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Dr. Colleen Caron is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Epidemiology at Brown University School of Public Health. She earned her Ph.D. in Public Health with a focus on Epidemiology. Dr. Caron serves as the Director of Data Analytics and Evaluation at the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families (RI DCYF). In her academic role, she oversees university-based research projects and teaches in the graduate program at Brown. Her extensive research in public health employs mixed methods and primarily focuses on multilevel analysis of social determinants impacting health and child welfare outcomes. In addition, she has acted as a consultant for state child welfare agencies on data analysis and research evaluation. Dr. Caron has been involved in various national expert committees and has contributed to the field through presentations and technical assistance to refine data analytic and evaluation capacities of child welfare agencies. Her work emphasizes the importance of applying a public health framework to child welfare and aims to enhance the understanding of how social determinants affect child and family well-being. She has published notable work concerning juvenile justice involvement among children in foster care and the application of prevention models in child welfare.
Department: Department of Economics