Research Associates
Rusti Berent, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Children's Institute
(585) 458-2208 (ext. 15)
Dr. Berent's research interests include the study of how parents and children change as a result of their participation in community-based educational programs. In addition, she studies issues surrounding program evaluation and its use in documenting outcomes, improving programs, and making policy.
Hugh F. Crean, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Children's Institute
Assistant Professor (part-time), CSP
hfcrean@childrensinstitute.net
(585) 295-1000
Dr. Crean is interested in the evaluation of "Full-Service Schools" models of human services delivery systems. He is currently involved in the evaluation of four Rochester Middle Schools Wellness Projects, which involve the implementation of a full-service school model at each site. Academic and behavioral outcomes of students are examined.
Jody Todd Manly, Ph.D.
Clinical Director, Research Associate, Mt. Hope Family Center
Assistant Professor (part-time), CSP
(585) 275-2991
Dr. Manly has been involved in research and clinical intervention with maltreated children and their families for more than fifteen years. Her research interests broadly include various aspects of developmental psychopathology, with a particular emphasis on treatment evaluation for intervention with maltreated children, definitions of child maltreatment, risk and protective factors relating to school adaptation, familial violence, early childhood development, and trauma in childhood.
Research Associate, Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
(585) 275-8724
JoAnne Pedro-Carroll, Ph.D.
Director of Program Development, Children's Institute
Associate Professor, CSP
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry-Psychology
jpcarroll@childrensinstitute.net
(585) 295-1000 (ext. 264)
Dr. Pedro-Carroll's areas of research include the effects of marital disruption on children, factors related to risk and resilience in children's long term adjustment, and the development, implementation and evaluation of preventive interventions for children and families experiencing stressful life circumstances.
Shira May Peterson, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Children's Institute
Assistant Professor, part-time, CSP
speterson@childrensinstitute.net
(585) 295-1000 (ext. 233)
Dr. Peterson is an educational researcher whose interests include research in early childhood education, adult-child discourse, language environments in preschool, early literacy, and the role of language in cognition. She is currently involved in the evaluation of a mentorship program for early childhood educators.
Fred Rogosch, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate, Mt. Hope Family Center
Associate Professor, CSP
(585) 275-2991
Dr. Rogosch's research interests include developmental psychopathology, risk/protective processes, parenting, socio-emotional development, developmental pathways, resilience, and prevention.
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Mt. Hope Family Center
Assistant Professor (part-time), CSP
melissa_sturge-apple@urmc.rochester.edu
(585) 275-2991 x257
Dr. Sturge-Apple's research focuses on examining family-wide process models of interparental discord, coparenting, parent-child relationships, and children's social and emotional adjustment.