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Kenneth A. Dodge

William McDougall Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies
Sanford School of Public Policy
Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708-0545
214A Sanford Building, Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Intergenerational Persistence of Treatment Effects in Human Capital Interventions

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2029

Factors in Persistence Versus Fadeout of Early Childhood Intervention Impacts

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Irvine · 2024 - 2029

Duke University Psychiatry Physician-Scientist Residency Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Childhood, Adolescence, and Covid-Related Risk and Protective Factors in the Development of Adjustment in Early Adulthood Across Cultures

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2022 - 2027

Community Prevention of Child Maltreatment

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026

Great Smoky Mountains Study of Rural Aging

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Vermont · 2021 - 2026

Routes to Ready (RR) Initiative

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2025 - 2025

Routes to Ready (RR) Initiative

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2024 - 2025

Diseases of Despair in Young Adulthood: Risk, Resilience, and Prevention

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Vermont · 2019 - 2024

The Duke Endowment-FCI

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2021 - 2024

Get Ready Guilford Initiative (GRGI) evaluation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2023 - 2024

Mid Southern Primary Care Networks Node

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2023

Valhalla Foundation

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Valhalla Charitable Foundation · 2020 - 2022

Get Ready Guilford Initiative - Year 3

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2019 - 2022

Optimizing Prevention of Costly Adult Outcomes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2022

FCI Executive Leadership Coaching

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation · 2020 - 2021

Family Connects International

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation · 2017 - 2021

A Study of the Effectiveness of Minority-Led Local Community Nonprofit Organizations

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2020 - 2021

Stratman Project

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation · 2019 - 2021

4th Trimester Maternal Health Innovation Project

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2020 - 2021

Zero To Three

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Zero to Three · 2020 - 2021

Family Connects in North Carolina and South Carolina

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2020 - 2021

Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect Initiative

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2013 - 2020

Spring Impact

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation · 2020 - 2020

Family Connects in Durham County and replication effort in NC and SC

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2019 - 2020

Building Primary Prevention Solutions

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Casey Family Programs · 2019 - 2019

Study for Replicating Family Connects International

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2018 - 2019

Family Connects Sustainability Strategy

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation · 2018 - 2018

Diseases of Despair in Young Adulthood: Risk, Resilience, and Prevention

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2018

Feasibility Study for a Guilford County Comprehensive Information System

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2017 - 2018

Feasibility Study for a Guilford County Comprehensive Information System

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by America's Promise Alliance · 2017 - 2018

The Link between Education, Engagement, and Well-being

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2017

National Expansion of Family Connects

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation · 2017 - 2017

Scientific Meetings for Advancing Economic Analyses of Substance Abuse Prevention

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

Building the Science of Investing in Early Childhood: The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Universal Home Visiting

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2013 - 2016

A Neuroscience-Based Health Curriculum to Promote Academic Success

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Department of Education · 2012 - 2016

Truancy Prevention Project

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Education · 2012 - 2016

Pathways From Maltreatment to Substance Abuse

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2016

Proposal for a Comprehensive Examination of Child Welfare Assessment Tools

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2014 - 2015

Proposal for a Comprehensive Examination of Child Welfare Assessment Tools

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Annie E. Casey Foundation · 2014 - 2015

Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analyses of Substance Abuse Prevention

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2015

Adolescent Drug Use: Development, Prevention and Policy

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2013

Parent Behavior and Child Adjustment Across Cultures

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2012

Training in Psychological Intervention Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2011

Development of Antisocial Behavior in Early Adulthood

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 1998 - 2011

Multi-site Prevention of Adolescent Conduct Problems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1990 - 2010

Duke Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2009

Duke Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2008

Duke Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center (P20-DA017589)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2008

Evaluation Research Study in the Area of Aggression & Interpersonal Youth Violence

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 1999 - 2006

How Chronic Conduct Problems Develop

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) · 1998 - 2004

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Enhancement of Multisite Violence Prevention Evaluation Project

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control · 2000 - 2003

School and Community Based Violence Prevention Program for Middle School Students

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control · 1999 - 2003

Risk and Prevention of Child Disruptive Behavior Disorders

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1999 - 2002

Measuring Health Benefits and Costs for the Fast Track Project

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · 1999 - 2001

Response Decision in Aggressive/Non-aggressive Youths

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1998 - 2000

External Relationships


  • Family Connects International
  • International Society for Research in Aggression
  • Jacobs Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • The Duke Endowment
  • University of Zurich

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