Leslie Leve

She is a professor in the Counseling Psychology and Human Services Department as well as the associate director of Prevention Science Institute at the University of Oregon.

[1] Leslie Leve received her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1990.

She also co-leads the Early Growth and Development Study, and directed a randomized intervention trial with an aim to limit the appearance of problematic behaviors of girls from foster care who are going to enter middle school.

Leve and other researchers' findings suggest that children may have different health issues than their biological and adoptive siblings.

The program has shown "a significant decline in tobacco, marijuana, and overall substance use as well as delinquent behavior.