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Dennis Embry

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Since college days, I鈥檝e tackled big problems using the smallest practical tools that can be spread easily throughout society. My earliest project involved Sesame Street and others for a behavioral intervention to prevent a leading cause of death of young children鈥攂eing struck by a car. In national trials in New Zealand, more than 50% of families used these simple tools. I applied this same thinking to help thousands of military families during the Gulf War. In the 1990s, I launched the largest youth violence prevention study in the US (PeaceBuilders), getting noticed in People Magazine. Today, I work on spreading evidence-based kernels and behavioral vaccines like the PAX Good Behavio

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