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Leslie Leve is a professor in the Counseling Psychology and Human Services Department as well as the associate director of Prevention Science Institute at University of Oregon. In addition, she also holds the positions of Associate Director for the Prevention Science graduate programs, President of the Society for Prevention Research, Associate Vice President for Research in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, and serves on National Institutes of Health study section panels and on the editorial board for Development and Psychopathology.

Career
Leslie Leve received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from University of California, Santa Cruz in 1990. Afterwards, she gained the Master’s degree in Psychology in 1991 and Doctorate’s degree in Developmental Psychology in 1995, both from University of Oregon. She started working at the University of Oregon in 2013 as a professor of the College of Education.

Leslie Leve has received the 2011 Prevention Science Award from the Society for Prevention Research. In addition, she also received the Fund for Faculty Excellence Award from University of Oregon in 2017. She has published over 140 scientific articles and 20 book chapters, among other publications.

Academic Interests
Her primary focus is in adoption, foster care, child abuse, intervention and outcomes for youth in the juvenile justice system, child development and teen girls. She has also published work in the area of gene-environment interaction that emphasizes the translation of basic research findings to help refine the selection of malleable environmental targets in the context of prevention and intervention studies. She also leads the Early Growth and Development Study-School project and co-leads the Early Growth and Development Study-Mental Health project, as well as directs a randomized intervention trial designed to prevent the onset of problem behaviors among girls in foster care as they enter middle school. Furthermore, she is an investigator on several related intervention projects with foster care and juvenile justice populations.

Current Research
She is currently working on a study about the genetic and peer influences on child development by studying adopted children and their biological and adoptive families. She can also speak to the problem of child sex trafficking, “re-homing” of adopted children, and anything related to foster children and maltreatment.

Slected Works
Leve, L. D., Neiderhiser, J. M., Harold, G. T., Natsuaki, M. N., Bohannan, B. J. M, & Cresko, W. A. (2018). Naturalistic experimental designs as tools for understanding the role of genes and the environment in prevention research. Prevention Science, 19(1), 68–78. doi: 10.1007/s11121-017-0746-8 PMC: 5511771 Harold, G. T., Leve, L. D., & Sellers, R. (2017). How can genetically informed research help inform the next generation of interparental and parenting interventions? Child Development, 88(2), 446–458. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12742 PMC: 5567989 Tang, Y. Y., & Leve, L. D. (2016). A translational neuroscience perspective on mindfulness meditation as a prevention strategy. Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy and Research, 6, 63–72. doi: 10.1007/s13142-015-0360-x. PMC: 4807201 Leve, L. D., Chamberlain, P., & Kim, H. K. (2015). Risks, outcomes, and evidence-based interventions for girls in the U. S. juvenile justice system. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 18(3), 252–279. doi: 10.1007/s10567-015-0186-6. PMC: 4536111 Leve, L., Van Ryzin, M., & Chamberlain, P. (2015). Sexual risk behavior and STI contraction among young women with prior juvenile justice involvement. Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services, 14(2), 171-187. doi: 10.1080/15381501.2014.912171. PMC: 4482469 Leve, L. D., Neiderhiser, J. M., Shaw, D. S., Ganiban, J., Natsuaki, M. N., & Reiss, D. (2013). The Early Growth and Development Study: A prospective adoption study from birth through middle childhood. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16(1), 412-423. PMC: 3572752 Leve, L. D., Harold, G. T., Chamberlain, P., Landsverk, J. A., Fisher, P. A., & Vostanis, P. (2012). Practitioner review: Children in foster care: Vulnerabilities and evidence-based interventions that promote resilience processes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53, 1197–1211. PMC: 3505234