The School of Social Work of Portland State University

Presents the 2011 Charles Shireman Memorial Lecture by

Dr. Tony Biglan

We Can Reduce Crime, Drug Addiction, Depression, and Academic Failure in Oregon through Evidence-Based Preventive Interventions

Summarizing the findings of the recent Institute of Medicine Report on prevention

Thursday, February 24th, 2011,

4:30-6:30pm; lecture begins at 5:00 p.m.

Reception, Lecture, Panel of Local Scholars

School of Social Work, Donna Beegle Community Classrooms

Academic and Student Recreation Center, 6^th Floor

1800 SW 6^th Avenue, Portland OR 97201

This event is free and open to the public

Please RSVP to leticia.cortinas@pdx.edu or (503) 725-9914

Over the past 30 years, preventive interventions have been developed with the potential to bring about a significant reduction in the rates of most psychological, behavioral, and health problems in Oregon. The recent Institute of Medicine report on prevention shows that—from the prenatal period through adolescence—family, school, and community interventions are available to prevent multiple problems. Dr. Biglan was a member of the committee that wrote the IOM report. He will describe the growing efforts in Oregon to make effective prevention a reality.

Dr. Biglan is a Senior Scientist at Oregon Research Institute, Principal Investigator of the Teacher Welbeing Project, Director of the Center on Early Adolescence, and Co-Principal Investigator of the Promise Neighborhoods Research Consortium.  He has been conducting research on the prevention of adolescent problem behaviors including numerous experimental evaluations of interventions to prevent tobacco, other drug use, high-risk sexual behavior, reading failure, and aggressive social behavior.

This event is co-sponsored by:                                                    

Portland State University Educational Activities Speaker's Board

New Avenues for Youth

Portland Children’s Levy

National Association of Social Workers--Oregon Chapter

PSU’s Center for Interdisciplinary Mentoring Research

Regional Research Institute

Center for Improvement of Child and Family Services

PSU’s Graduate School of Education