PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION LOUISVILLE ABOUT PROJECTS CAPABILITIES PIRE IN ACTION PIRE LOUISVILLE Over the past 20 years, the Louisville Center has promoted international research, knowledge dissemination, and technology transfer within PIRE by engaging in cross-cultural project work and developing regional, national, and international networks of research partners, support services, funding sources, and influential contacts. As a result of studies conducted in the U.S., Peru, Brazil, Thailand, Afghanistan, Kenya, and Liberia, the Center has developed international expertise, multinational research collaborations, and resources relating to cross-cultural and transnational research. The Center has developed expertise in social policy experimental design, selection of appropriate prevention programs and methodology for international settings, development of instruments that are culturally appropriate, and advanced multivariate analyses. Dr. Melissa Abadi, as Louisville’s current Center Director, continues to expand local and statewide partnerships and enhance cross-site collaboration across PIRE centers. She encourages all projects, interventions, and evaluations to focus on generalizability and replicability. In 2020, as our world changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated social and political changes, the goal of our work is to always be focused on health equity and inclusivity of the most vulnerable populations. Our current projects focus on a variety of populations including U.S. Veterans, Medicare and Medicaid users, intellectually and developmentally disabled adults living in group homes, youth and young adult substance users, and rural and urban populations. NEWS Local Partnership Encouraging Women in Louisville Area to “Take Charge, Not Risks” and Receive Free HIV Testing PIRE participates in Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow Event Creating a Consortium to Combat the Opioid Epidemic in Ohio, Nov 2019 PROJECT SPOTLIGHTS Sustainability Readiness Strategy for Wellness Organizations In 2021, the PIRE sustainability team in partnership with the Wandersman Center completed a sustainability readiness strategy (SRS). This strategy... Read more → Long-Term Sustainability of Evidence-Based Prevention Interventions and Community Coalitions Survival: a Five and One-Half Year Follow-up Study This study was also part of the Tennessee SPF SIG. Secondary data were collected on 27 SPF SIG-funded coalitions and... Read more → Sustainability Strategy for Substance Abuse Prevention Coalitions The PIRE-Louisville team developed a sustainability strategy for substance abuse prevention coalitions, and piloted the strategy with five Tennessee Strategic... Read more → CONTACT US Fields marked with an * are required NAME * EMAIL * MESSAGE * CONTACT Melissa Abadi mabadi@pire.org Louisville Center 401 W. Main St., Suite 2100 Louisville, KY 40202 Tel: (502) 634-3694 Fax: (502) 634-5690 COPYRIGHT © 2021 • PIRE LOUISVILLE • LOG IN