Research Centers Overview | Penn State College of Health and Human Development

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Center for Childhood Obesity Research

Penn State’s Center for Childhood Obesity Research continually strives to expand the base of evidence for developing successful childhood obesity prevention and treatment programs.

Center for Health Care and Policy Research

Penn State’s Center for Health Care and Policy Research collaborates with public health and human service agencies to develop and implement new ways of delivering effective lower cost care.

Center for Healthy Aging

By carrying out high-quality research, instruction, and community service programs, Penn State’s Center for Healthy Aging makes vital resources available to a wide range of agencies — as well as to the general public.

Clinical Research Center

The team at Penn State’s Clinical Research Center leverages a highly collaborative, research-focused approach to transfer advancements in basic medical knowledge to the clinical arena, investigate the pathogenic mechanisms of disease, and develop strategies that promote both health promotion and disease prevention.

Center for Safe and Healthy Children

Penn State's Center for Safe and Healthy Children is a key national resource for supporting and growing cutting-edge research focused on creating safe environments and mitigating the effects of early-life stress on wellbeing over the life-course.

Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center

With a mission of reducing the prevalence of high-risk behaviors and poor outcomes in children, families, and communities, Penn State’s Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center works to promote the general well being of children, youth, and adults.