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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Trials Journal Publishes Study Protocol for an Evaluation of DigiKnowIt News: Teen
August 22, 2023, Durham, NC –Recruiting youth to participate in pediatric clinical trials can pose challenges for researchers. Many teens [...]
iRT Researchers to Present for the ECHO@edu: Campus Violence Prevention Program
July 19, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT Research Scientists Drs. Reina Evans-Paulson and Christina Dodson will lead an interactive Zoom [...]
iRT Research Scientist Contributes to the Development of a Guide for Youth Seeking Mentoring Relationships
July 17, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT Research Scientist Dr. Rebecca Stelter is a member of a working group with [...]
iRT to Lead Media Literacy Education Workshop at the National Prevention Network Conference
July 17, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT Senior Research Scientist Dr. Janis Kupersmidt will lead an interactive workshop at the [...]
iRT and the Southeast PTTC to Host Webinar to Introduce New Curriculum on Policy for Prevention Providers
September 18, 2025, Durham, NC – This month, iRT and the Southeast Prevention Technology Transfer Center (Southeast PTTC) will host a live webinar to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
iRT Welcomes New Research Intern
January 19, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to welcome Abbey Collins to its team of skilled, [...]
iRT To Develop New Mindfulness Program For Youth With 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
iRT was awarded a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to develop an online mindfulness training program, specifically developed for use by adolescents with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS). iRT was awarded a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to develop...
iRT Awarded Grant for Further Development of a High School Media Literacy Education Program for Sexual Health Promotion
innovation Research & Training (iRT) is honored to announce that it has received a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) to further develop and evaluate the Media Aware program. Media Aware is a comprehensive sexual health education program for high school students that uses a media literacy education...
iRT Senior Research Scientist to Conduct Training in Berlin on EEPM
Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, Senior Research Scientist, will be conducting a 2-day, in-person workshop in Berlin, Germany, on June 25 and 26, 2018, for the Netzwerk Berliner Kinderpatenschaften e.V. The purpose of the network is to provide training on how mentoring programs can assess and improve their youth mentoring program quality. Participants will learn about the program practice standards for...
iRT Researchers and Collaborators Share Research Findings at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence
Research Scientists at innovation Research and Training are continuously working on advancements in research pertaining to improving outcomes for children and adolescents. Some of iRT’s recent findings in the field of adolescent development were presented at the Society for Research on Adolescents (SRA) Biennial Meeting by Senior Research Scientist Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, along with iRT...
iRT Researchers to Present at the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) Annual Meeting 2018
Dr. Rebecca Stelter, Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, and Dr. Allison Schmidt from innovation Research & Training (iRT) travelled to Washington DC to attend the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) and to present a poster titled, “Using the Strategic Prevention Framework to Prevent Drugged Driving.” SPR is an international organization of researchers dedicated to a...
Janis Kupersmidt, innovation Research & Training, innovation Research & Training Receives a William T. Grant Research Award
December 18, 2017 New York, NY--The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce that Janis Kupersmidt, innovation Research & Training, Jean E. Rhodes, Dept. of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Sarah Schwartz, Dept. of Psychology, Suffolk University, and Renee Spencer, Dept. of Human Behavior, School of Social Work, Boston University, received a Research Award under the...
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