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Senior members of the YAR staff include
Michael C. Clatts, PhD;
Lloyd Goldsamt, PhD; Giang Le, MD; Alan Neaigus, PhD; and Janie Simmons, EdD

The Institute for International
Research on Youth at Risk

The Institute for International Research On Youth at Risk (YAR) has the following goals:

1. To advance epidemiological knowledge on the causes of poor health outcomes prevalent among youth in the urban environment;
2. To integrate theory and methods from multiple disciplinary traditions, including Medical Anthropology, Sociology, Clinical Psychology, and Virology;
3. To develop community-based prevention and care models that reduce risk for poor social and public health outcomes in high risk youth populations, including violence, homelessness, STD's, and HIV infection;
4. To establish community-based monitoring systems to identify emerging public health issues among high risk youth; and
5. To promote greater dialogue between government, community, and research constituencies concerned with public health and high risk youth populations.