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 the Scientific [...]
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 the National [...]
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 maintaining a [...]
iRT Seeks STEM Mentoring Programs for Participation in Study of Online STEM Mentor Training Program
June 23, 2023, Durham, NC – Researchers from Mentoring Central, a division of iRT, are seeking STEM mentoring programs to [...]
New Administrative Assistant Joins iRT’s Team
June 23, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce that Jamila Howard has joined our team as an [...]
iRT to Develop Toolkit to Educate Parents About Pediatric Clinical Trials
June 15, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the [...]
iRT Welcomes 2023 Summer Public Health Interns
May 24, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT welcomes two new public health summer interns to iRT’s team of world-renowned scientists [...]
The American Journal of Sexuality Education Publishes iRT’s Research on Sex Education Programs for College Students
November 25, 2024, Durham, NC – The American Journal of Sexuality Education recently published an article detailing findings from iRT’s research on comprehensive sex [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
iRT Partners with College Access for All
iRT has partnered with College Access for All, an initiative developed by NYC Schools and Mayor Bill de Blasio to ensure all students are engaged in a “college-ready” culture. Hundreds of schools participate in this initiative, which was designed to help students form a career and college plan upon graduation from high school. College Access for All provides several support services...
iRT Researchers Will Present At North Carolina Sexual Health Conference
Dr. Christina Malik, Elyse Keefe, and Abigail Morrison from Prevention Central (a division of innovation Research & Training) will be presenting at the SHIFT NC annual conference, Diving Below the Surface: Exploring the Depths of Adolescent Sexual Health, next week on Thursday, May 16, 2:00-3:15 p.m., in Greensboro, North Carolina. Sexual Health Initiatives for Teens (SHIFT) is a...
Prevention Central Shares Media Literacy Education Strategies In Public Webinar
Prevention Central –a division of innovation Research & Training—is committed to sharing its groundbreaking research and development work with the prevention field through conducting monthly webinars led by leading scientists in the field. In the first of these webinars, held in February of 2019, Senior Research Scientist Dr. Tracy Scull presented “Analyzing Media: A...
iRT Represents Prevention Central Suite At National Anti-Drug Forum
Representing a suite of prevention products hosted on the Prevention Central website (www.PreventionCentral.net), researchers from innovation Research & Training (iRT) attended the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) National Leadership Forum in National Harbor, MD, from February 4th to 7th, 2019. Representing a suite of prevention products hosted on the Prevention Central...
IRT Study on Community College Sexual Health Published in Journal of American College Health
The Journal of American College Health has published a paper from researchers at iRT on the status of sexual health among community college students. The paper, “The Understudied Half of Undergraduates,” takes a look at the behaviors, attitudes, and experiences of more than 250 older adolescents attending community colleges from eight different campuses. Despite being considerably...
Journal of Health Communication Publishes iRT Study
iRT is pleased to announce that an evaluation of the Media Aware program has been published in the Journal of Health Communication. Media Aware (Sexual Health for Middle School) is a teacher-led program that uses media literacy education to help adolescents learn about a wide range of sexual and relationship health topics. In the published research study, Media Aware was compared to traditional...