October 24, 2023 – The ECHO study will enables researchers to understand why some children are more resilient than others in the face of adversity, with the goal of improving prevention programs and services for those who are most vulnerable to negative outcomes.

October 5, 2022 – Last year, University of Oregon researchers studied one aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionately high impact on Latinx people: participation in testing.

December 10, 2020 – Researchers in the UO’s Prevention Science Institute have received a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund expanded COVID-19 testing at syringe exchange sites. Leslie Leve, PhD is an investigator on the project.

October 21, 2020 − A new two-year, $4.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will expand COVID-19 testing to underserved Latinx communities in six Oregon counties using testing capacity created by the UO’s COVID-19 Monitoring and Assessment Program.

September 15, 2020 – Behind the scenes of the UO’s COVID-19 Monitoring and Assessment Program is a small army of dedicated people working to keep the university community safe. Leslie Leve, a co-science lead for the program works with Camille Cioffi, the team’s community liaison and numerous other PSI team members who were integral to the program’s launch.

August 26, 2019 − A new $10.1 million grant will allow researchers at the University of Oregon and Oregon Health & Science University to help address the opioid abuse epidemic in Oregon and across the U.S.

October 2, 2018 − University of Oregon researchers will play a key role in a landmark National Institutes of Health initiative that seeks to better understand the effects of environmental exposures on children’s health and development.