Academic Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention

Contact Information, E-Mail, and Web Links

Columbia University
Columbia Center for Youth Violence Prevention
Bruce Link, Ph.D. - Principal Investigator
Mailman School of Public Health
722 W. 168th St. Suite 1609
New York, NY 10032
Email: Bgl1@columbia.edu
Web site: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/sph/ccyvp

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center
Joel A. Fein, M.D. MPH – Principal Investigator
Joseph Stokes, Jr. Research Institute
3615 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318
Email: fein@email.chop.edu
Web site: http://stokes.chop.edu/programs/injury/our_research/violence_intervention.php

Harvard University
Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center
David Hemmenway, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator
Harvard School of Public Health Health Policy and Management
677 Huntington Ave., Kresge 309
Boston MA 02115
Email: Hemenway@hsph.harvard.edu
Web site:http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hyvpc

Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence
Phillip Leaf, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
624 North Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
Email: pleaf@jhsph.edu
Web site: http://www.jhsph.edu/PreventYouthViolence/index.html

Meharry Medical College
Nashville Urban Partnership
Academic Center of Excellence
Paul D. Juarez, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator
1005 Dr. D.B. Todd, Jr. Blvd
Nashville, TN 37208
Email: pjuarez@mmc.edu
Web site: http://nupace.mmc.edu

University of California Berkeley
Berkeley Center on Culture, Immigration, and Violence Prevention
Franklin Zimmering, JD - Principal Investigator
Institute for the Study of Social Change
383 Boalt Hall Berkeley,
CA 94720-7200
Email: Zimring@law.berkeley.edu
Web site: http://www.yvpcenter.org

University of California Riveside
Riverside Southern California Academic Center of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention
Nancy Guerra, Ph.D. - Principal Investigator
University of California at Riverside
Presley Center for Crime and Justice
110 College Building South
Riverside, CA 92521
Email: Nancy.guerra@ucr.edu
Web site: http://www.stopyouthviolence.ucr.edu

University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention
Deborah Gorman-Smith, PhD – Principal Investigator
Institute of Juvenile Research (M/C 747)
Department of Psychiatry
1747 W Roosevelt Rd.
Chicago, IL 60608
Email: debgs@uic.edu
Web site: http://www.psych.uic.edu/ccyvp/index.html

Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Youth Violence Prevention
Albert Farrell, PhD – Principal Investigator
Department of Psychology
Box 842018 Richmond, VA 23284
Email: afarrell@mail1.vcu.edu
Web site: http://www.octobercenter.vcu.edu