
University of Rochester launches initiative to strengthen youth mental healthcare
A federally funded collaboration will prepare mental health professionals to work with youth in under-resourced communities.

3 ways to reduce child sexual abuse rates
A new study finds that local, community-wide education efforts can drastically lower incidence of sexual abuse of children.

Mt. Hope Family Center awarded $8.5M to continue child maltreatment studies
Funding from the National Institutes of Health builds on the grant given five years ago to establish the TRANSFORM multidisciplinary national research and resource center.

Thriving while living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are a pressing public health problem—and the University is home to one of only two specialty diagnostic clinics in New York state.

Mt. Hope Family Center expands evidence-based trauma services
New federal funding will support the center’s programs addressing child and family trauma at individual and systemic levels.

How does the pandemic affect families who were already struggling?
River Campus psychologists and the Mt. Hope Family Center are awarded a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant to study the pandemic’s long-term effects on family cohesion and child well-being.

Partners play pivotal role in pregnant women’s alcohol use, which affects their babies’ development
Rochester psychologists say successful intervention efforts need to include partners of mothers-to-be.

Finishing doctoral work, nurse practitioner Lynn Cole juggles many roles
A doctor of nursing practice degree is a capstone to a career of helping kids with special needs get better access and care.

Mt. Hope Family Center’s programs for children facing trauma expand with new support
New grants recognize the center’s success in addressing complex challenges among vulnerable children and their families.

Expert team creates training manual to help providers recognize fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
University of Rochester experts have helped develop a handbook for health care providers to recognize and diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.