2006 Lipsitt-Duchin Lecture
Wednesday October 11, 2006 4-6 PM
MacMillan Hall (Starr Auditorium)
Brown University Campus
167 Thayer Street (corner of George Street)
Providence, RI
Developmental Origins of Aggression
Richard Tremblay
University of Montreal
Richard Tremblay, Professor of Psychiatry/Psychology/Pediatrics and Director of the Research Unit on Children's Psychosocial Maladjustment at the University of Montreal, has conducted, for the past twenty years, a program of longitudinal and experimental studies, addressing the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children from conception onward, in order to gain a better understanding of the development and prevention of antisocial and violent behavior. He is the director of the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, the Director Knowledge Centre for Early Childhood Learning, Canada Research Chair in Child Development, Molson Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology, and a member of the International Society of Criminology.
He is a former member of the OJJDP Study Group on Very Young Offenders, and of the National Research Council Panel on Juvenile Crime Prevention, Treatment, and Control; and was Chair of the 2002 World Conference of the International Society for Research on Aggression.
Rhode Island Kids Count is a co-sponsor of this lecture