January 15, 2013
Volume 2, No. 1
On the web at:
www.prevention.psu.edu
Welcome to PR-eViews, our new source of internal news for the PRC community. This newsletter will be distributed on a bi-weekly
basis to share news, information, upcoming events, and other items with PRC staff, faculty and research teams.
Please send news or announcements to prevention@psu.edu.
First PRC Spring
Seminar
Our first seminar speaker this spring will be Scott Gest, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human
Development and Family Studies at Penn State. The seminar is scheduled for Wednesday,
January 23, at 4 p.m. in the Ruth Pike Auditorium / 22 Biobehavioral Health Building.
State-of-the-College
Address Postponed
The annual State-of-the-College Address has been postponed to March. New date soon!
PRC in the News
• Protective communities may reduce risk of drinking in teens
Living in a caring community may help curb teenage alcohol use, while hanging out with
antisocial peers can have the opposite effect, according to Penn State researchers studying
substance abuse patterns. Story features Damon Jones and Mark Feinberg!
NIH Announcements
Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01) (PAR-13-055) (also R03 and
R21)
HHD Small Projects
Grant Program
Qualitative Research
Methods Mini-Course
Post-doctoral
Opportunity
New Information on
Penn State Intellectual
Property Policies and
Guidelines
The HHD Alumni Society’s Small Projects Grant program provides students and faculty with
an additional source of funding for projects that benefit the University community and/or
enhance students’ experiences in HHD/Nursing. This includes: graduate student research not
pertaining to a thesis or dissertation, and projects that promote collaboration among students
and faculty. For more information: http://hhd.psu.edu/alumni/awards/smallprojectgrants.html
Maureen Ittig is teaching a one-credit graduate-level qualitative methods course in HDFS:
“Exploring Qualitative Methods, Research, and Evaluation Tools,” Wednesdays from 12–1 p.m.
For more information, contact her (mpi2@psu.edu).
The Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) at the University of Buffalo has postdoctoral
opportunities for graduating doctoral students. RIA’s interdisciplinary postdoctoral program
offers specialized training in the etiology and course of alcohol use and misuse, and treatment
for alcohol use disorders. If interested, contact Kenneth E. Leonard or R. Lorraine Collins.
A new section on intellectual property policies and guidelines has been added to the Policy
section of GURU, entitled "Intellectual Property Policies and Guidelines." To minimize difficulty
in locating the appropriate policy, these policies have been moved from their previous locations
in the Research Administration or Administrative sections and placed in their own section.
Questions about these policies or guidelines may be directed to the Office of the Vice President
for Research and Dean of the Graduate School. https://guru.psu.edu/policies/#INTELLECTUAL
Send news about awards, new and forthcoming publications and reports, presentations, grants, and other information of interest to
the PRC community to: prevention@psu.edu
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