Newly Funded!
Grant W. Edmonds, Ph.D. has just been funded to study telomere length, a marker of cellular aging, to understand the relation between personality and health. The health outcome of leukocyte...
Parenting Support via the Web
Pediatric clinics are collaborating with ORI scientists to evaluate how well an Internet-based version of a successful parenting program helps parents.
Eating Disorders
Eric Stice & colleagues have developed several prevention programs that effectively reduce risk for onset of eating disorders and obesity.
Does Personality Predict Health?
Sarah Hampson & team are linking personality assessments from school children 45 years ago to examinations of these same people, now middle age adults. The findings demonstrate a link between childhood personality traits and health behaviors that affect adult health outcomes.
Video Teleconferencing Reaches Rural Teens
ORI researchers are the first to develop & test home-based treatment by videoconference for rural adolescents in therapy for substance abuse.
Resources
Over the past 20 years, research has shown that problems as diverse as obesity, academic failure, depression and delinquency can be prevented. ORI scientist Tony Biglan reports on how local agencies & associations are partnering to create a comprehensive, coordinated, evidence-based public health approach to improve the health & well-being of county residents.
Latest News
Dieting Youth show Greater Brain Reward Activity in Response to Food
Restricting food intake increases the reward value of food, and the more successful people are at caloric-restriction dieting, the greater difficulty they will face in maintaining the restriction....
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ongratulations to Julie C. Rusby, Ph.D., who has just been promoted to Senior Scientist! Julie joined ORI in 1996 as a Research Associate and received her Ph.D. in School Psychology at the University of Oregon in 1998 with a focus on social development and prevention of behavioral problems. Dr. Rusby has considerable expertise in social development and behavioral problems, early childhood education and intervention, early adolescent peer relationships, and observation and Ecological Momentary Assessment methodologies. Dr. Rusby developed the Carescapes program, a video-based training for providers of home-based child care aimed at promoting social competence in preschool-age children. Julie also enjoys singing, gardening, and outdoor adventures (kayaking, hiking, cross-country skiing, etc).