Paul Lanier, MSW, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches courses in social policy and program evaluation. He is also a research fellow at the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services research and the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center. Dr. Lanier received his doctoral degree from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. His current research focuses on developing, evaluating, and scaling-up evidence-based prevention programs in child welfare, mental health, and early childhood systems.
Contact
Degrees and Licenses
PhD, Washington University in St. LouisMSW, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA, BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research and Professional Interests
Child Well-BeingChildren's Mental Health
Health Services Research
Other Projects
NC MIECHV Needs Assessment
Building Bridges Initiative Pilot Evaluation
Recent Publications
Screening children for social determinants of health: A systematic review
Innovative solutions for state Medicaid programs to leverage their data, build their analytic capacity, and create evidence-based policy
A quasi-experimental effectiveness study of Triple P on child maltreatment
Preventing infant maltreatment with predictive analytics: applying ethical principles to evidence-based child welfare policy
A quasi-experimental study of Circle of Parents with fathers of children in Head Start
Courses
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SOWO 530 Social Policy |
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SOWO 810 Program Evaluation |
