Press Releases

Contact: Marion Forgatch, Phone 541-485-2711 WASHINGTON, DC – Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) of the American Psychological Association recently announced that OSLC Senior Scientist and clinical psychologist Dr. Gerald R. Patterson will be awarded the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society at their annual meeting in Boston. […]

Contact: Diana Strand, Phone 541-485-2711 WASHINGTON, DC – For the second year, OSLC Research Scientists Dr.’s J. Mark Eddy and Charles Martinez, Jr. chaired the Sloboda and Bukoski Society for Prevention Research (SPR) Cup Competition, held at the annual meeting last week. Teams of early career prevention scientists competed for the honor of winning the traveling

Contact: Judy Boler, Phone 541-485-2711 WASHINGTON, DC – OSLC Senior Scientist and psychologist Dr. Patti Chamberlain will receive the prestigious Science to Practice Award this week at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR). The mission of SPR is to advance science-based prevention programs and policies through empirical research. The international membership of

Contact: Mark Eddy, Phone 541-485-2711 EUGENE, OR – OSLC Research Scientist Dr. J. Mark Eddy is part of a local collaborative effort funded through an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant to provide services and to assess their effectiveness with women on probation or parole who have experienced domestic violence and have substance use problems and/or

Contact: Sally Schwader, Phone 541-485-2711 KINGSTON, ONTARIO – OSLC Senior Scientist Dr. Deborah Capaldi will present findings from the long term Oregon Youth Study on the relationship between intimate partner violence and crime as an invited speaker for the Queen’s University Distinguished Lecture Series on February 9, 2007. The Oregon Youth Study of 206 fourth grade

Contact: Mark Eddy, Phone 541-485-2711 EUGENE, OR – Two senior scientists affiliated with the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) were recently recognized for their significant professional contributions to the field of psychology. Gerald R. Patterson, Ph.D., co-founder and a Senior Scientist at OSLC, was presented the Scott Award from the International Society for Research on Aggression

On November 9, community leaders will gather for a conference at UO to help raise awareness about how parental justice involvement and incarceration impact children – participants will learn how to work together to better meet the needs of these children.

OSLC Research Scientist Dr. Phil Fisher will be an invited speaker on “Interventions for Improving Regulation in Children” at the Workshop on Neuroscience and the Prevention of Mental Illness and School Failure. The workshop will be held on January 27, 2007, at the University of Oregon.

OSLC Senior Scientist Dr. Patti Chamberlain will be a keynote speaker today at the Judge Baker Children’s Center Symposium on “Treating Multi-Problem Youth”. The event will be held at the Harvard Medical School, and celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Boston Juvenile Court.

OSLC Research Scientist Dr. Charles R. Martinez, Jr. received a $3.3 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) today to support a five-year study of the preventive impact of culturally specific parent management training on Latino middle school youth in Oregon.