Core research project

Bolt, PhD, Daniel

Daniel Bolt, PhD, is a Core Faculty member of the UWPRC. He is the Nancy C. Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education. Dr. Bolt’s research focuses on the theory and utilization of psychometric methods in both education and psychology. He will work on center activities and provide analysis support for the Core Research Project.

Clark, PhD, Roseanne

Roseanne Clark, PhD is the UWPRC Core Research Project Multiple Principal Investigator. and serves on the Administrative and Steering Committees of the UWPRC. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and Faculty Director of the UW Infant, Early Childhood, and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate Program and the UW Postpartum Depression Treatment Research Program. Dr. Clark’s research focuses on improving maternal, infant and early childhood mental health outcomes and assessment and treatment of early parent-child relationships. Dr. Clark is an internationally recognized expert in postpartum depression, assessment of the quality of mother-infant relationships, and parent-infant psychotherapy. She conducts clinical and translational research with underserved populations and has developed and evaluated the effectiveness of preventative and early intervention approaches in urban, rural and tribal communities. As UWPRC Core Research Project Multiple Principal Investigator, Dr. Clark works with Dr. Jane Mahoney on activities related to the Core Research Project, providing her extensive expertise in this field.

Glad, MA, MS, Ben

Ben Glad, MA, MS is the Project Assistant for the UWPRC Core Research Project. He is a doctoral student in school psychology within UW-Madison’s Department of Educational Psychology. Ben has considerable experience with assessment and intervention with children and has served as the senior research coordinator for several of Dr. Roseanne Clark’s grant-funded research programs, including community-based studies of postpartum depression preventive intervention and child development and innovations in early relational screening, assessment and supportive interventions in home visiting. His research interests include the nature and impact of parent-infant/early childhood relationships across child development and prevention and early intervention enhancement through multidisciplinary collaboration. As Project Assistant, Ben will help to oversee Core Research Project research activities, including maternal and infant assessment data collection, database management, coordination with study statistician, supervision of graduate students, and implementation fidelity.