- Adolescent substance abuse and delinquency
- RCTs and mechanisms of change treatment research
- Dissemination of evidence based therapies in real world substance abuse, mental health, juvenile justice and child welfare systems
Recent and current projects include implementation grants that test the incorporation of a cross system juvenile justice -- substance abuse and HIV prevention intervention in the Conn. state justice system, and a controlled trial testing MDFT in a juvenile justice day treatment school setting.