Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Training Young Drivers on Driving Essentials
April 11, 2024, Durham, NC – April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, which provides an important opportunity to spread awareness of [...]
DigiKnowIt News is Expanded to Help Recruit Adolescents into Pediatric Clinical Trials
April 11, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce the release of a new version of DigiKnowIt News. Pediatric researchers [...]
Recent Research Supporting STEM Mentoring for Traditionally Underrepresented Youth
March 27, 2024, Durham, NC - Recent research indicates that opportunities for students to explore their interests in science, technology, engineering, and [...]
iRT Publishes Chapter in Media Literacy and Media Education Research Methods: A Handbook
November 17, 2023, Durham, NC – In an increasingly digital world, youth and adults are consistently exposed to a barrage [...]
A Guide to Finding Evidence-Based Programs for Substance Use Prevention
November 17, 2023, Durham, NC – Substance misuse can have many harmful effects on the health and daily lives of [...]
iRT to Present at The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality’s Annual Conference
October 31, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT Research Scientists Drs. Christina Dodson and Reina Evans-Paulson will present at the 2023 [...]
iRT Releases New Asset-Based, Goal-Oriented Activity Guide for Youth Mentors
October 25, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce the release of Building Assets Together: A Guide [...]
Lessons Learned in the Youth Mentoring Field: Insights and Tips for Organizations Serving Youth
May 08, 2025, Durham, NC – Years of research and experience in the field of youth mentoring have uncovered some of the best strategies [...]
Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Training Young Drivers on Driving Essentials
April 11, 2024, Durham, NC – April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, which provides an important opportunity [...]
DigiKnowIt News is Expanded to Help Recruit Adolescents into Pediatric Clinical Trials
April 11, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce the release of a new version of [...]
Recent Research Supporting STEM Mentoring for Traditionally Underrepresented Youth
March 27, 2024, Durham, NC - Recent research indicates that opportunities for students to explore their interests in [...]
iRT Scientists Present at the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Conference
iRT scientists, Drs. Tracy Scull, Christina Dodson, and Reina Evans-Paulson, presented a symposium entitled, Promoting Adolescent Sexual Health In The Digital Age Through Media Literacy [...]
iRT Awarded Grant for Development of a Parent-Focused Media Literacy Education Program for Adolescent Substance Use Prevention
September 2021, Durham, NC - innovation Research & Training (iRT) is honored to share that it has received a grant from the National Institute on [...]
Building the Foundation for e-Mentoring Release
September 13, 2021, Durham, NC – After co-authoring “the book” on mentoring and committing themselves to empowering youth, researchers at innovation Research and Training started [...]
iRT Publishes New Research on Parent-Gender Differences in Sexual Health Communication
July 14, 2021, Durham, NC- Decades of research point to parents having a major influence on their child’s sexual health. High quality parent-child communication has [...]
Calling North Carolina Teens Who Participated in Clinical Trials
Calling NC teens who have participated in clinical trials! Share your experiences with other teens to help them learn more about the importance of research. [...]
Welcome Summer 2021 Graduate Student Interns
May 26, 2021, Durham, NC - innovation Research & Training welcomes two new graduate student interns this summer. The interns will contribute their expertise to [...]
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