October 2, 2024 – Early adolescence, roughly ages 10 to 13, is a unique time in development where young people experience rapid social, cognitive, and emotional changes. In a new research brief authored by Lorry Lokey Chair in Education Leslie Leve, the National Scientific Council on Adolescence (NSCA) provides research-based recommendations for educators to promote positive mental health in their classrooms.

July 3, 2024 – The University of Oregon may be one of the newest members of the Big Ten conference, but UO scientists have long partnered on research with peers at Big Ten schools. Dr. Leve's Project Early Growth and Development Study, part of the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Program funded by the National Institutes of Health, featured.

June 28, 2024 – The CPO is currently researching the underlying mechanisms of addiction and parenting challenges to develop effective interventions that can positively impact those affected by opioid use. Professors Beth Stormshak and Leslie Leve are CPO-affiliated prevention science researchers.

May 8, 2024 – That was the case even though the children were raised by adoptive–not birth–parents. Research team, led by Leslie Leve, a professor in the UO College of Education and scientist with the Prevention Science Institute.

January 15, 2024 – As cities of all sizes struggle with rising homelessness, researchers at the University of Oregon are studying the link between stress and long-term health conditions among people without housing and how it drives health inequity.

January 17, 2023 – The RADx-UP consortium gathers each month to hear program updates and presentations about community-engaged research activities across the United States, its territories, and Tribal Nations. This article recaps a project presentation from Aug. 18, 2022 by Anne Marie Mauricio and Camille Cioffi of the University of Oregon, with Amanda McCluskey of the HIV Alliance.

November 17, 2022 – The University of Oregon's Center on Parenting and Opioids will hold a Youth Accidental Overdose Prevention event to give parents and youth education and resources to "feel confident preventing accidental overdose."

August 1, 2022 – Using newly developed and culturally informed methods, a UO team was able to more than triple the number of Latinx people getting tested for COVID-19, according to a recently published research paper. Dave DeGarmo, PhD, and Camille Cioffi, PhD, of the Prevention Science Institute were involved in the research.

May 3, 2022 – Vulnerable teens who lose a pregnancy are at increased risk for suicide, new research from UO’s Prevention Science Institute shows. Camille Cioffi, PhD, a research assistant professor at the Prevention Science Institute led the study.

March 2, 2022 – CPO investigators Allen, Berkman, Leve, Pfeifer, Stormshak, and Zalewski are providing their expertise in child development, underserved populations, interventions, and brain pathways to The Ballmer Institute leadership to help develop new approaches to addressing the behavioral and mental health care needs of Oregon’s children.