Expert Subject: Intervention Research

Shamra Boel-Studt

Associate Professor, College of Social Work; Director, Institute for Quality Children’s Services at the Stoops Center for Communities, Families, and Children

Shamra Boel-Studt is a statistician and intervention researcher focused on services for children with complex needs in out-of-home care. She has expertise in the development of statewide child services data systems, analysis of state and federal child services data, advanced statistical analysis, and leads funded research focused on quality measurement systems and outcomes measurement for children’s out-of-home services.

(850) 644-9712
sboelstudt@fsu.edu

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Tanya Renn

Associate Professor, College of Social Work & Director, Justice and Health Innovation Research Institute

Dr. Renn is an associate professor at the College of Social Work and is the director of the FSU Justice and Health Research Innovation Institute at Florida State University. Further, Dr. Renn serves as a research scientist collaborating with colleagues at the Center for the Study and Promotion of Communities, Families, and Children to conduct research in school and foster settings throughout Leon and Gadsden counties. Dr. Renn’s primary research focuses on understanding the relational pathways that exist between stress, trauma, substance use, and well-being among vulnerable populations, specifically those involved in the criminal justice system. Dr. Renn focuses on developing and adapting evidence-informed interventions that improve the health and well-being of vulnerable groups in community-based settings (i.e., prisons and jails, substance use disorder treatment settings, and schools).

850-645-0903
trenn@fsu.edu

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