Benjamin Bayly, Ph.D.

Ben Bayly is a prevention scientist whose work pairs a bioecological focus with person-centered quantitative analyses with the goal of generating research that provides a more nuanced view of child and adolescent development and informs the creation, evaluation, and timing of theory-driven prevention interventions. His research centers around three related areas: 1) a multidimensional focus on risk and protective factors that shape child and adolescent development; 2) the examination of time-varying effects of risk and protection; and 3) the evaluation of unique combinations of risk and protective factors as moderators of intervention effectiveness. He holds a research and Extension appointment and serves as the academic lead for Penn State Extension's Better Kid Care (https://extension.psu.edu/programs/betterkidcare