Asha Goldweber

Asha Goldweber, Ph.D., is a behavioral health researcher in SRI International’s Center for Education and Human Services. Her research focuses on the development, expression, and course of youth problem behaviors in order to better understand the important social problem of youth violence and juvenile delinquency and to empirically inform policy, prevention, and treatment interventions. She takes an interdisciplinary, translational approach to the study and prevention of socially significant problems in multicultural/urban settings (across the juvenile justice system, communities, and schools). Her research spans an array of topics (e.g., adolescent health, mental health, juvenile delinquency, evidence-based corrections, aggression, exposure to violence, youth violence prevention, race/ethnic and gender disparities) and has implications for legal, social, and educational policies.

Goldweber has more than nine years of research experience in studying youth violence and aggressive behaviors and three years of experience conducting research on school-based prevention programs. Goldweber collaborates on research projects examining bullying and school climate; effects of exposure to violence and behavior regulation on children; and the design, evaluation, and implementation of evidence-based prevention programs in schools.

She is the author or coauthor of numerous articles, chapters, and presentations on research in developmental trajectories among high-risk urban adolescents; the causes, correlates, and consequences of aggression; neurological factors that underpin adolescents’ perceptions and behaviors; prevention science; and systems of care. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Research on Adolescence, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Journal of Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, and Journal of School Psychology.

Before joining SRI, Goldweber was an assistant scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health, in the Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence. She was awarded a fellowship through the NIMH Division of Services and Intervention Research–Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services (CHIPS), and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Prevention Science at Johns Hopkins University via its CDC-funded Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence. Goldweber received her Ph.D. in psychology and social behavior with an emphasis in developmental psychopathology from the University of California, Irvine.

Key projects

• Statewide Evaluation of the California Mental Health Services Authority’s Prevention and Early Intervention Initiatives
• Efficacy Study of Check and Connect to Improve Student Outcomes