Assessing Vaping Exposure Risk for Teens (AVERT): A Resource Linkage Tool

Meet the faculty and staff

Our team of researchers in the Pediatrics' Division of Community Health and Research (CHR) conducts research addressing the harms associated with teen vaping and nicotine use. Our team has been providing teens, parents, and health professionals with the most current information and resources about vaping since 2015.

Paul Harrell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

About Paul Harrell

Paul Harrell, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, leads research at the Division of Community Health and Research in Pediatrics. He has experience in experimental psychological research, drug dependence epidemiology, and has published extensively with over 50 publications. Presently, he serves as a Principal Investigator on National Cancer Institute and Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth grants.

Kelli England, Ph.D.

Professor of Pediatrics

About Kelli England

Kelli England, Ph.D. is a Professor and Director of the Pediatrics Division of Community Health and Research. As a clinical health psychologist, she blends behavioral theory, psychological principles, and best practices in public health and risk communication to devise novel program approaches that motivate behavior change.

Amy Paulson, MPH

Instructor of Pediatrics

About Amy Paulson

In addition to serving as an instructor at EVMS Pediatrics since 2008, Amy Paulson, MPH, has served as Director of CINCH, the Consortium for Infant and Child Health, a community coalition since 2006. Her career has primarily focused on implementation science for community application of evidence-based best practices. She has lead or co-lead on multiple projects and initiatives focusing in youth tobacco and marijuana use and tobacco/smoke-free housing.

Ann Lassiter Edwards, M.S., CPST

Research Assistant

About Ann Lassiter Edwards

Ann Lassiter Edwards, M.S., CPST, is a research assistant with the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Community Health & Research. She has a Master’s Degree in Applied Experimental Psychology from Old Dominion University. Her research background and training are in Community Psychology, health promotion, risk communication, and cultural decision making.

Hannah Savage

Research Assistant

About Hannah Savage

Hannah Savage is a research assistant at Department of Pediatrics, Division of Community Health & Research. She is currently working on a MPH degree at Old Dominion University. Her prior work includes administrative work at NIAMS and then at NICHD at the National Institutes of Health as well as serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Zambia.

Natasha K. Sriraman, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

About Natasha K. Sriraman

Natasha K. Sriraman, MD, MPH, FAAP, FABM, VA-AAP Chapter Vice-President, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Center for Maternal & Child Health Equity and Advocacy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as an is a practicing pediatric physician. She is a published author, has spoken on several health topics, and regularly collaborates with multiple partners to address maternal-child health outcomes.

Project Leads

Project Lead

Paul Harrell., Ph.D.

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Co-Lead

Amy Paulson

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Contact

757.446.5600

P.O. Box 1980

Norfolk, VA 23502-1980

Site

The AVERT Resource Connection tool was created by a team of researchers at Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University and funded by the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth
The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth or Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University

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