Research output per year
Research output per year
Organization profile
Organization profile
Centers and Facilities
- 3T MRI Facility
- Center for Educational Disparities Research
- Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
- Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
- Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse
- Evidence to Impact Collaborative
- Federal Statistical Research Data Center
- Human Electrophysiology Facility
- Integrated Data Systems Consortium
- Population Research Institute
- Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core
- Social, Life, and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center
- SSRI/PRI Computational and Spatial Analysis Core
- Survey Research Center
The SSRI Mission
Our mission is to foster research that addresses critical human and social problems at the local, national, and international levels. We do so by bringing together researchers from different disciplines around emerging areas of study, and by providing consultation, financial support, shared, accessible infrastructure, and services to social scientists at Penn State.
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Profiles
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Keith Robert Aronson, PhD
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
- Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) - Associate Director
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness - Associate Director
- Cancer Institute, Cancer Control
Person: Academic
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Kristina Brant
- Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education - Assistant Professor
- Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
Person: Academic
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Timothy Raymond Brick, PhD
- Human Development and Family Studies - Associate Professor
- Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
Person: Academic
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Orfeu M. Buxton
- Biobehavioral Health - Elizabeth Fenton Susman Professor of Biobehavioral Health Professor
- Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Penn State Neuroscience Institute
- Center For Healthy Aging
Person: Academic
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Ryan Patrick Chesnut
- Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness - Assistant Research Professor
Person: Academic
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Guangqing Chi, PhD
- Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education - Professor
- SSRI/PRI Computational and Spatial Analysis Core - Director
Person: Academic
Research output
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A call for civility in peer review
Williamson, A. A., Wallace, M. L., Applegate, A. M. & Buxton, O. M., Feb 2025, In: Sleep health. 11, 1, p. 4-6 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Access to lactation consult services during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on breastfeeding outcome variables
Maltese, C., Gandhi, C. K., Ramirez, S., Sznajder, K. K. & Hackman, N., Mar 2025, In: PloS one. 20, 3 March, e0318749.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
A comparison of gambling behaviors and beliefs in rural and urban populations in Pennsylvania
Russell, G. E. H., Sterner, G. E., Lopez, K. M., Ferrara, A. M. & Kaye, M. P., 2025, In: Rural and Remote Health. 25, 1, 9077.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Comparison of Tourists’ Spatial–Temporal Behaviors Between Location-Based Service Data and Onsite GPS Tracks
Parkinson, C., Pan, B., Morris, S. A., Rice, W. L., Taff, B. D., Chi, G. & Newman, P., Jan 2025, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 17, 2, 391.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adapting a sexual and reproductive health program for Latina teens and their female caregivers: a qualitative study
Merrill, K. G., Fuentes, J., Merrill, J., DeCelles, J., Silva, J., Sedeño, A., Salgado, S., Vargas, S., Cano, J. K., Nabor, V., Rodriguez, L., Melgoza, V., Mora, C., Baumann, A. A., Guastaferro, K. & Donenberg, G. R., 2025, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 13, 1501757.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Adaptive Just-in-Time Intervention to Reduce Everyday Stress Responses: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Johnson, J. A., Zawadzki, M. J., Sliwinski, M. J., Almeida, D. M., Buxton, O. M., Conroy, D. E., Marcusson-Clavertz, D., Kim, J., Stawski, R. S., Scott, S. B., Sciamanna, C. N., Green, P. A., Repka, E. M., Toledo, M. J. L., Sturges, N. L. & Smyth, J. M., 2025, In: JMIR Research Protocols. 14, e58546.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A descriptive examination of rurality in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort: Implications, illustrations, and future directions
for the ECHO Cohort Consortium, Jan 1 2025, In: Journal of Rural Health. 41, 1, e12908.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Study
Blackwell, C. K., Mansolf, M., Rose, T., Pila, S., Cella, D., Cohen, A., Leve, L. D., McGrath, M., Neiderhiser, J. M., Urquhart, A. & Ganiban, J. M., Apr 2025, In: Journal of Adolescent Health. 76, 4, p. 647-656 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Affect-laden risk profiles derived from two days of EMA predict substance use and quality of life three- and six-months after SUD treatment
Stull, S. W. & Lanza, S. T., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 170, 209613.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A longitudinal examination of factors predicting maternal permissiveness toward underage student drinking across the first three years of college
Hatch, O. J., Trager, B. M., LaBrie, J. W., Neighbors, C., Mallett, K. A. & Turrisi, R., Apr 2025, In: Addictive Behaviors. 163, 108244.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Equipment
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Fostering Engaged Team-Based Learning in Asynchronous Online and Hybrid Learning Environments
Chow, S.-M. (PI) & Kuruppumullage Don, N. (CoPI)
10/15/24 → 9/30/26
Project: Research project
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Community Building among Older Men Returning from Incarceration: The Cumberland House Reentry Project (CHRP)
Kreager, D. A. (PI)
9/30/24 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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Gene-environment Interplay Among Modifiable Factors for AD/ADRD: Risk and Resilience Across the Lifespan
Reynolds, C. C. A. (PI) & Neiderhiser, J. M. (CoPI)
8/1/24 → 4/30/25
Project: Research project
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Multi-timescale process models to disentangle subtle cognitive decline and learning effects
Oravecz, Z. (PI)
5/15/24 → 2/28/26
Project: Research project
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Use of a GLP-1 Agonist to Treat Opioid Use Disorder in Rats and Man
Grigson-Kennedy, P. (PI), Nyland, J. (CoPI), Bunce, S. (CoPI) & Brick, T. R. (CoPI)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
5/1/24 → 4/30/25
Project: Research project
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LangDiv: Hypotheses about the sources of bilingual resilience over the lifespan
Kroll, J. J. F. (PI) & Diaz, M. T. (CoPI)
5/1/24 → 4/30/26
Project: Research project
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Legal Status Exposure, Health, and Kinship Networks among Latino Immigrants
Van Hook, J. L. (PI)
9/30/23 → 5/31/25
Project: Research project
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Neurobehavioral Effects of Frequent Co-use of Alcohol and Cannabis
Ansell, E. (PI) & Claus, E. (CoPI)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
9/30/23 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
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ARMY YOUTH PROGRAM EVALUATION
Perkins, D. F. (PI)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
9/1/23 → 8/31/26
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: An Extended Reality Factory Innovation for Adaptive Problem-solving and Personalized Learning in Manufacturing Engineering
Yang, H. (PI) & Murphy, P. K. (CoPI)
8/1/23 → 7/31/26
Project: Research project
Prizes
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Evan G. and Helen G. Pattishall Outstanding Research Achievement Award
Buxton, O. M. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Honorary award