Research for the Public Good

Elaine Wethington, PhD, is professor of human development and of sociology at Cornell University, Ithaca. She is a specialist in the sociology of mental health, aging, and the life course. She received her PhD in sociology from the University of Michigan in 987. Since 2 3, she has been both the codirector of the Cornell amp ndash Columbia Edward R. Roybal Center for Translational Research on Aging and the director of its Pilot Studies Core (funded by the National Institute on Aging). She is also an associate director of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research. Dr. Wethington is the author of many papers on life stress and health, translational research on aging, health and the work amp ndash family interface, and life turning points. Currently, she is also the coprincipal investigator for Small Changes and Lasting Effects, an obesity behavioral intervention study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) coinvestigator for a cohort study of life stress and heart disease (Novel Measures of Psychosocial Stress, funded by NHLBI) and coinvestigator for Nudging Nutrition: Setting Healthier Defaults in Supermarkets and Homes (funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2 9 Challenge Program).  Rachel E. Dunifon, PhD, is associate professor in the department of policy analysis and management at Cornell University. She received her PhD in human development and social policy from Northwestern University in 999 and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan's Poverty Research and Training Center. Her expertise is in the area of child and family policy, with a focus on how policy-relevant family factors influence child well-being. Her recent research focuses on maternal employment patterns, family functioning and child well-being, and the role of grandparents in the lives of children. Dr. Dunifon is also the associate director in Cornell's Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research and leads an outreach program called Parenting in Context, designed to use research-based information to inform parent education programs.

• ContributorsPrefaceIntroduction: Translational Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Elaine Wethington, Helena Herman, and Karl PillemerI. Social and Behavioral Science Models for the Translation of ResearchTranslation in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Looking Back and Looking Forward V. Jeffery EvansIf Translational Research is the Answer, What's the Question? Who Gets to Ask It? Abraham H. Wandersman and Catherine A. LesesneOpportunities for and Challenges of Translating Educational and Developmental Research Into Policy and Intervention Robert CrosnoeA Systematic Review of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Adaptations: How Are Programs Adapted? Ludmila N. Krivitsky, Samantha J. Parker, Anusmiriti Pal, Leigh Meckler, Rouzi Shengelia, and M. Carrington ReidII. Four Case Studies for Translating Social and Behavioral Science to Improve Well-Being, Health, and Professional PracticePursuing and Sharing Knowledge to Inform Practice and Policy: The Value of Qualitative Research in Translational Research Jean M. IspaTranslational Research on Work and Family: Daily Stress Processes in Hotel Employees and Their Families David M. Almeida, Kelly D. Davis, John W. O'Neill, and Ann C. CrouterThe Science of Law and Memory Eric Zember, Charles J. Brainerd, Valerie F. Reyna, and Kimberly A. KopkoCommunity amp ndash Researcher Partnerships in Aging: The Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging Elaine Wethington, Karl Pillemer, and Rhoda MeadorAfterword Rachel E. Dunifon and Elaine WethingtonIndexAbout the Editors