Press Releases

Contact: Leslie Leve (lesliel@oslc.org) or Debbie Wetherald (debbiew@oslc.org); 541-485-2711 Eugene, OR– Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) is pleased to announce that our Science Director, Leslie Leve, Ph.D. is the 2011 recipient of the Prevention Science Award given to her by the Society for Prevention Research (SPR).  She was selected for her outstanding contributions to advancing the field […]

Contact: J. Mark Eddy, Ph.D., marke@oslc.org or Debbie Wetherald, debbiew@oslc.org 541-485-2711 Eugene, OR – J. Mark Eddy, senior scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) has been appointed as an Associate Editor of the professional journal Prevention Science. This quarterly, peer-reviewed publication of the international Society for Prevention Research (SPR) serves to share new

Contact: Leslie Leve (lesliel@oslc.org) or Debbie Wetherald (debbiew@oslc.org); 541-485-2711 EUGENE, Ore. — (Dec. 20, 2010) Two age-old questions are guaranteed to spark a heated discussion around the dinner table: Which came first: the chicken or the egg? And the classic debate of nature versus nurture. The jury’s still out on the chicken, but a team

Contact: David DeGarmo or Debbie Wetherald 541-485-2711 EUGENE, Ore. — (Nov. 10, 2010) Drs. David DeGarmo and Marion Forgatch senior and emeritus scientists (respectively) at Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) and will collaborate with researchers at the Veterans Administration (VA) and the University of Minnesota (UMN) to address this country’s urgent need to understand how deployment to Afghanistan and

Contact: Anne Mannering (annem@oslc.org) or Leslie Leve (lesliel@oslc.org) 541-485-2711 Today, Anne M. Mannering, an early-career scientist at Eugene’s Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC), publishes research findings showing a relationship between marital problems and the ability of a family’s very young children (ages 9 – 18 months) to fall asleep and stay asleep successfully. “Our findings

Contact: Phil Fisher, 541-485-2711 EUGENE, Ore. — (Jan. 21, 2010) — Phil Fisher, a senior scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center and a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon (UO), has accepted membership invitations to the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs

Contact: Diana Strand, 541-485-2711 EUGENE, OR – Dr. J. Mark Eddy, a Senior Scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center, was awarded a grant from the Federal Office of Child Abuse and Neglect of the Children’s Bureau to conduct a randomized controlled trial of child and family outcomes related to the Relief Nursery program in Eugene.

Contact: Friends of the Children, (503) 281-6633 PORTLAND, OR – Duncan Campbell, founder of Friends of the Children, was awarded a 2009 Purpose Prize today, which honors social entrepreneurs over 60 who are using their experience and passion to take on society’s biggest challenges. The Purpose Prize recognizes 10 individuals a year, whose encore careers have focused on solving

Contact: Alan Feingold, 541-485-2711 Eugene, Oregon – As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Alan Feingold, a research scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center who has a Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University, was awarded a prestigious Challenge Grant totaling just under $1 million from the National Institute of Drug Abuse

Contact: Sally Schwader, 541-485-2711 EUGENE, Oregon (October 20, 2009) — The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has awarded a 5 year, $3.4 million grant to Oregon Social Learning Center Senior Scientist Deborah Capaldi, Ph.D. The new grant will work on uncovering individual and contextual factors that influence the development of alcohol dependence