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Plan My Ride Could Protect Young People from Increased Risk of Unsafe Driving Around the Holidays

2025-12-11T19:58:13+00:00

December 11, 2025, Durham, NC – At the end of the year, drivers are at a higher risk for unsafe driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports an uptick in the number of deaths from traffic accidents involving alcohol impairment and occurring in the evening hours during the month of December.1 Holiday parties and get-togethers at this time of year may be related to increased driving while impaired. In addition, fewer daylight hours may mean more drivers are on the road after dark. To protect themselves and others, drivers must have skills to avoid unsafe driving and understand the [...]

Plan My Ride Could Protect Young People from Increased Risk of Unsafe Driving Around the Holidays2025-12-11T19:58:13+00:00

iRT Collaborates with IWPR to Support their Connect for Success Initiative

2025-12-09T21:47:46+00:00

December 09, 2025, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce our new partnership with the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) to support their Connect for Success Initiative. The Connect for Success Initiative aims to increase community college students’ access to sexual and reproductive health resources, information, and care. Through this initiative, IWPR has created a learning community that connects community colleges with tools to promote student health, encourages the spread of new research and information in the field, and inspires policy change and other efforts to expand student access to sexual and reproductive health resources. To support IWPR’s initiative, [...]

iRT Collaborates with IWPR to Support their Connect for Success Initiative2025-12-09T21:47:46+00:00

Boost Your Research Proposal’s Competitiveness with DigiKnowIt News

2025-12-09T21:00:34+00:00

December 9, 2025, Durham, NC – If you are planning to apply for grant or contract funding to support your pediatric research projects, it is important to develop a clear strategy to include in your proposals for how you will recruit participants. When reading your proposal, reviewers will look to see if it is realistic and feasible to recruit the number and types of people you want to participate in your study. In other words, your research proposal should not only include who you plan to recruit, but also how you plan to recruit and retain participants. Carefully strategizing and writing [...]

Boost Your Research Proposal’s Competitiveness with DigiKnowIt News2025-12-09T21:00:34+00:00

Connected Scholars Program Positively Impacts College Student Retention and Graduation Rates

2025-11-24T19:13:21+00:00

November 24, 2025, Durham, NC – Recently published research reported that the Connected Scholars program has significant positive impacts on college student retention and graduation rates. Connected Scholars teaches high school and college students how to build social capital, expand their social networks, and develop mentoring relationships that can help them reach their academic and life goals. The program helps students proactively seek out mentoring relationships and practice their networking skills, so they can thrive academically and socially. These skills may be particularly important for students of color and first-generation college students, who often have fewer connections to mentors and less [...]

Connected Scholars Program Positively Impacts College Student Retention and Graduation Rates2025-11-24T19:13:21+00:00

iRT Supports the Southeast PTTC in Enhancing Digital Training Tools for Substance Misuse Prevention Professionals

2025-11-19T17:19:05+00:00

November 18, 2025, Durham, NC – This year, iRT has been collaborating with the Southeast Prevention Technology Transfer Center (Southeast PTTC) to support their efforts to advance substance misuse prevention. The Southeast PTTC, housed at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, is one of 10 regional centers that are part of the Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) Network. The network was created to improve the implementation and delivery of evidence-based substance misuse prevention strategies across the nation. Funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Southeast PTTC offers training and technical assistance services to the substance misuse [...]

iRT Supports the Southeast PTTC in Enhancing Digital Training Tools for Substance Misuse Prevention Professionals2025-11-19T17:19:05+00:00

iRT Receives Grant to Develop New STEM Mentor Training

2025-10-20T19:44:03+00:00

October 20, 2025, Durham, NC – iRT is excited to announce that we have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to complete the development a novel mentoring training program for STEM mentors. Why we’re doing it. In the United States, the number of young people pursuing careers related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is diminishing. Mentoring programs that aim to give young people support as they explore STEM subjects may inspire young people to pursue a future in STEM fields. The supportive relationships that mentees create with mentors through STEM mentoring programs may also help [...]

iRT Receives Grant to Develop New STEM Mentor Training2025-10-20T19:44:03+00:00

iRT Publishes Research Related to Implementation of Sexual Health Programming at Community Colleges

2025-10-20T19:44:32+00:00

October 20, 2025, Durham, NC – Providing sexual and relationship health programming is a key way that colleges can help prevent sexual assault, sexually transmitted infections, and unplanned pregnancy amongst their students. Many young people do not receive high-quality, or any, sex education during high school, so receiving sexual and relationship health programming in college could be instrumental in helping them make informed decisions about their sexual health. Even though community college students make up nearly half of the undergraduate college student population, very little research has focused on sexual and relationship health programming for this group. Despite the value of [...]

iRT Publishes Research Related to Implementation of Sexual Health Programming at Community Colleges2025-10-20T19:44:32+00:00

Plan My Ride Found to Effectively Impact Safe Driving Attitudes, Knowledge, and Beliefs

2025-10-20T19:38:14+00:00

October 20, 2025, Durham, NC – Distracted and impaired driving are two of the leading risk factors for vehicle crashes in the United States, and young people are at particularly high risk for engaging in these unsafe behaviors. iRT developed the Plan My Ride program with the goal of preventing distracted and impaired driving to support young drivers in staying safe on the road. A randomized controlled trial found that Plan My Ride is effective in improving young drivers’ attitudes and knowledge related to safe driving in the short- and longer-term. Findings from the evaluation were recently published in Transportation Research [...]

Plan My Ride Found to Effectively Impact Safe Driving Attitudes, Knowledge, and Beliefs2025-10-20T19:38:14+00:00

iRT and the Southeast PTTC to Host Webinar to Introduce New Curriculum on Policy for Prevention Providers

2025-09-18T19:32:02+00:00

September 18, 2025, Durham, NC – This month, iRT and the Southeast Prevention Technology Transfer Center (Southeast PTTC) will host a live webinar to share information about the Southeast PTTC’s new curriculum for prevention professionals. The webinar, entitled The Power of Policy: Introduction to the Southeast PTTC Policy Curriculum, will be held on September 25, 2025 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. EST. The new curriculum will help prevention providers build their capacity to enact or modify state and local policies related to alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and other drugs. The curriculum is comprehensive and will offer diverse ways of gaining the knowledge [...]

iRT and the Southeast PTTC to Host Webinar to Introduce New Curriculum on Policy for Prevention Providers2025-09-18T19:32:02+00:00

Lessons Learned in the Youth Mentoring Field: Insights and Tips for Organizations Serving Youth

2025-05-08T19:39:16+00:00

May 08, 2025, Durham, NC – Years of research and experience in the field of youth mentoring have uncovered some of the best strategies for supporting children and adolescents. Youth mentoring programs pair youth, called mentees, with a supportive and caring adult, called mentors, so they may be able to provide youth with a positive role model, social connectedness and a sense of belonging, and skills development. Mentoring program staff, experts, and researchers have learned many lessons from decades of developing best practices in the field of mentoring, which may be insightful for any organization that aims to support youth and [...]

Lessons Learned in the Youth Mentoring Field: Insights and Tips for Organizations Serving Youth2025-05-08T19:39:16+00:00
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