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The CEBC’s Scientific Panel is comprised of members who are nationally recognized as leaders in child welfare research and practice and/or are knowledgeable about what constitutes evidence-based practice. The panel assists in identifying relevant practices and research, and provides guidance on the scientific integrity of the CEBC products.

 

Scientific Director

Scientific Panel Members

  • Greg Aarons, PhD
    Professor, Department of Psychiatry
    University of California, San Diego
    San Diego, CA
  • Richard P. Barth, PhD
    Professor and Past-Chair Grand Challenges for Social Work
    University of Maryland School of Social Work
    Baltimore, MD
  • Lucy Berliner, MSW
    (Retired) Director of Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress
    University of Washington Medicine
    Foster Care Assessment Program, Clinical Consultant
    (Retired) Clinical Associate Professor Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; School of Social Work
    Seattle, WA
  • Lauren Brookman-Frazee, PhD
    Professor, Department of Psychiatry
    University of California, San Diego
    Associate Director, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center
    Research Director, Autism Discovery Institute at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
    San Diego, CA
  • Shannon Dorsey, PhD
    Professor; Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
    University of Washington
    Seattle, WA
  • Stanley J. Huey, Jr., PhD
    Associate Professor
    Director of Graduate Studies
    University of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Suzanne Kerns, PhD
    Professor, Pediatrics-Child Abuse and Neglect
    The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
    University of Colorado
    Aurora, CO
  • Laurel Leslie, MD, MPH
    Institute Director
    Mental and Behavioral Health Institute
    Cincinnati Children’s
    Professor
    Department of Pediatrics
    University of Cincinnati
    Cincinnati, OH
  • Larry Palinkas, PhD
    Professor
    Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health
    University of California, San Diego
    San Diego, CA
  • Scott Roesch, PhD
    Professor of Psychology
    San Diego State University
    San Diego, CA
  • Benjamin E. Saunders, PhD
    Professor and Associate Director
    National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center
    National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    Medical University of South Carolina
    Charleston, SC
  • Sonja Schoenwald, PhD
    Senior Research Scientist
    Oregon Social Learning Center
    Eugene, OR
  • Haluk Soydan, PhD
    Professor and Associate Dean (retired)
    University of Southern California
    Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
    Co-founder and former Chair of the Campbell Collaboration
    Los Angeles, CA