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OSLC Fact Sheet Contact InformationOregon Social Learning Center (541) 485-2711 (phone) Contact Person: Kathy Jordan kathyj@oslc.org DescriptionOSLC is a private non-profit 501(c)3 corporation that conducts public health research in the public interest. OSLC is well known in the scientific community at both the national and the international level for research on the development, treatment, and prevention of aggression, antisocial behavior, and delinquency in children, and for evidence-based parent management training programs. MissionWe are a collaborative, multidisciplinary center dedicated to increasing the scientific understanding of social and psychological processes related to healthy development and family functioning. We apply that understanding to the design and evaluation of interventions that strengthen children, adolescents, families, and communities. MottoScience Benefiting Families HistoryThe research group that founded the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) was established by clinical psychologist Gerald R. Patterson in the late 1950’s when he worked as a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon in Eugene. In the mid-1960’s, Patterson left the University of Oregon and moved the group to the new and growing independent non-profit Oregon Research Institute (ORI). Patterson’s research group eventually grew to include clinical psychologist John B. Reid, therapists Marion Forgatch and Patti Chamberlain, administrator Mary Perry, and several other researchers and clinicians.
IncorporationIncorporated in 1977 as the “Evaluation Research Group”;
name changed to the Budget in fiscal year 2010$10,750,000 Primary funding source98% of revenues are from competitive research grants awarded by various branches of the National Institutes of Health Number of active research grants and Contracts28 Membership CorporationOSLC is a membership corporation. Any staff member working half-time or greater may choose to become a member of the corporation. The membership elects the Board of Directors, approves the bylaws of the corporation, and participates in other organizational decision making through a representative committee called Staff Representatives Committee in Service. Number of full and part-time staff members in 2010220 Board of DirectorsOSLC is governed by an elected Board of Directors comprising
ten members. The majority of the members of the Board are community members
who are independent of OSLC. Currently, community members include five professors
from Oregon universities (University of Oregon, Oregon State University,
and Oregon Health Sciences University), an attorney, and two educators.
In addition, research scientists are represented by one elected scientist
member, and staff by one elected non-scientist member. The Board has the
responsibility to ensure that OSLC conducts business within the laws and
regulations relevant to Oregon nonprofits and Federal grant recipients
and sets policies based on sound business practices. Management StructureThe management structure of OSLC is collegial. The 15 scientists are members of the Scientist Council, which is charged with guiding operational decisions based on current Board-approved policies and recommending new policies to the Board of Directors. Individual scientists independently pursue their lines of research and are responsible for the conduct of their research projects. The Senior Administrator is the lead administrative staff person and is supervised jointly by the Board of Directors and the Scientists Council.
Scientist Council• Lew Bank, Ph.D. Senior AdministratorJanet Chappell
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