Scientific Panel

• Assist with identifying relevant practices and research for programs within the selected topic areas that have known evidence or are commonly utilized in California.
• Provide recommendations for Topic Experts once topic areas have been selected.
• Provide guidance on the scientific integrity of the CEBC products.
• Ensure the CEBC remains up-to-date on the latest emerging evidence and literature.

• Assist the CEBC team in identifying programs and practices that have known evidence in their area of expertise, or programs that are commonly used in California with or without evidence.
• Rate each program that has been identified and reviewed on both the Scientific Rating and Relevance to Child Welfare Scales.

Diane Depanfilis, Ph.D. Professor, Associate Dean for Research, Director, Ruth H. Young Center for Families and Children, University of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD

John Fluke, Ph.D. Director,, National Child Protection Research Center, American Human Association, Englewood, CO

Jeffrey L. Edelson, Ph.D., Professor, University of Minnesota School of Social Work and Director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, St. Paul, MN

Sigrid James, Ph.D., LCSW, Associate Professor,, Department of Social Work and Social Ecology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA

Neil Guterman, Ph.D., Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor, School of Social Service Administration, Faculty Associate, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Mark Chaffin, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Mark Chaffin, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Richard P. Barth, Ph.D., Dean, School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Sonya Leathers, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Social Services Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Deborah Daro, Ph.D., Chapin Hall Research Fellow, Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Anthony Maluccio, Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College, Boston, MA

Nancy Young Ph.D., Executive Director, Children and Family Futures, and Director, National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA

Peg Hess, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana, Urbana, IL

Benjamin E. Saunders, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Family and Child Program, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Curtis McMillen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO