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Wendy J. Nilsen, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
Wendy J. Nilsen, Ph.D. joined NIH’s Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research in June 2009 as a health science administrator. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology) at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. At OBSSR, Nilsen will focus on the science of behavior change.
Dr. Nilsen received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Purdue University. She also completed a National Research and Service Award post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Rochester. Her training in clinical psychology focused on developmental psychopathology with an emphasis on child maltreatment and family systems. Because of the policy implications of her research, in 2007, she also completed a multi-disciplinary leadership fellowship with Zero-to-Three targeting the needs of maltreated young children.
Dr. Nilsen’s research has focused on the psychological and social functioning of children and families involved in the child welfare (Child Protective Services and foster care) and court systems. She has been the principal investigator on multiple studies, including a Patient-Oriented Career Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. Active research areas include: interventions to improve the functioning of school-age youth in foster care, evaluation of community-based child abuse programs, cross-cultural assessments of childhood sexual abuse and the relationship between trauma exposure, family functioning and current psychological status. Her work also includes the co-authorship of a text of child and adolescent psychopathology.
In New York State, Dr. Nilsen has also been an active member of numerous committees targeting the lives of children and families in child welfare and the court system. In 2007, she was appointed to serve on the New York State Citizen’s Commission, which provides congressionally-mandated oversight for the child welfare system. She also was the co-leader of the Babies Can’t Wait/Teens Won’t Wait program, which is a continuing education program focusing on the needs of maltreated children and adolescents to legal professionals in seven counties in New York State. Dr. Nilsen has also provided content expertise to multiple New York State Office of Children and Family Services initiatives including the best-practices visitation manual and the development of a Child Protective Service parent, peer mentoring program.
Contact Details
Email: nilsenwj@od.nih.gov
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