PPN: Speakers

Dr. Jihan Rabah is a Research Advisor at the Canadian Centre for Community Engagement and Violence Prevention. With considerable experience in primary prevention programs, both

Brett Kubicek joined the Canadian public service in 2005 after completing his PhD in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a post-doctoral

Ajmal Aziz is a Program Manager at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) where he currently manages the Public Safety

Brette Steele serves as the Senior Director of Preventing Targeted Violence at the McCain Institute. Prior to joining the McCain Institute, Steele served as the

Richard Legault, Ph.D., is S&T’s Senior Science Advisor for Social Sciences in the Social Science Technology Center (SS-TC). He focuses on identify future needs of

Stephen Gies, Ph.D., is the director of research and evaluation at Development Services Group, Inc., specializing in research and evaluation, advanced statistical analysis, policy analysis,

Emma Cardeli, Ph.D. is an Attending Psychologist & Research Associate at the Trauma & Community Resilience Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor

Denise Bulling has a Ph.D. in Human Science and an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Dr. Bulling joined the University of

B. Heidi Ellis, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Psychology and Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, and a licensed clinical psychologist. She is

Dr. Stevan Weine is Professor of Psychiatry at the UIC College of Medicine, where he also Director of Global Medicine and Director of the Center

Matthew DeMichele performs research within our Center for Courts and Corrections Research, using quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate complex problems facing criminal justice systems

Jordan Reimer is the Senior Manager for North America at the Strong Cities Network, responsible for managing prevention programming in the United States and Canada,

Brian A. Jackson is a senior physical scientist at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. His research focuses

Sarah L. Cook is the director of the Security and Extremism Research Program. Her primary research interests include targeted violence, domestic terrorism prevention, hate crimes, radicalization,

Todd Helmus is a senior behavioral scientist at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. A nationally recognized expert

Wendy P. Guastaferro is a Professor and the Director of the School of Criminology & Criminal Justice. Her research centers on effective behavioral health (primarily substance