Teaching High School Students Research-Based Strategies to Cope with Stress and Reduce Risky Behaviors
May 08, 2024, Durham, NC – A recent meta-analysis found that adolescents are experiencing significantly higher levels of anxiety in the years [...]
iRT Researchers Discuss Sexual Health and Media Literacy Education at Fact Forward’s Adolescent Health Spring Summit
May 03, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT researchers presented at Fact Forward’s 2024 Adolescent Health Spring Summit last month to discuss how [...]
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 [...]
iRT Researchers Present Findings from iRT’s Sexual Health and Media Literacy Education Research
December 19, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT Research Scientists Drs. Christina Dodson and Reina Evans-Paulson presented at The Society for [...]
iRT Researcher Contributes to the Development of a Guide for Youth Seeking Mentoring Relationships
November 29, 2023, Durham, NC - iRT Research Scientist Dr. Rebecca Stelter joined a working group with other researchers from [...]
A Guide to Finding Evidence-Based and Research-Informed Training Programs for Mentoring
November 28, 2023, Durham, NC – Implementing high quality training is an integral step in the process of building 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 [...]
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 [...]
Teaching High School Students Research-Based Strategies to Cope with Stress and Reduce Risky Behaviors
May 08, 2024, Durham, NC – A recent meta-analysis found that adolescents are experiencing significantly higher levels of [...]
iRT Researchers Discuss Sexual Health and Media Literacy Education at Fact Forward’s Adolescent Health Spring Summit
May 03, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT researchers presented at Fact Forward’s 2024 Adolescent Health Spring Summit last [...]
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 [...]
iRT Creates Virtual Reality Scenarios for Plan My Ride to Prevent Impaired and Distracted Driving
January 31, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to developing high quality, evidence-based programs for children, teens, and families using emerging technologies. Drs. Rebecca [...]
iRT Collaborates on a Cultural Adaptation of a Parent-Child Communication Program
December 30, 2022, Durham, NC – Literature suggests that Latino parents, like other communities, lack confidence in their knowledge and ability to discuss sex and [...]
iRT Researcher Contributes to Meta-Analysis of Studies on Adolescent Sexual Health
December 30, 2022, Durham, NC – iRT Research Scientist Dr. Reina Evans-Paulson is consulting on a grant awarded to North Carolina State University to conduct [...]
iRT Enhances Media Literacy Education and Substance Use Prevention Program for Children
December 30, 2022, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce the third and newest edition of Media Detective Spanish, a media literacy, alcohol, tobacco, [...]
iRT Receives Grant for Development of a Parent Training Program to Improve Tween Health
November 30, 2022, Durham, NC – innovation Research & Training (iRT) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the National [...]
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 [...]
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