
Jennie G. Noll, Ph.D.
title
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Director: Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
Principal Investigator: NICHD P50 Capstone Center for Healthy Children
Phone
814-867-4751Office
209 Health and Human Development Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Brief Bio
Jennie G. Noll, Ph.D., is a professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Director of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network, and PI of the NICHD P50 Capstone Center for Healthy Children her primary research foci are the bio-psycho-social consequences of childhood sexual abuse, pathways to teen pregnancy and high-risk sexual behaviors for abused and neglected youth, the long-term adverse health outcomes for victims of sexual abuse, midlife reversibility of neurocognitive deficits in stress-exposed populations, and the propensity for abused and neglected teens to engage in high-risk internet and social media behaviors. Dr. Noll works with local, state, and federal policy makers to translate science into messages that impact child welfare policy and practice.
Education
1990, B.A., Psychology, University of Southern California
1995, Ph.D., Developmental Psychology/Statistical Methodology, University of Southern California
Expertise
child sexual abuse, longitudinal studies, research-to-policy, health consequences of abuse, teen pregnancy, sexual abuse prevention, developmental sequelae of sexual abuse over the lifecourse
Research Interests
internet and social media, sexual behaviors, intergenerational transmission, biological embedding, neurocognitive development, policy analysis, sex trafficking, prevention