iRT Reflects on the 2023 National Prevention Network Conference
August 31, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT President Dr. Janis Kupersmidt and Research Scientist Dr. Rebecca Stelter represented Prevention Central, a division [...]
New Research Published on the Protective Influence of Critical Media Attitudes on Adolescent Sexual and Relationship Health
August 30, 2023, Durham, NC – As online pornography platforms become more accessible, adolescents are more regularly exposed to sexually explicit material, [...]
The American Educational Research Journal Publishes the Results of an Evaluation of the Connected Scholars Program
August 24, 2023, Durham, NC – The college years are often a time of great change and new responsibilities, and it can [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
iRT Announces Collaboration with the Southeast Prevention Technology Transfer Center
January 22, 2025, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce that it has begun a collaboration with the Southeast Prevention Technology Transfer Center [...]
iRT Reflects on the 2023 National Prevention Network Conference
August 31, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT President Dr. Janis Kupersmidt and Research Scientist Dr. Rebecca Stelter represented [...]
New Research Published on the Protective Influence of Critical Media Attitudes on Adolescent Sexual and Relationship Health
August 30, 2023, Durham, NC – As online pornography platforms become more accessible, adolescents are more regularly exposed [...]
The American Educational Research Journal Publishes the Results of an Evaluation of the Connected Scholars Program
August 24, 2023, Durham, NC – The college years are often a time of great change and new [...]
4-H Substance Abuse Prevention Program Partners with Clinton City Schools Blazing Stars Program
The Sampson Weekly Week of January 17-23, 2014 Sampson County's 4-H Substance Abuse Prevention program along with Clinton City Schools Blazing Stars program have completed their first after-school education program, "Media Detectives." Sampson County's 4-H provides a 45-60 minute lesson on substance abuse prevention to 45 Butler Avenue School and Sunset Avenue School students. The Sampson...
Breaking down barriers
by Amanda Moss Richmond County Daily Journal HAMLET — Families joined their students at Fairview Heights Elementary School to work together and find the hidden meanings beneath the advertisements they see on a daily basis. The program is called Media Detective and it is a media literacy education program for students in grades three through five. The goal of the program is to prevent...
iRT seeking 3rd-5th grade teachers for research study
iRT is looking for teachers of 3rd-5th graders, their students and students’ families to study how to best engage families in educational programming. iRT is looking for teachers of 3rd-5th graders, their students and students’ families to study how to best engage families in educational programming. Teachers will receive training and materials to teach the evidence-based Media...
iRT receives a Phase II SBIR grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD
Dr. Tracy Scull and Dr. Janis Kupersmidt have received a Phase II SBIR grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD to continue the development of Media World Relationships. Dr. Tracy Scull (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Janis Kupersmidt (Co-Investigator) have received a Phase II SBIR grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) to...
iRT receives an R21 award from NIDA.
Dr. Tracy Scull and Dr. Janis Kupersmidt have received an R21 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to create a web-based media literacy education program to reduce risky sexual practices in community college students. Dr. Tracy Scull (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Janis Kupersmidt (Co-Investigator) have received an R21 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to...
iRT receives a Phase II SBIR contract from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Dr. Tracy Scull (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Janis Kupersmidt (Co-Investigator) have received a Phase II SBIR contract from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to continue the development of Media Detective Family (MDF), a web-based and tablet media literacy education program for families with elementary school-aged children. Dr. Tracy Scull (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Janis...
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