President and Research Director
Internet Solutions for Kids

Dr. Michele Ybarra is President and Research Director of Internet Solutions for Kids, a non-profit research organization in the US centered on understanding the impact on and opportunities for adolescent health represented by new technologies. She is well known for her work in the fields of Internet harassment and unwanted sexual solicitation, and has published extensively on the psychosocial characteristics related to these experiences by youth.

She is the PI for "Growing up with Media," a national, longitudinal survey of adolescents in the United States to identify the associations between violence in new media (e.g., Internet and mobile phones) and seriously violent behavior. She is also the PI for the CyberSenga project in Mbarara, Uganda, which is examining the applicability of the IMB model for adolescent HIV risk behavior and integrating findings into the design of a novel, Internet-based HIV prevention program for youths. Additionally, Dr. Ybarra is the PI of an NIH / Fogerty Foundation study to develop and test the feasibility of SMS Turkey, a text messaging-based smoking cessation program for adult smokers living in Ankara, Turkey.

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