
The IMPACT (IMproving Prevention through ACTion) Research lab is led by Drs. Laura Hill, Brittany Cooper, Elizabeth Weybright, Jenn Duckworth, and Gitanjali Shrestha and includes undergraduate and graduate students interested in the prevention of social, emotional and behavioral health problems for youth, families and communities. Our research is aimed at closing the gap between the science and real-world practice of prevention, and therefore strong collaborations with prevention practitioners and policymakers are central to our approach. Specifically, our goal is to better understand what it takes to get effective, culturally relevant prevention programs and policies widely disseminated, implemented with high quality, and sustained across time in diverse community settings. To this aim, we engage in action-oriented, mixed-methods research on quality implementation, and sustainability, and conduct evaluations (including non-experimental evaluation in real-world settings) of evidence-based prevention interventions.
News & Noteworthy

2023 IMPACT Lab Presents at the Society for Research on Adolescence

2023 Kathryn Bruzios receives the CAHNRS Graduate Student Leadership Award!

2023 Kat, Giselle, and Brittany are awarded at the PSGSO Poster Session

2023 Impact Lab students Present at the PSGSO Poster Session!

2023 Konul Karimova presents at the Graduate Student Showcase

2023 Giselle Jimenez and Reece Schulke present at SURCA, Giselle receive the Grey Award!

2022 Gitanjali Shrestha is awarded the Early Career Prevention Professional Award

2022 IMPACT Lab's Suicide Prevention Work Featured in WSU Insider

2022 Kathryn Bruzios chairs a Symposium

2022 IMPACT Lab attends SIRC

2022 Cassandra joins the IMPACT Lab

2022 Brittany is awarded the SPR Friend of ECPN Award

2022 Brittany is named President-Elect for the Society for Prevention Research

2022 Jen Duckworth featured in the CAHNRS News

2022 IMPACT joins the University of Washington on FORE Grant

2022 Kate Presents at WSU Showcase

2022 Jordan Presents Two Posters at WSU Showcase

2022 CROP+TR team is awarded Organizational Impact Award for Excellence in Research and Programming for Youth

2022 Elizabeth Weybright is awarded the Faculty Excellence in Extension Award
