iRT to Evaluate the Impact of Training Mentors on Youth Impacted by Substance Misuse
February 21, 2025, Durham, NC – iRT is excited to announce that it has received funding from the National Institutes of Health [...]
Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Practicing Avoiding Riding with an Impaired Driver
February 18, 2025, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, prevention professionals, and community [...]
Meta-Analysis Uncovers Predictors of Condom Use in Adolescents
February 13, 2025, Durham, NC – Condoms are the only prevention method that are effective at both preventing the transmission of STIs [...]
Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Communicate to Stay Safe
November 25, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, prevention professionals, [...]
Plan My Ride Receives Its Third Award for Accessibility and Innovation
October 15, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is excited to announce that the Plan My Ride program has received an [...]
Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Prevent Opioid Use and Driving
October 15, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, prevention professionals, [...]
iRT Researcher Offers Workshops to Empower Parents to Practice Media Literacy Strategies with Their Children
October 07, 2024, Durham, NC – Research has shown that tweens and teens make healthier decisions when their parents have [...]
Helping Schools Meet HB 959: Media Literacy Programs for Elementary Through High School
March 12, 2026, Durham, NC – As social media and digital platforms become a central part of young people’s lives, educators are tasked [...]
iRT to Evaluate the Impact of Training Mentors on Youth Impacted by Substance Misuse
February 21, 2025, Durham, NC – iRT is excited to announce that it has received funding from the [...]
Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Practicing Avoiding Riding with an Impaired Driver
February 18, 2025, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, [...]
Meta-Analysis Uncovers Predictors of Condom Use in Adolescents
February 13, 2025, Durham, NC – Condoms are the only prevention method that are effective at both preventing [...]
Recent Research Findings on the Previous Sex Education Experiences of Community College Students
February 21, 2024, Durham, NC – Though community college students make up nearly half of all U.S. undergraduate students, they are often overlooked by sexual [...]
iRT President Presents at the 2024 National Mentoring Summit
February 13, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT President Dr. Janis Kupersmidt co-led a workshop at the 14th annual National Mentoring Summit in Washington, DC, last [...]
Offering Comprehensive Sex Education with Media Aware – High School
February 07, 2024, Durham, NC – To address the need for comprehensive sex education for adolescents in the United States, iRT developed Media Aware – [...]
iRT to Present at the 2024 National Mentoring Summit
January 19, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT Research Scientists Drs. Janis Kupersmidt and Katie Stump will present at the 2024 meeting of the annual National [...]
iRT Welcomes New Research Intern
January 19, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to welcome Abbey Collins to its team of skilled, world-renowned researchers and creative professionals. Collins joined [...]
Filling the Gaps in High School Sex Education in the United States
January 18, 2024, Durham, NC – Providing high-quality, comprehensive sex education to high school students is an important part of supporting healthy sexual development and [...]
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