Use the Drugged Driving Essentials Training to Learn About and Prevent Drug-Impaired Driving
December 20, 2023, Durham, NC – Many drivers are aware of the dangers of and steps to prevent alcohol-impaired driving due to [...]
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 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, [...]
College Students Find New Sexual Health Education Program Relevant and Engaging
March 28, 2025, Durham, NC – In a recent study, nearly 40% of community college students reported that they had not received school-based sex [...]
Use the Drugged Driving Essentials Training to Learn About and Prevent Drug-Impaired Driving
December 20, 2023, Durham, NC – Many drivers are aware of the dangers of and steps to prevent [...]
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 [...]
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...
Innovation Research & Training receives funding from NHLBI To Develop A Web-Based Resource about Participating in Pediatric Clinical Trials Designed for Youth
Dr. Alison Parker and Dr. Tracy Scull (Co-Principal Investigators) at Innovation Research & Training (IRT) were recently awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to develop an interactive, web application for youth, called DigiKnowit News, with the goal of increasing the rates of youth participation in...
Innovation Research & Training Awarded Grant To Develop A Web-Based Program to Promote Sexual Health in Teens
innovation Research & Training (iRT), a behavioral sciences research company, today announced its receipt of a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). iRT researchers will use the grant to develop the Media Aware program, a web-based course for high school students designed to...