Wayne is the founder and director of projects for Social Science Research & Evaluation, Inc., in Burlington, Mass. and a member of the core training team for the National Training Center for Middle School Drug Prevention and School Safety Coordinators. He is also a faculty member of the Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School and a Lecturer on Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School at the Department of Psychiatry, The Cambridge Hospital. Over the past 25 years, Wayne has been a principal and co-principal investigator on grants and/or contracts from local and state agencies, foundations, and such federal agencies as the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAA), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and National Institute on Mental Health.

Wayne has worked intensively with school districts across New England on issues of assessment. His research interests include alcohol and drug abuse prevention, patterns of substance use, managed care and prevention, and highway safety. His recent research includes evaluations of five Centers for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), Mass. Community Partnership Projects; a NIAAA-funded Designated Driver and Safe Ride Program in Maryland, and the CSAP-funded Northeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies.

Scott has extensive experience in designing, administering, and managing multiple survey research projects. Recent projects include evaluation of the Massachusetts Collaborative for Action, Leadership, and Learning, a CSAP state incentive grant for substance abuse prevention; the Providence Safe Communities Partnership, a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration partnership; CASPAR Residential Student Assistance Program, a CSAP Community-Initiated Prevention Intervention project; and the National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Middle School Drug Prevention and School Safety Coordinators.

During her five years at EDC, Melanie has created numerous print and online materials. She has written extensively on school health and training issues, and has developed several tools designed to help schools and other prevention practitioners translate research into practice. Before joining the MSC staff, Melanie contributed to the conceptualization and writing of a resource guide funded by the U.S. Department of Education to help school personnel apply the Principles of Effectiveness. She also co-directed the development of a website to support the adoption and implementation of science-based HIV and AIDS prevention interventions.

Dana brings to the position of materials developer extensive experience working in a variety of school and community settings. Trained in youth development and prevention science, she has directed weekly youth programs; provided health education to primary grade students; collaboratively developed and administered health screenings at a school-based health center; participated in the evaluation of a street outreach program; and researched factors that influence the adoption of HIV prevention technology among community-based organizations. Prior to her arrival at EDC, she worked with the Collaborative to Advance Social and Emotional Learning on a large-scale review of school-based health promotion and risk prevention programs.