College of Liberal Arts
Temple University
Principal Investigator:
Steven Belenko, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Temple University
5th Floor Gladfelter Hall
1115 West Berks Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Office: 215-204-2211
sbelenko@temple.edu
Other Investigators:
Temple University
Wayne Welsh, Ph.D.
Matthew Hiller, Ph.D.
Gerald Stahler, Ph.D.
Jeremy Mennis, Ph.D.
Jennifer Wood, Ph.D.
David Zanis, Ph.D.
Ellen Tedaldi, M.D.
University of South Florida
Roger Peters, Ph.D.
Richard Dembo, Ph.D.
Criminal Justice Co-PI:
Gary Zajac, Ph.D.
Chief of Research and Evaluation
Bureau of Planning, Research, Statistics and Grants Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
PO Box 598
Camp Hill, PA 17001
Office: 717-214-8982
gxz3@psu.edu
The Pennsylvania Research Center at Temple University (PRC) is built around an empirically grounded conceptual model for implementation research based on the work of the National Implementation Research Network, and includes a number of state and local criminal justice and public health agency partners in Pennsylvania and Florida. Our primary criminal justice agency collaboration is with the PA Department of Corrections (PADOC), continuing a highly successful partnership in place for the past decade. This partnership exemplifies the mission of CJDATS 2 in that prior research has contributed directly and substantially to changes to PADOC’s drug treatment practices, significantly influencing decisions on program expansion and standardization, elimination of less successful models, inmate assessment, treatment, and adoption of evidence-based treatment practices. In addition to our multi-agency and multi-state framework, the PRC brings multidisciplinary perspectives to CJDATS2 for conducting implementation research on drug treatment and HIV interventions in the criminal justice system. Our team of Temple and University of South Florida researchers and consultants is drawn from the fields of criminal justice, urban studies, implementation science and organizational change, mental health, health economics, and health sciences, providing the expertise in substantive areas important for CJDATS2: implementation science, drug treatment, screening and assessment, HIV services, treatment planning, and economic analysis.