 | ACE/UPACE ProgramBackground, Goals and Objectives of the National ACE Program The National Academic Centers of Excellence (ACEs) on Youth Violence Prevention Program was initially developed with support from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control's Division of Violence Prevention in 2000. Currently, the ACE Program includes four ACEs whose research and programmatic activities will receive support from 2010 to 2015, and two UPACEs that will receive support from 2006 to 2011. This program was established to connect academic and community resources to study and create lasting ways to address youth violence in some of the most high-risk and vulnerable communities in the United States. The ACE Program was also created to support the rapid dissemination and translation of youth violence prevention research into effective community practices. |
The Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention CenterJoseph Stokes, Jr. Research InstituteJoel A. Fein, MD, MPH – Principal Investigator 3615 Civic Center Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318 Email: fein@email.chop.edu | Meharry Medical CollegeNashville Urban Partnership Academic Center of ExcellencePaul D. Juarez, PhD – Principal Investigator 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd, Jr. Blvd Nashville, TN 37208 Email: pjuarez@mmc.edu |
University of Illinois, ChicagoChapin Hall at the University of ChicagoChicago Youth Violence Prevention Center Deborah Gorman-Smith, PhD - Principal Investigator 1313 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 Email: dgormansmith@chapinhall.org http://ccyvp.chapinhall.org/ | Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia Commonwealth University Center for Youth Violence PreventionAlbert Farrell, PhD – Principal Investigator Department of Psychology Box 842018 Richmond, VA 23284 Email: afarrell@mail1.vcu.edu http://www.clarkhill.vcu.edu/about/index.html |
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorth Carolina Rural ACEPaul Smokowski, PhD – Principal Investigator School of Social Work CB #3550, 301 Pittsboro St. Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Email: smokowsk@email.unc.edu | University of Michigan at Ann ArborMichigan Youth Violence Prevention Center |
