QMC Spring 2023 By the Numbers Events: Youth Homelessness & Intervention Findings (Zoom)

Friday, February 10, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Dr. Natasha Slesnick & Dr. Tansel Yilmazer, Ohio State University

Title: By the Numbers: Youth Homelessness & Intervention Findings

Please join Dr. Natasha Slesnick, Professor of Human Development and Family Science, & Dr. Tanzel Yilmazer, Associate Professor of Consumer Sciences, for a discussion of recent findings regarding youth homelessness.

Bio

Dr. Natasha Slesnick is a professor of Human Development and Family Science in the Department of Human Sciences, and EHE Associate Dean for Research and Administration. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and her research focuses on intervention development and evaluation with substance using homeless youth and substance using mothers and their children. She has consulted with multiple organizations on the best strategies for intervening in youth homelessness and adolescent substance use. She has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1998 and has written more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and books.

Dr. Tanzel Yilmazer is an associate professor of Consumer Sciences in the Department of Human Sciences at Ohio State University. She is an economist specializing in applied microeconomics, health economics and policy. Her recent research is devoted to understanding the economic cost of interventions and the impact of health-related policies on physical and mental health outcomes among vulnerable populations. Dr. Yilmazer received the Emerging Scholar Award from the AAFCS and the ACCI Mid-Career Award. She is the editor of Review of the Economics of the Household and associate editor of Financial Planning Review. Her research has been funded by World Bank, National Institutes of Health, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, and Social Security Administration.

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