Stefanie Stern

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Director, Admissions and Academic Services, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Senior Project Associate
Santa Monica Office

Education

M.A. in higher education and organizational change, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in economics and sociology, University of California, Davis

Overview

Biography

Stefanie Stern is a senior project associate at the RAND Corporation and director of admissions and academic services at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. She provides research analysis and project management for a wide range of community-based health promotion and disease prevention projects. She serves as project manager for the National Health Security Strategy project, which is a multiyear, multimillion dollar effort being sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Stefanie leads the processes and communications associated with the Pardee RAND Graduate School's annual recruiting, application, admissions, and admitted-students weekend. Stefanie received her B.A. in economics and sociology from the University of California, Davis, and her M.A. in higher education and organizational change from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • National Health Security Strategy: Building Community Reslience to Disasters
  • Project CHOICE: A Brief Voluntary Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Intervention for Middle School Youth
  • CONNECT!: Health Related Behaviors of Homeless and Runaway Teens and Young Adults in Los Angeles County
  • Project BRIGHT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention Addressing Depression in People with Substance Abuse
  • Emergency Preparedness and Risk Communication for Vulnerable Populations

Selected Publications

D'Amico, E.J., Chinman, M., Stern, S.A. & Wandersman, A. "Adolescent substance abuse: Evidenced-based approaches to prevention and treatment," in C. Leukefeld, T. Gullotta & M. Staton-Tindall, Community prevention handbook on adolescent substance abuse prevention and treatment: Evidence-based practices, Springer Science + Business Media, 2009

Ryan, G.W., Stern, S.A., Hilton, L., Tucker, J.S., Kennedy, D.P., Golinelli, D., & Wenzel, S.L., "When, where, why and with whom homeless women engage in risky sexual behaviors: A framework for understanding complex and varied decision-making processes," Sex Roles, 61(7-8):536-553, 2009

D'Amico, E.J., Miles, J.N.V., Stern, S.A., & Meredith, L.S., "Brief motivational interviewing for teens at risk for substance use consequences: A randomized pilot study in a primary care clinic," Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 35(1):53-61, 2008

Stern, S.A. & Chan Osilla, K. "Treatment, behavioral approaches to: Motivational and brief," in P. Korsmeyer, & H.R. Kranzler, Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior, Macmillan Reference USA, 2008

Stern, S.A., & Chan Osilla, K. "Treatment access and retention," in G.L. Fisher, Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery, Sage Publications, Inc., 2008

Stern, S.A., Meredith, L.S., Gholson, J., Gore, P., & D'Amico, E.J., "Project CHAT: A brief motivational substance use intervention for teens in primary care," Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 32(2):153-65, 2007

Honors & Awards

  • Silver Medal Award (2012), RAND Corporation

Publications

A Fidelity Coding Guide for a Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression - 2011

Building Community Resilience to Disasters: A Way Forward to Enhance National Health Security - 2011

Building Community Resilience to Disasters: A Roadmap to Guide Local Planning - 2011

Understanding Community Resilience in the Context of National Health Security: A Literature Review - 2010

Analysis of Risk Communication Strategies and Approaches with At-Risk Populations to Enhance Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Final Report - 2009

Community Prevention Handbook on Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: Evidence-Based Practices - 2009

How Can the Military Best Support Guard and Reserve Families During Deployment? - 2009

When, Where, Why and with Whom Homeless Women Engage in Risky Sexual Behaviors: A Framework for Understanding Complex and Varied Decision-Making Processes - 2009

Brief Motivational Interviewing for Teens at Risk of Substance Use Consequences: A Randomized Pilot Study in a Primary Care Clinic - 2008

Core Dimensions of Connectivity in Public Health Collaboratives - 2008

Deployment Experiences of Guard and Reserve Families: Implications for Support and Retention - 2008

Enhancing Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Management for Vulnerable Populations: Task 4: Compendium of Risk Communications - 2008

Enhancing Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Management for Vulnerable Populations: Task 3: Literature Review - 2008

An Introduction to "Early College" - 2007

Enhancing Public Health Preparedness: Exercises, Exemplary Practices, and Lessons Learned, Phase III: Task B2: Final Report: Promoting Emergency Preparedness and Readiness for Pandemic Influenza (PREPARE for PI): Pilot Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative - 2007

Project CHAT: A Brief Motivational Substance Abuse Intervention for Teens in Primary Care - 2007

Quality Improvement in Public Health Emergency Preparedness - 2007

Facilitated Look-Backs: A New Quality Improvement Tool for Management of Routine Annual and Pandemic Influenza - 2006

Quality Improvement: Implications for Public Health Preparedness - 2006

Quality Improvement Methods Can Be Used to Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness - 2006

Enhancing Public Health Preparedness: Exercises, Exemplary Practices, and Lessons Learned: Assessing the Adequacy of Extant Exercises for Addressing Local and State Readiness for Public Health Emergencies - 2005