Stephanie Finkbeiner works as a Graduate Research Assistant with law enforcement agencies to disseminate a robbery prevention program, Crime Free Business, to retail businesses. She is currently in her first year of the Health Behavior and Health Education master's program, and plans to continue exploring different topics within public health, especially in relation to injury prevention and health communication.

Stephanie Gillam, as a communications intern at the IPRC, Stephanie aids in writing, editing and designing content for the center's print and online publications. A second-year M.A. student at the School of Journalism & Mass Communication with a dual focus on health and multicultural communication, she hopes to one day design communication campaigns that aim to improve health awareness and behavior among minority populations.

Bindhu Pamarthi, a senior in the undergraduate program at UNC, studying Psychology and Political Science. She is a research assistant on the Period of PURPLE Crying and plans to pursue a Juris Doctorate upon graduation.

Jared W. Parrish, MS, a doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology, is working as a graduate research assistant on the "The Period of PURPLE Crying"® project. Primary research interest includes child maltreatment, sports related morbidity, and other youth incurred injury.

Catherine Vladutiu, MPH, a doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology, is working on a dissemination and implementation study of a robbery and violence prevention program delivered to businesses through law enforcement agencies.