College Research Centers

Capital Area Health and Human Development Institute
www.hhdev.psu.edu/cahhdi
Richard Fiene, Director
The Institute is the urban outreach, research, training, and technical assistance arm of the College in the Harrisburg area supporting faculty and student research and learning endeavors.
Center for Childhood Obesity Research
www.hhdev.psu.edu/ccor
Leann L. Birch, Director
The conduct of research to provide the evidence base to develop successful childhood obesity prevention and treatment programs. A primary focus is on programs that prevent the development of obesity during the first years of life.
Center for Developmental and Health Genetics
George P. Vogler, Director
Focusing on developmental processes and stages affected by genetics over the lifespan, with research ranging from the molecule to behavior.
Center for Health Care and Policy Research
Pamela Farley Short, Director
www.hhdev.psu.edu/chcpr/
The mission of the Center for Health Care Policy and Research is to create and disseminate new scientific knowledge that will help private and public decision-makers to develop cost-effective services and programs that improve people's health.
Center for Human Development and Family Research in Diverse Contexts
www.hhdev.psu.edu/chdfrdc
Emilie Smith, Interim Director
The Center aims to promote excellence in training, interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the area of human development and families in diverse populations.
General Clinical Research Center
www.gcrc.psu.edu
Jan S. Ulbrecht, Associate Director
Facilitating the transfer of basic medical knowledge to the clinical arena, to elucidate pathogenic mechanisms of disease, and to develop strategies for health promotion and disease prevention.
Gerontology Center
gerontology.ssri.psu.edu
Melissa A. Hardy, Director
Striving to carry out research, instruction, and community-service programs of the highest quality and to make those resources available to the Commonwealth and the nation.
Methodology Center
Linda M. Collins, Director
methcenter.psu.edu/
The Methodology Center is an interdisciplinary research center that conducts original research on issues in statistics, research design, and measurement emerging in the prevention and treatment of problem behaviors, particularly drug abuse. The Center also applys the new methods developed in empirical research and disseminates new methods to prevention and treatment scientists.
Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development
www.prevention.psu.edu/
Mark T. Greenberg, Director
Promoting the well-being of children and youth and to reduce the prevalence of high-risk behaviors and poor outcomes in children, families and communities.

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