Selected Recognitions, Honors, & Accomplishments for Institute Research Programs, Staff & Director
Recognitions & Honors

• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) MERIT Award for Outstanding Research (Capable Families and Youth Project); Project Family is one of ten featured in Preventing Drug Use Guide
• White House Invitation to Participate in First Lady’s “Conference on Helping America’s Youth”
• Oxford University “Highlighted” outcomes in Cochrane Systematic Review
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration “Award for Program Excellence”
• National Institutes of Health “Programs That Work”
• National 4H Program of Distinction Award for PROSPER and for Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14
• U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention “Exemplary II Program”
• U.S. Department of Education “Exemplary Program”
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy; Cost Effective Programs
• Institute of Medicine; Founding member of Model Collaboration
• F. Wendell Miller Senior Prevention Scientist Endowment
• Iowa State University Professional and Scientific Excellence Award
• Ruben Hill Award — co-authorship of outstanding research article in family journal
• Milton S. McDowell Memorial Lectureship

National Leadership & Professional/Policy Accomplishments

• Society for Prevention Research — Board of Directors
  
• Annenberg Adolescent Mental Health Commission — Member
  
• National Institute on Drug Abuse Panels
  
• U.S. House of Representatives — Witness on Subcommittee on Educational Reform
  
• Natinal Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism — Underage Drinking Initiative
  
• National Institutes of Health—Grant Reviews
  
• National Institute on Drug Abuse Panels
  
  -  Evaluation of the State Incentive Grant Prevention System
  -  National Prevention Initiative
  -  Evaluation of National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
  -  Family and Health Services
  -  Measurement Issues for Family Prevention
  -  Parental Monitoring
  -  Prevention through Family Interventions
  
  
• US Department of Education Expert Panel — Safe, Disciplined and Drug Free Schools
  
  
• Center for Substance Abuse Panels
  
  -  Core Measures Initiative
  -  Think Tank on Family-based Prevention
  -  Family-centered Approaches to Prevention
  
  
• National Institute of Mental Health Panel — Rural Mental Disorder Prevention Services