The Science of Flourishing Families
A seminar series hosted by the Department of Family & Child Sciences
12PM – 1PM
SAN 345
FSU College of Human Sciences
Sandels Building (map)
120 Convocation Way
Tallahassee, FL 32306
Seminar Schedule
The Biobehavioral Family Model: An Intentionally Translational Framework
Speaker:
Beatrice Wood, Ph.D., ABPP
Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Psychology
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
University of Buffalo
Objectives:
- Demonstrate the evolution of a translational model.
- Present family observational research support for the model.
- Discuss how the model can, and has, been applied to clinical work and clinical training, as well as to organize and constrain research.
Thoughts on Full vs. Partial Mediation
Speaker:
Thomas Ledermann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Family and Child Sciences
Florida State University
Objectives:
- Show that many theoretical models distinguish between full and partial mediation.
- Discuss conditions under which one can expect to find full, partial, and no mediation.
- Illustrate how full versus partial mediation can be assessed using frequentist methods and Bayesian analysis.
Practice to Research and Back: Building Family Interventions in a Service Setting
Speaker:
W. Alex Mason, Ph.D.
Senior Research Director
Boystown
Courtesy Faculty, Family and Child Sciences
Florida State University
Objectives:
- Understand the structure and function of translational research in a service setting.
- Learn the features of effective research-practice partnerships.
- Identify two strategies for translational research with family interventions.
- Recognize emerging challenges and solutions in translational family science.
Allostatic Load and its Application to Family Science
Speaker:
Teresa Seeman, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine & Epidemiology
Geffen School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Questions?
Family and Child Sciences Department, Main Office
850.644.3217
Sandels 225
