Online Training to Help Prevention Professionals Plan Drugged Driving Intervention Strategies
December 20, 2023, Durham, NC – Prevention professionals have vital responsibilities to plan and implement interventions to combat the risks of impaired [...]
Plan My Ride Receives a LearnX Award for Best Accessibility
December 20, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce that it received the 2023 Diamond Award from LearnX® for Best [...]
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 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 [...]
iRT Researchers Lead a Session on Substance Misuse for Youth at the Teaming with Teens Event
May 22, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT Research Scientists Drs. Alison Parker, Allison Schmidt, and Rebecca Stelter presented at [...]
iRT Releases New Plan My Ride Base Package with Innocorp, ltd.
May 10, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT has released a new Base Package of Plan My Ride, currently being sold [...]
iRT Expands Its Team of Professionals
April 24, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce the addition of Ellen Frost, Yulee Leon, Elizabeth Porter, [...]
iRT to Evaluate the Impact of Training Mentors on Youth Impacted by Substance Misuse
February 21, 2025, Durham, NC – iRT is excited to announce that it has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to evaluate [...]
Online Training to Help Prevention Professionals Plan Drugged Driving Intervention Strategies
December 20, 2023, Durham, NC – Prevention professionals have vital responsibilities to plan and implement interventions to combat [...]
Plan My Ride Receives a LearnX Award for Best Accessibility
December 20, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce that it received the 2023 Diamond Award [...]
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 [...]
Dr. Kupersmidt to be a Keynote Speaker at Russia’s First International Mentoring Conference
November 13, 2017 - Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, President and Senior Research Scientist at iRT and Mentoring Central, will be the keynote speaker at Global Mentori , Russia's First International Mentoring Conference. The conference will take place November 13th-14th in Moscow. The theme of the... November 13, 2017 - Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, President and Senior Research Scientist at iRT and Mentoring...
Dr. Kupersmidt to Speak in the Netherlands about Latest Research News about Youth Mentoring
November 9, 2017 - Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, iRT’s and Mentoring Central’s President and Senior Research Scientist, and Eline Heppe, doctoral student at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, presented at the Center of Expertise Social Innovation, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, on “Increasing the Effectiveness of Mentoring by Enhancing Mentoring Program Practices...
Dr. Kupersmidt Meeting with Research Collaborators at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam
November 8, 2017 – Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, President and Senior Research Scientist at iRT and Mentoring Central, met with her protégé and collaborator, Eline Heppe, doctoral student at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) in Amsterdam, to work on research projects related to mentoring adolescents and youth adults with visual impairment. Dr. Kupersmidt also had the honor of working with...
EEPM Adherence and High Quality Mentor Training Increase Match Length
Mentoring programs vary greatly in their adherence to the high quality safety- and research-based benchmark practices described in the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring (EEPM; published by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership). These benchmark program practices are designed as guidelines that enable mentoring programs to better prepare and support mentors, mentees, and mentee’s...
Innovation Research & Training (iRT) Participates in International Short Course on Mentoring
On October 4th and 5th, iRT Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, participated in the Short Course on Strengthening Mentoring Program Quality to Broaden Impact sponsored by The University of Massachusetts-Boston, MENTOR, the European Centers for Evidence-Based Mentoring, and Mass Mentoring. Dr. Kupersmidt gave a presentation entitled, “Increasing Youth Outcomes by Enhancing...
Innovation Research & Training Receives Funding From NICHD to Help Parents Have “The Talk” With Their Young Teens
Dr. Tracy Scull at Innovation Research & Training (IRT) was recently awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will fund the continued development of an interactive program for parents called Media Aware Parent. The goal...
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