovery

Under the leadership of Janis Whitlock, the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery (CRPSIR) continues to expand and develop new collaborations with individuals and teams from a variety of institutions and countries. Over the past year, the CRPSIR focused efforts on several broad project areas: a) exploration of parent and youth experiences of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) recovery, b) development of a web-based training program for youth-serving professionals, and c) the relationship between social media use and mental health. The program also continued to build web-based resources for members of the public. These projects are part of a larger effort to both deepen the basic understanding of

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Jutta Dotterweich addressing a small group at the annual Youth Development Research Update conference

NSSI and translate this knowledge into hands-on tools for parents and those working with parents. In addition, the CRPSIR launched new collaborative projects in the area of NSSI and neuroscience, recovery processes, and the development of resilience programs for college students.

Cornell Youth in Society

The Cornell Youth in Society Program, led by Mary Agnes Hamilton and Stephen Hamilton, is learning how to foster natural mentoring among vulnerable youth. Young people who most need mentors are least likely to have them, and mentoring programs are unable to find enough volunteers to close the gap. Looking for natural mentors in young people’s schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces is a promising alternative. Surveys of more than one thousand diverse youth in Chicago and Southern California have found that teachers, program leaders and coaches, as well as friends and neighbors, are prominent among natural mentors. Their roles included Supporter around emotional and social issues, Challenger to do their best, Model of competence and achievement, moral Compass about life choices, and Connector to additional resources. Focus groups and interviews were conducted with staff and students to explore these topics and to report the findings. The

study was partially supported by the William T. Grant Foundation.

Empowering Parents to Promote Adolescent Sexual Health

Empowering Parents to Promote Adolescent Sexual Health (EPPASH), based at Cornell University Cooperative Extension-New York City (CUCE-NYC) and directed by Jennifer Tiffany, continues the work of the award-winning Talking with Kids about HIV/AIDS parent education program. Lead facilitator on the EPPASH project Luis Almeyda is also involved in a study testing the fit and impact of Cornell’s Parenting a Second Time Around (PASTA) curriculum with urban grandparents by contrasting it with a similar nutrition education program. The PASTA project is a partnership involving the BCTR’s Parenting in Context Initiative, CUCE-NYC, the New York City Department for the Aging, and the Brooklyn Center for the Independence of the Disabled. During 2013-14, Luis conducted 138 workshop sessions (11 cycles of EPPASH and PASTA), in which 161 individuals participated in an average of 13 interactive, capacity-building workshops aimed at developing positive parenting skills. The program primarily reaches parents, grandparents, and others raising children who are Hispanic (62%) and African American (35%). Most participants are women, and many are recent immigrants.

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Rachel Dunifon with educators at a Parenting In Context In-Service meeting

HIV Risk Reduction Research and Education Projects - Complementary Strengths Research Partnership

The Complementary Strengths Research Partnership (CSRP) presented papers at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Public Health Association and the 2014 annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research. CSRP’s longstanding partnership with Project Reach Youth/Lutheran Family Health Centers continues, providing a context for developing measures of youths’ active program participation and assessing how their participation contributes to health and HIV risk reduction. Data Dialogues (workshops where evaluation findings are used to understand, and perhaps change, programs) are a core method used in this translation process. BCTR graduate research assistant Sherry Zhang worked with the CSRP during 2013-14, conducting data analyses, developing posters and other data displays, and participating in Data Dialogues at Project Reach Youth along with Sara Birnel-Henderson (research coordinator) and Jennifer Tiffany (PI). The Vermont 4-H program adopted the Tiffany Eckenrode Program Participation Scale as an evaluation tool for their club program. PerformWell (a collaborative initiative of the Urban League, Child Trends, and Social Solutions) continues to disseminate the scale.

The Military Projects

During the past year, The Military Projects (Brian Leidy PI and director; Marney Thomas co-PI) has done work for the Army, Department of Defense (DoD), and Army Reserve, including the following projects: • University of Minnesota Military Family Support Training System: developing and piloting a staff development curriculum describing family support programs and services available to military families; • The Army Family Advocacy Program: Army spouse/partner abuse and child abuse prevention; research on the role of prevention programs in reducing abuse; and domestic abuse victim advocacy; • DoD Exceptional Family Member Programs Process and Outcomes Metrics: a partnership with the Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation (CORE), assisting the DoD to develop a common set of process and outcome metrics; • Army Reserve Headquarters Family Programs: with CORE, includes the development of outcome metrics and a needs assessment instrument; • Healthy Base Initiative: also with CORE, supports the Military Family & Community Services with

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Participants in the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) Summer Research Institute, including NDACAN staff

evaluation by reviewing proposed initiatives and data collection strategies and developing a tailored feedback instrument for each site.

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect

The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN), led by John Eckenrode (PI) and Elliott Smith, is an important source of child maltreatment and child welfare data. In its fourth year of a fiveyear $3.6 million cooperative agreement with the U.S. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bureau, NDACAN is not merely a data repository. It plays an active role by providing training and technical assistance to data users, encouraging productive research collaborations, and conducting its own original research using Archive data. In 2014, NDACAN staff published findings in the journal Pediatrics describing the association between income inequality and child maltreatment rates. NDACAN is particularly well known for its annual week-long Summer Research Institute. Professors, research fellows, and doctoral candidates come to Cornell to work on their own independent research projects. Their efforts are supported by content experts on the NDACAN staff, statistical consultants, and fellow colleagues. In

June 2014, a group of thirteen researchers attended the Institute.

Parenting in Context

Led by Rachel Dunifon and Kimberly Kopko, the Parenting in Context Initiative integrates and expands project goals in the BCTR by engaging with other relevant center projects including 4-H Youth Development and ACT for Youth. The redesigned parenting website (www.human.cornell.edu/pam/ outreach/parenting) attracts a growing number of statewide, national, and international visitors. In addition to providing university-level professional development support to Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) parent educators via the Annual Parent Education In-Service Training and biannual Parent Education Program Work Team (PWT) meetings, project leaders also continue to collect and analyze statewide evaluation data and produce reports on all CCE parenting programs offered across New York State. The reports are distributed widely and are incorporated in county association materials and in grant proposals. Additionally, project leaders coordinate the Strengthening Families Program in CCE, and produce research briefs and Parent Pages as resources for CCE parent educators and the families with whom they work.

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The CARE Information Bulletin from the Residential Child Care Project

PROSPER

John Eckenrode and Kimberly Kopko continue to implement the PROSPER (PROmoting Schoolcommunity-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience) Project in New York. PROSPER is a scientifically-proven delivery system with a partnership-based approach to delivering evidence-based programs that reduce risky youth behaviors, enhance positive youth development and strengthen families. The focus audience is middle school youth and their parents. Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) parent educators serve as team leaders in two pilot counties (Livingston and Schuyler). As prevention coordinators, they serve as liaisons between team leaders in the counties and the Cornell University state management team, who in turn communicate with the national PROSPER Network. Following the formation of community teams, each county successfully implemented an evidence-based family program, Strengthening Families Program (for parents and youth ten to fourteen), to be followed by implementation of an evidence-based school program in the fall of 2014. In addition to county implementation progress, the project expanded to include both on and off-campus student involvement via CCE/College of Human

Ecology Summer Internships and BCTR graduate research assistant award recipients.

Residential Child Care Project

The Residential Child Care Project (RCCP), led by Martha Holden, Michael Nunno, and Charles Izzo, offers a range of research, training, and technical assistance programs to improve the quality of therapeutic residential child care with projects located throughout the United States and internationally. In the United States, RCCP programs of research and training are funded by The Duke Endowment, the New York Office of Children and Families, and the State of South Carolina. Through the Duke Endowmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generosity, the RCCP is evaluating its Children and Residential Experiences: Creating Conditions for Change (CARE) program model, a principle-based and research-informed program to guide practice, policy, and procedures to ensure positive child outcomes. Auburn University is evaluating the CARE model with a juvenile justice population. This evaluation has the capacity to shape state policy for juvenile offender treatment. This year the RCCPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) program was adapted for community school

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Grandparents in the PASTA program learn a stress-relieving exercise that can be used by themselves or the children in their care.

districts and is being implemented and evaluated in the New York City public schools.

The Role of Grandparents in the Lives of Adolescent Grandchildren

With Hatch funding, as well as original funding from the William T. Grant Foundation, Rachel Dunifon and Kimberly Kopko continue to collaborate on a project exploring the Role of Grandparents in the Lives of Adolescent Grandchildren, including work with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) educators in Orange County and New York City. For the project, they interviewed fifty-nine pairs of grandparents raising teenaged grandchildren, collecting multi-method data including videotaped observations, surveys of both grandparents and grandchildren, and open-ended interviews. Findings from this research have led to the development of a wide range of resources focusing on issues such as: the role of biological parents, youth technology use, discipline and monitoring, and parenting practices among custodial grandparents. Dunifon and Kopko have published and presented information from their research in numerous venues, reaching researchers, policymakers and practitioners throughout the U.S. They have also produced a number of translational materials including research briefs

and Parent Pages (http://www.human.cornell.edu/ pam/outreach/parenting/research/briefs.cfm#CP_ JUMP_79924) as well as stand- alone educational modules intended for use by CCE and community educators to inform their work with this family type.

Superstar Program

The Superstar Practitioner Project, led by Brian Leidy, Charles Izzo, and Lisa McCabe, aims to identify the kinds of interpersonal practices that facilitate client engagement into effective working relationships with direct-service practitioners. In year two, the project completed a qualitative study summarizing the perspectives of 738 recipients of adolescent group care services using existing data from a multi-site study of residential care agencies. The study was accepted for publication in the International Journal of Child and Family Welfare, and highlights eighteen interpersonal factors that youth value in their relationships with adult caregivers. Protocols and approvals for focus groups with practitioners have been completed and data collection is being scheduled for early fall 2014 in order to complement the data from youth. Finally, a systematic review of over two hundred literature sources from seven practice areas was completed. continued on next page

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A synthesis of the findings has yielded a tentative framework describing the relational factors that have been empirically or theoretically linked to the quality of client-practitioner relationships. Preparation of a manuscript is currently underway.

Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life

Cornell’s Roybal Center: Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life (TRIPLL), led by Cary Reid, Karl Pillmer, and Elaine Wethington, continues to support a wide range of research projects designed to better understand the impact of pain and ways to manage pain throughout the life course. Pilot projects supported by TRIPLL over the past year included: • a pilot study designed to investigate the association between chronic pain, daily positive affect regulation, and depressive symptoms in older adults (Anthony Ong, Cornell University); • a systematic review aimed to determine the extent of analgesic medication adherence among older adults with chronic non-cancer pain (Joshua Richardson, Weill Cornell Medical College); • a qualitative study that seeks to investigate the relationship between pain experiences and

care among seriously ill older adults, their family members and end-of-life decision making in older adults (Mary Beth Morrissey, Fordham University); • a community-based research study aimed to understand the perceptions, care needs, and barriers in assessing palliative care among underserved populations in the community (Daniel Gardner, Hunter College); • a study to develop a set of recommendations and guidelines for caregivers to build a supportive environment of care for a person at end of life (Rana Zadeh and Paul Eshelman, Cornell University; Judith Serta, Hospital of Central NY); • a pilot project that seeks to generate national estimates of pain and understand factors associated with pharmacological management of pain in patients receiving hospice care (Yuhua Bao, Weill Cornell Medical College). In addition to its pilot study program, Roybal investigators provided mentorship to over thirty trainees in the past year, fostering their careers in translational research on aging.

BCTR IN THE NEWS When the article Income Inequality and Child Maltreatment in the United States was published by the journal Pediatrics the findings were widely reported in the press, including the Christian Science Monitor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Cornell Chronicle, Ithaca Journal, and by Reuters. The authors were John Eckenrode (pictured), Elliott Smith, Margaret McCarthy, and Michael Dineen. The study concluded that higher income inequality across U.S. counties was significantly associated with higher county-level rates of child maltreatment.

The Cornell Chronicle reported on BCTR director of outreach and community engagement Jennifer Tiffany taking on the position of executive director for Cornell University Cooperative Extension in New York City. In addition to her role in the BCTR, Jennifer also serves as the College of Human Ecology (CHE) associate director of Cornell Cooperative Extension and as CHE’s associate director for outreach and extension.

Dr. Janis Whitlock, director of the Cornell Research Program on SelfInjury and Recovery (CRPSIR), was quoted by Reuters in an article on the accuracy of online information about self-injury. Although keywords related to self-injury were searched online over forty million times, the top hits all contained some form of myth or misinformation. The article suggested alternate, reliable, sources of information on the subject, including the CRPSIR.

In an article in Global Post Stephen Hamilton, co-PI of Cornell Youth in Society, commented on the difficulties young adults have making the transition to adulthood in a tough job market. He noted that the important milestone of the first job is often elusive for young people entering the current employment landscape, leaving them feeling stuck as “youth.”

BCTR associate director Elaine Wethington was quoted in a Yahoo Finance post on the ways that baby boomers’ retirement housing plans are driving the real estate market. Wethington commented on the trend for retirees’ preference to stay or move near their children and grandchildren. Many in their generation feel the importance of this proximity due to their own experiences of caring for far-away, elder parents, she reported.

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STAFF HIGHLIGHTS Jacqueline Davis-Manigaulte

Jackie, a senior extension associate, serves as the family and youth development program Leader at Cornell Cooperative Extension – NYC. Cornell Cooperative Extension director Chris Watkins comments that “Jackie is a key figure in the development of urban 4-H programming....I have seen firsthand that her work is innovative and what a hardworking and committed educator she is.” For the past several years Jackie has represented the Cornell Cooperative Extension system and the 4-H Youth Development Program as a member of the New York State After School Network (NYSAN) steering committee. NYSAN leads efforts to expand high quality afterschool programming throughout New York State. She is a key link to programs and partnerships in New York City and also works with the 4-H office in the BCTR to connect 4-H to the expanding opportunities in afterschool and out-of-school-time programming. Jackie serves on the executive committee of the ACT for Youth Center of Excellence (COE), supervising their NYC staff and participating in planning for the COE, working closely with the New York State Department of Health and other COE partners. She also provides expertise in the area of parenting and nutrition and links the COE with resources in NYC and beyond. As the leader of a six-year study of the implementation of Cornell’s Parenting a Second Time Around (PASTA)

Denice Markley

Denice has worked at Cornell University for twenty-five years, ten of which have been at the BCTR (and the preceding centers, The Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center and The Family Life Development Center), where she currently serves as the finance manager. Denice directs and oversees the operational functions of the center, including coordinating with the college facilities staff about building maintenance and repairs, managing staff moves and other space concerns, and helping with space redesign projects. Additionally, Denice plans and implements center financial operational activities, including budget projections, analysis and reporting, and account management. She is the main contact for assisting center and affiliated staff and faculty in submitting proposals to outside funding agencies. She provides strategic leadership on all human resources,

curriculum with primarily African American and Hispanic grandparents in NYC, Jackie is working in partnership with the BCTR’s Parenting in Context Initiative (led by Kimberly Kopko and Rachel Dunifon) and with the NYC Department for the Aging. She is an active member of the Parenting Education Program Work Team. Jackie is a Cornell College of Human Ecology alumna, receiving her B.S. in HDFS. She holds an M.A. in Home Economics from NYU and completed her doctorate in Adult Education at Columbia University’s Teachers College in 2008. Jackie has presented her work at many national conferences, and frequently co-presents with other leaders of the ACT for Youth COE.

STAFF HIGHLIGHTS administrative, financial, and facility concerns for the Bronfenbrenner Center. Growing up in Schuyler County, Denice was an active 4-H member and was elected as a teen ambassador. This experience gave her opportunities to meet with 4-H teens from across the United States at Cornell University and in New York City and Washington, D.C. Her early experiences with 4-H gave her the confidence needed to pursue her career and life goals. Denice holds an M.S. in Management from Keuka College and a B.S. in Liberal Studies, focusing on accounting and history, from SUNY Albany.

A strong believer in the importance of community service, Denice has a long track record of volunteer work. As a teenager, she organized a group of kids to visit long-term care facilities, providing entertainment and companionship for the elderly during the holidays. While attending college she volunteered with President Jimmy Carter on the Habitat for Humanity Project. Most recently, as she pursues her passion for golf, she volunteered her time under the direction of LPGA Teaching Professionals (including the great Nancy Lopez), teaching juniors golf basics at the Inaugural LPGA International Crown. Denice also enters golf tournaments in support of local and national charity organizations.

Elliott G. Smith

Elliott is associate director of the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect at Cornell University where he oversees archiving, licensing, and dissemination for several major child welfare data collection efforts. He provides expertise in research design, data management, and statistical analysis in his role as research associate at the BCTR. Smith also serves as a lecturer in Psychology at Wells College where he teaches undergraduate courses in General Psychology and Child Development . Elliottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s professional career has been centered on the development and well-being of children. Early on, he focused his research efforts on the information processing abilities of infants, the reliability of memory in young children, and the effects of lead exposure on cognitive development. When he joined the BCTRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s precursor, the Family Life Development Center in 1999, he transferred his skills in developmental science, experimental psychology, and statistical analysis to the study of child maltreatment and the evaluation of evidence-based programs. Elliottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research has appeared in Pediatrics, the Journal of the American Medical Association, Developmental Psychology, Prevention Science, and Children and Youth Services Review, among other journals. In 2014, he reported findings with John Eckenrode and colleagues that examined the link between income inequality and child maltreatment rates at the county level. Elliott has also published national prevalence rates for service eligibility of maltreated infants and toddlers under the Part C provision of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

for the evaluation of Children and Residential Experiences (CARE), a practice model for residential care programs. Elliott has also studied implementation quality of service provision in the Family Connections neglect prevention program and factors that limited the effectiveness of practice in the Elmira trial of the Nurse-Family Partnership home visiting program. Elliott completed his undergraduate education at Davidson College before earning his M.S. in Experimental Psychology from Villanova University and his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Cornell University.

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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS Articles & Chapters Burns, J.P., Sellers, D.E., Meyer, E.C., Lewis-Newby, M., & Truog, R.D. (in press). Epidemiology of death in the pediatric intensive care unit at five U.S. teaching hospitals. Critical Care Medicine. Casto, H., Sipple, J., & McCabe, L. (in press). A typology of school-community relationships: Partnering and universal prekindergarten policy. Educational Policy. Chen, E. K., Riffin, C.M., Reid, C., Adelman, R., Warmington, M., Mehta, S., & Pillemer, K. (in press). Why is high-quality research on palliative care so hard to do? Barriers to improved research from a qualitative survey of palliative care researchers. Journal of Palliative Medicine. doi:10.1089/jpm.2013.0589 Dill, E.J., Dawson, R., Sellers, D.E., Robinson, W.M., & Sawicki, G.S. (2013). Longitudinal trends in health-related quality of life in adults with cystic fibrosis. Chest, 144(3), 981-989. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-1404. Dunifon, R., Kopko, K., Chase-Lansdale, P.L., & Wakschlag, L. (in press). Multigenerational relationships in families with custodial grandparents. In M. Harrington Meyer & Y. Adbul-Malak (Eds.), Grandparenting in the U.S. New York: Baywood Publishing. Dunifon, R., Ziol-Guest, K., & Kopko, K. (in press). Grandparental co-residence and family well-being: Implications for research and policy. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Eckenrode, J., Smith, E.G., McCarthy, M., & Dineen, M. (2014). Income inequality and child maltreatment in the United States. Pediatrics, 133(3), 454-461. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-1707. Eisenberg, D., Golberstein, E., & Whitlock, J.L. (2014). Peer effects on risky behaviors: New evidence from college roommate assignments. Journal of Health Economics, 33, 126-138. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.11.006. Gilligan, M., Suitor, J., & Pillemer, K. (2013). Recent economic distress in midlife: Consequences for adult childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationships with their mothers. In P.N. Claster & S.L. Blair (Eds.), Contemporary perspectives in family research, volume 7: Visions of the 21st century family - transforming structures and identities. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing, LTD. Hamilton, S.F. & Hamilton, M.A. (in press). Natural mentoring: Social capital to build human capital. Unterrichtswissenschaft. Hanks, A., Wansink, B., Just, D., Smith, L., Cawley, J., Kaiser, H., Sobal, J., Wethington, E., & Schulze, W. (2013). Fat taxes versus vegetable subsidies: Which works best in the field? Abstract in Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 45(4), Supplement, S40. Hanks, A., Wansink, B., Just, D., Smith, L., Cawley, J., Kaiser, H., Sobal, J., Wethington, E., & Schulze, W. (2013). From Coke to Coors: A field study of a fat tax and its unintended consequences. Abstract in Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 45(4) Supplement, S40. Holden, M.J., Anglin, J., Nunno, M.A., & Izzo, C. (in press). Engaging the total therapeutic residential care program in a process of quality improvement: Learning from the CARE model. In J. Whittaker, F. del Valle, & l. Holmes (Eds.), Therapeutic residential care for children and youth: Developing evidence-based international practice. London, UK: Jessica Kinsgley Publishers. Kalil, A., Dunifon, R., Crosby, D., & Su, J. (in press). Work hours, work schedules and sleep duration among mothers and their young children. Journal of Marriage and Family.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS Kress, V., Newgent, R., Whitlock, J.L., & Mease, L. (in press). Spirituality, life satisfaction, and life meaning: protective factors for non-suicidal self-injury. Journal of College Counselling. Pillemer, K. (2013). CNA mentoring made easy, 2nd edition. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Thomson Learning. Pillemer, K. (2013). The nursing assistant’s survival guide, 2nd edition. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Thomson Learning. Pillemer, K. & Rheaume, C. (2013). Leading the way: Busy nurses guide to supervision in long-term care, 3rd edition. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Thomson Learning. Pillemer, K. & Suitor, J.J. (2014). Who provides care? A prospective study of caregiving by adult children. The Gerontologist, 54(4), 589-598. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt066. Ramirez, M., Watkins, B., Teresi, J.A., Silver, S., Sukha, G., Bortagis, G., Van Haitsma, K., Lachs, M.S., & Pillemer, K. (2013). Using qualitative methods to develop a measure of resident-to-resident elder mistreatment in nursing homes. International Psychogeriatrics, 25(8), 1245-56. doi: 10.1017/S1041610213000264. Riffin, C., Loeckenhoff, C. E., Pillemer, K., Friedman, B., & Costa, Jr., P.T. (2013). Care recipient agreeableness is associated with caregiver subjective physical health status. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 68(6), 927-930. Sabir, M. & Pillemer, K. (2014). An intensely sympathetic awareness: Experiential similarity and cultural norms as means for gaining older African Americans’ trust of scientific research. Journal of Aging Studies, 29, 142-149. doi: 10.1016/j.jaging.2013.11.005. Sellers, D.E., Dawson, R., Cohen-Bearak, A., Solomon, M.Z., & Truog, R.D. (2014). Measuring the quality of dying and death in the pediatric intensive care setting: The Clinician PICU-QODD. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.05.004 Suitor, J.J., Gilligan, M., Johnson, K., & Pillemer, K. (In press). Caregiving, perceptions of maternal favoritism, and tension among siblings. The Gerontologist. Suitor, J.J., Gilligan, M., Johnson, K., & Pillemer, K. (2014). How widowhood shapes adult children’s responses to mothers’ preferences for care. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. 69, 95-102. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbt062 Suitor, J.J., Gilligan, M., Johnson, K., & Pillemer, K. (2013). Continuity and change in mothers’ favoritism toward offspring in adulthood. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75(5), 1229-1247. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12067.

Suitor, J.J., Gilligan, M., & Pillemer, K. (2013). The role of violated caregiver preferences in psychological well-being when older mothers need assistance. The Gerontologist, 53(3), 388-396.doi: 10.1093/geront/gns084. Suitor, J.J. & Pillemer, K. (2013). Differences in mothers’ and fathers’ parental favoritism in later-life: A within-family analysis. In M. Silverstein & R. Giarrusso (Eds.), From generation to generation: Continuity and discontinuity in aging families. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Teresi, J., Ocepek-Welikson, K., Ramirez, M., Eimicke, J., Silver, S., Van Haitsma, K., Lachs, M., & Pillemer, K. (In press). Development of an instrument to measure staff-reported resident-to-resident elder mistreatment (R-REM): Psychometric properties using item response theory and other latent variable models. The Gerontologist.

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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS Teresi, J.A., Ramirez, M., Ellis, J., Silver, S., Kong, J., Eimicke, J.P., Pillemer, K., & Lachs, M.S. (In press). A staff intervention targeting resident-to-resident elder mistreatment (R-REM) in long-term care increased staff knowledge, recognition and reporting: Results from a cluster randomized trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies. Wethington, E. (in press). Translational sociology. In R.A. Scott & S.M. Kosslyn (Eds.), Emerging trends in the social and behavioral sciences. New York: Wiley-Blackwell. Wethington, E., Hachey, S.M., & Rosenblum, S.F. (2014). Stress: Conceptualization in medicine and the social sciences. In W. Cockerham, R. Dingwall, & S.R. Quah (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of health, illness, and society. New York: Wiley-Blackwell. Whitlock, J.L., Exner-Cortens, D., & Purington, A. (2014). Validity and reliability of the non-suicidal self-injury assessment test (NSSI-AT). Psychological Assessment, Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1037/ a0036611. Whitlock, J.L. & Selekman, M. (2014). Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) across the lifespan. In M.K. Nock (Ed.), Oxford handbook of suicide and self-injury. New York: Oxford University Press. Whitlock, J.L., Wyman, P., & Moore, S. (2014). Connectedness and suicide prevention in adolescence. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 44(3), 246-272. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12071. Ziol-Guest, K. & Dunifon, R. (in press). Complex living arrangements and child health: Examining family structure linkages with childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health outcomes. Family Relations. Ziol-Guest, K., Dunifon, R., & Kalil, A. (2013). Parental employment and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body weight: Mothers, others, and mechanisms. Social Science and Medicine, 95, 52-59. doi: 10.1016/j. socscimed.2012.09.004.

Presentations Ahluwalia, K., Wethington, E., Sherrow, R., Mularkey, E., Ramirez, M., Lamster, I., & Reid, M.C. (2013, November). Using a CBPR approach to address health and healthcare in meals-on-wheels recipients in NYC. Paper presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Ahluwalia, K.P., Wethington, E., Sriphanlop,P., Sherrow, R., & Reid, M.C. (2013, November). Addressing oral health and healthcare in meals-on-wheels recipients in NYC. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA. Chen, E.K., Riffin, C., Pillemer, K., & Reid, C. (2013, November). Research recommendations from a telephone survey of thought leaders in palliative care. Paper presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Dolbin-MacNab, M., Dunifon, R., & Kopko, K. (2013, November). Custodial grandparent families: Recruitment and retention strategies for family researchers. Paper presented at the Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Dotterweich, J. (2013, October). Creating community readiness for change. Presented at the Healthy Teen Network Conference, Savannah, GA.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS Dotterweich, J. (2013, October). Introducing a new youth development curriculum. Presented at a meeting of NYS Association of 4-H Educators, Lake Placid, NY. Dotterweich, J. (2013, August). Using the quality implementation framework to inform evaluation and quality improvement. Presented as part of the panel Practical Implementation Science: Tools, Processes & Evaluation at the Global Implementation Conference, Washington, DC. Exner-Cortens, D., Eckenrode, J., Rothman, E., & Schrader, D. (2013, July). Development of a measure of severe psychological aggression for adolescent dating relationships. Poster session presented at the convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI. Gilligan, M., Suitor, J.J., & Pillemer, K. (2013 November). Changes in intergenerational estrangement across time: transitions in and out of being the black sheep. Paper presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Hanks, A., Wansink, B., Just, D., Smith, L., Cawley, J., Kaiser, H., Sobal, J., Wethington, E., & Schulze, W. (2013, August). Fat taxes versus vegetable subsidies: Which works best in the field? Paper presented at the conference of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, Portland, OR. Hargraves, M.J., Tiffany, J. S., & Carmichael, C. (2013, October). Building evaluation capacity in an extension system: Initial lessons from Cornell Cooperative Extensionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new initiative. Paper presented at the conference of the American Evaluation Association, Washington, DC. Holden, M.J. (2013, September). Children and residential experiences: Creating conditions for change. Keynote address delivered at the conference of the Oakhill Foundation, Alberta, Edmonton. Kopko, K., Dolbin-MacNab, M., & Dunifon, R. (2014, March). A dyadic analysis of parenting behaviors and relationship quality among adolescent grandchildren and custodial grandparents. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX. Leidy, B. (2013, September). The future of military families. Presented as a panelist in the forum Military families in transition: Stress, resilience, and well-being at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD. Meyer, E.C., Sellers, D.E., Burns, J., & Truog, R.D. (2014, May). The setting and quality of communication at end of life in the pediatric intensive care unit. Paper presented at the World Congress on Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care, Istanbul, Turkey. Pillemer, K. (2014, April). Advice for living from the oldest Americans. Presented as the Askwith Forum Lecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA. Pillemer, K. (2013, November). Prevalence, risk factors and prevention of elder mistreatment: evidence from the USA. Paper presented at the conference of the The Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Ancona, Italy. Pillemer, K., Reid, C., Chen, E.K., & Riffin, C. (2013, November). Reconciling research and practitioner priorities for palliative care through a consensus conference. Paper presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Powers, J., Dotterweich, J., & Ray, M. (2013, August). Using the quality implementation framework to inform evaluation and quality improvement. Paper presented at the conference of Global Implementation, Washington, DC.

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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS Powers, J., Heib, C., & Purington, A. (2013, November). Partnering with homeless youth to study the scope and nature of youth homelessness. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA. Powers, J., Heib, C., Purington, A., & Maley, M. (2013, November). Evaluating the implementation of evidence-based programs that promote adolescent sexual health: Lessons learned from New York State. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA. Powers, J., Maley, M., Exner-Cortens, D., Birnel Henderson, S., & Tiffany, J. (2013, November). “It’s just a piece of paper.” Teen perceptions of orders of protection for dating violence. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA. Powers, J. & Purington, A. (2014, June). Using evaluation to strengthen the implementation of evidencebased programs in diverse community settings. Paper presented at the HHS Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grantee Conference, Washington, DC. Powers, J. & Purington, A. (2013, October). What you see is what you get: Using observations for evaluation and quality improvement of evidenced-based programs. Paper presented at the American Evaluation Association, Washington, DC. Powers, J., Purington, A., & Ray, M. (2013, October). Using the quality implementation framework retroactively for evaluation. Paper presented at the American Evaluation Association, Washington, DC. Prussien, K. & Whitlock, J.L. (2014, March). Parent-child agreement in understanding the what and why of child non-suicidal self-injury. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX. Riffin, C., Pillemer, K., & Suitor, J.J. (2013, November). Chronic pain and parent-child relationships in later life: A conceptual framework and research agenda. Paper presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Riffin, C., Reid, M.C., Chen, E.K., & Pillemer, K. (2013, November). Research recommendations in the palliative care literature. Paper presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Sherrow, R., Ahluwalia, K., Reid, M.C., Sriphanlop, P., & Wethington, E. (2013, November) Communityacademic partnership to address oral health and healthcare in meals-on-wheels recipients. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA. Suitor, J.J., Gilligan, M., Johnson, K., Peng, S., & Pillemer. K. (2013 November). Adult children’s problems and older parents’ marital quality. Paper presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Suitor, J. J., Gilligan, M., Johnson, K., Pulliam, S.A., Con, G., Peng, S., & Pillemer, K. (2013, November). Differences in mothers’ relationships with twins and other offspring in later-life. Paper presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Suitor, J.J., Gilligan, M., Peng, S., & Pillemer, K. (2013, November). Garnering favor and avoiding disfavor: Predicting within-family differences in mother-adult child relations. Paper presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS Tiffany, J.S., Exner-Cortens, D., Eckenrode, J., Birnel-Henderson, S., & Zhang, X. (May, 2014). The influence of program settings on sexual risk reduction and health promotion among adolescents. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC. Tiffany, J.S., Exner-Cortens, D., Maley, M., Birnel-Henderson, S., & Eckenrode, J. (2013, November). Context matters: Setting-level influences on active program participation and HIV risk reduction among urban youth. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA. Wethington, E. (2014, April). Engaged research on aging: The Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging. Presented at the Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Whitlock, J.L. (2014, June). Resilience and thriving in college students. Presented at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Whitlock, J.L. (2014, June). Self-injury and suicide prevention in college students. Presented at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Whitlock, J.L. (2013, October). Adolescent wellbeing: Setting the stage for a well lived life. Keynote address delivered at the conference of the New York State Association of 4-H Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators, Lake Placid, NY. Whitlock, J.L. (2013, October). The cutting edge: Non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents and young adults. Keynote address delivered at the Multidisciplinary Conference of the Orange County Institute for TraumaInformed Care, Goshen, NY. Whitlock, J.L. (2013, September). Non-suicidal self-injury as a gateway to suicide in young adults. Paper presented at the World Congress of International Association of Suicide Prevention, Oslo, Norway.

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GRANTS & CONTRACTS

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Non-Governmental 12%

Federal 45%

NY State 40%

In the 2013-2014 fiscal year the center received $5,546,299 in grants and contracts, including indirect costs.

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