Teams | University of Pennsylvania Prevention Research Center

Teams

Leadership

Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, PRC Director

Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, PRC Director

PRC Core Leadership

Community Engagement, Partnerships, & Technical Assistance

David Grande, MD, MPA, Core Co-Lead

Carolyn Cannuscio, ScD, Core Co-Lead

Communication & Dissemination

Training

Douglas Wiebe, PhD, Core Lead

Evaluation

John Holmes, PhD, Core Co-Lead

Internal Advisory Board

Jennifer Pinto-Martin, PhD, MPH, Chair; Internal Advisory Board

Chyke Doubeni, MD, FRCS, MPH, Internal Advisory Board

Frances Barg, PhD, MEd, Internal Advisory Board; Philadelphia Health Leadership Institute

Joseph Cappella, PhD, Internal Advisory Board

Jerry C. Johnson, MD, Internal Advisory Board

Ron Keren, MD, MPH, Internal Advisory Board

Daniel Polsky, PhD, Co-Investigator; The Healthy Weigh Study, Internal Advisory Board Member

Community Advisory Board

Glenn Bryan, MSW, Community Advisory Board

Natalie Levkovich, Community Advisory Board

Allison Karpyn, PhD, Community Advisory Board

Bill McKinney, PhD, Community Advisory Board

Carol Rogers, PA, Community Advisory Board

Q & A Spotlight

Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA, Core Co-Lead
What is the field of evaluation studies?
A typical example is work I did in Laos with the World Bank. We wanted to know: does feeding kids during the school day vs. sending them home with food rations make them healthier and do better in school? In evaluation studies, we look at "Did it work?" Finding a causal relationship can be tricky so we try to think of creative and rigorous ways of answering the "Did it work? How did it work? Why did it work?” questions.