RICHMOND, Va., (Feb. 1, 2006) ? Virginia Commonwealth University is one of eight universities nationwide that has earned designation as a National Academic Center of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The centers serve as models for the prevention of youth violence and foster an environment that encourages collaborations among health scientists, social scientists and the community with the common goal of reducing violence among youth.?VCU?s designation as a Center of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention is a significant honor that speaks to the expertise, initiative and dedication of our faculty and staff who are committed to addressing youth violence prevention,? said Stephen D. Gottfredson, VCU?s provost and vice president for academic affairs. The VCU center, newly named the VCU Clark-Hill Institute for Positive Youth Development, will provide a basis for extending current efforts in the areas of youth violence research and community engagement. Faculty and researchers from the VCU Center for Promotion of Positive Youth Development and the VCU Center for the Study and Prevention of Youth Violence will be working together to develop and implement community response plans and to evaluate strategies for preventing youth violence.?Given the highly competitive nature of the selection process, the CDC?s selection of VCU represents a strong endorsement of the collaborations that have been established between VCU and the community,? said Albert D. Farrell, Ph.D., professor of psychology at VCU and the institute?s director.The institute also represents the types of efforts that VCU Community Solutions supports in strengthening VCU?s work on critical social issues in the community.The VCU Clark-Hill Institute for Positive Youth Development recognizes the contributions to the field of adolescent development by Maxine L. Clark, Ph.D., a former associate professor of psychology at VCU, and John P. Hill, Ph.D., former chair of the VCU Department of Psychology. Clark, who died in 1995, was involved with research that broadened the understanding of the development of African American adolescents and the role of culture in development. Hill, who died in 1988, was an acclaimed scholar in the field of adolescence. His conceptual and theoretical work shapes much of current teaching and understanding of adolescent psychology. In addition to VCU, the other CDC-funded centers of excellence are at Columbia University; Harvard University; Johns Hopkins University; the University of Hawaii; the University of California?s Berkeley and Riverside campuses; and the University of Illinois? Chicago campus. VCU psychology, psychiatry, epidemiology and community health faculty involved with the new center include: Robert Cohen, Ph.D., associate director; Kevin Allison, Ph.D., director of community mobilization; Wendy Kliewer, Ph.D., director of training and mentoring; Saba Masho, M.D., director of community surveillance; Aleta Meyer, Ph.D., and Terri Sullivan, Ph.D., research faculty; Torey Edmonds, community liaison; and Anne Greene, director of operations. Elizabeth Erwin, Ph.D., is the director of qualitative inquiry and is from the University of Virginia School of Nursing
弗吉尼亚州里士满（2006年2月1日）——弗吉尼亚联邦大学被美国疾病控制与预防中心评为全国八所"青少年暴力预防国家学术卓越中心"之一。这些中心是预防青少年暴力的典范，营造了一个鼓励健康科学家、社会科学家和社区之间合作的环境，共同致力于减少青少年暴力行为。VCU被评为青少年暴力预防卓越中心是一项重大荣誉。体现了我们教职员工的专长、主动性和奉献精神，他们致力于解决青少年暴力预防问题，弗吉尼亚联邦大学教务长兼学术事务副校长斯蒂芬·D·戈特弗雷德森表示。新命名的弗吉尼亚联邦大学克拉克-希尔青少年积极发展研究所将为在青少年暴力研究和社区参与领域扩展当前工作奠定基础。弗吉尼亚联邦大学（VCU）积极青少年发展促进中心与青少年暴力研究与预防中心的教职员工及研究人员将携手合作，共同制定并实施社区应对方案，同时评估预防青少年暴力的各项策略。VCU心理学教授、研究所所长阿尔伯特·D·法雷尔博士表示："鉴于遴选过程竞争异常激烈，美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）选择VCU，充分证明了VCU与社区之间建立的合作关系获得了高度认可。"该研究所也代表了弗吉尼亚联邦大学(VCU)社区解决方案部门所支持的工作类型，旨在加强学校针对社区关键社会议题的实践。VCU克拉克-希尔青少年积极发展研究所的命名，旨在纪念两位对青少年发展领域作出卓越贡献的学者：VCU心理学系前副教授马克辛·L·克拉克博士，以及VCU心理学系前主任约翰·P·希尔博士。1995年逝世的克拉克教授，其研究拓宽了人们对非裔美国青少年发展及文化在成长中作用的理解。1988年去世的希尔教授是青春期研究领域的著名学者，他的概念性和理论性工作深刻影响了当前青少年心理学的教学与认知体系。除VCU外，其他获得美国疾病控制与预防中心资助的卓越中心还包括：哥伦比亚大学、哈佛大学、约翰斯·霍普金斯大学、夏威夷大学、加州大学伯克利分校与河滨分校，以及伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校。%%参与该新中心的VCU心理学、精神病学、流行病学及社区健康系教师包括：副主任Robert Cohen博士、社区动员主任Kevin Allison博士、培训与指导主任Wendy Kliewer博士、社区监测主任Saba Masho医学博士。%%研究教员Aleta Meyer博士与Terri Sullivan博士、社区联络员Torey Edmonds、运营主管Anne Greene。定性研究主任Elizabeth Erwin博士来自弗吉尼亚大学护理学院。