Preventive Interventions Team: Collaborative Research on Engagement and Wellbeing
What We Do
We are a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary research lab with a focus on prevention interventions that optimize implementation of evidence-based practices to improve behavior, classroom, and school experiences for youth and school personnel, and/or reduce risk for behavioral and mental health problems.
Our Current Research
Research News
Thought Leadership
Q&A: How Can Schools Help Students After a Mental Health ER Visit?
A UVA professor and licensed clinical psychologist says more research is needed to know how best to support students returning to school after seeking mental health care at the emergency department.
PIT CREW Team
Katelyn Birchfield
- Project Associate
Catherine P. Bradshaw
- Senior Associate Dean for Research
- University Professor
Katrina Debnam
- Associate Professor
Milan Harris
- Education and Outreach Manager
Jia Ma
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Toshna Pandey
- Research Scientist
Meredith Powers Franco
- Research Scientist
Skylar Raynor
- Ph.D. Student
Candra Skrzypek
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Lora Henderson Smith
- Assistant Professor
Kate Somerville
- Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Ali Ünlü
- Research Scientist
Research in Action
PIT CREW faculty and student scholars regularly present their research, including presenting at the 9th national Youth-Nex conference at UVA in 2024.
Featured Research
Related Centers
Contact Us
Mailing Address
PO Box 400281
405 Emmet Street South
Charlottesville, VA 22904