ABOUT US

Scientific Advisors

John Landsverk, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Work

San Diego State University

Children's Hospital of San Diego

Dr. John Landsverk is Director of the NIMH funded Child and Adolescent Services Research Center and Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Work at San Diego State University.  He has a doctorate in sociology and has extensive and internationally known research experience in the areas of child maltreatment, children's mental health in mental health services, as well as in the implementation and evaluation of innovative early interventions for families at risk for child abuse and neglect.  He is the PI on the NIMH funded Child and Adolescent Interdisciplinary Welfare (CAIRN) grant that has developed a well functioning national network of researchers involved in research on the implementation and maintenance of evidence based, parent mediated interventions in child welfare settings for the treatment of disruptive disorders and externalizing behavior problems in children and adolescents.

Dr. Landsverk is also a member of the MacArthur Foundation Youth Mental Health Network and is involved in the CCCW/NSCAW studies network (Caring for Children in Child Welfare study and the linked National Study of Child and Adolescent Wellbeing), in the LONGSCAN (Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect) five site studies, and on the Caring for California Initiative (CCI).