Dr. Guerra Joins UNH Center on Adolescence
October 12, 2004
DURHAM, N.H. - The Adolescence Resource Center at the University of New Hampshire recently announced that Dr. Nancy Guerra, Associate Dean for Research in the College of Health Human Services and the College of Liberal Arts , will be joining the Center as Co-director. Dr. Kristine Baber, who has directed the Center since it opened in October 2002 also announced that the name of the Center will be changed to the UNH Center on Adolescence. “This name change reflects our intensified focus on research and our plan to become more regionally and nationally involved,” according to Baber.
The UNH Center on Adolescence aims to promote the healthy development of young people and prevent the emergence of risky behaviors such as violence and substance use. The work of the Center will be guided by the strategic plan for adolescent health and well being developed last year in collaboration with the New Hampshire Bureau of Maternal and Child Health. The Center's research activities will focus on how to increase youth engagement in productive activities, build competence and character, and strengthen schools, families, and communities in order to support healthy youth development. Emphasis will be placed on working collaboratively with families, schools, and youth agencies in order to evaluate and disseminate information on best practices and to design innovative strategies to address the needs of al youth, especially those most at-risk. Research and service will also focus on designing and implementing programs for typically underserved populations, such as rural and immigrant youth and their families.
The Center also provides a valuable opportunity for scholars from different disciplines at University of New Hampshire to interact with each other in a synergistic manner to address critical problems and solutions for youth. . In addition to Co-directors Baber and Guerra, the Center has a Program Coordinator, Gretchen Bean, and 30 Center Associates—faculty and staff from diverse disciplines in both the College of Health and Human Services and the College of Liberal Arts who are involved in research, teaching, or programming related to adolescence. According to Guerra, “such collaboration is essential for addressing the complex needs of today's youth.”
Prior to coming to the University of New Hampshire , Dr. Guerra was a Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Riverside . She has published numerous articles, chapters, and books in the area of adolescent development and prevention of problem behaviors among at-risk youth. Much of her work has focused on etiology and prevention of youth violence and has been funded by an array of federal agencies including the National Institute for Mental Health, the National Institute for Child Development, and the Centers for Disease Control. Currently she is continuing as the principal investigator and director of the Academic Center of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention, one of 10 Centers of Excellence across the United States funded by the Centers for Disease Control. This Center emphasizes prevention of violence and youth problems among immigrant youth, links between alcohol/substance use and youth violence, and the development of community capacity and social capital as cornerstones of effective communities that support healthy youth development. It also engages physicians and health care practitioners in youth violence prevention at the primary care level.
In addition to these grant-funded research projects, Dr. Guerra has worked extensively with foundations and international agencies to promote healthy youth development and address risk behaviors. She worked with the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation for nine years to develop prevention planning and youth service programs in 26 communities across the United States where the Knight Foundation provides funding. She has also worked with the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Colorado Trust on similar projects. Over the past five years, she has worked with World Bank and the Interamerican Development Bank to facilitate program development and prevention of youth risk behaviors in Jamaica , Chile , and Colombia . Currently, she is working with the Interamerican Development Bank and the government of Trinidad and Tobago to develop a nationwide strategy for promoting healthy youth development and violence prevention.
“We are very excited about Dr. Guerra's association with the Center as Co-director,” notes Dr. Baber. “She is an exceptionally accomplished researcher and scholar who has been involved in national and international projects focused on adolescents.”
The UNH Center on Adolescence is located in Pettee Hall on the UNH campus. You can learn more about the Center at its website at www.adolescence.unh.edu.
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