Kate Guastaferro
Kate Guastaferro
Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Director of the Center for the Advancement and Dissemination of Intervention Optimization
Director of the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Program
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Professional overview
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Kate Guastaferro, PhD is an intervention scientist by training, her work is devoted to the development, optimization, implementation and evaluation of effective, efficient, affordable and scalable interventions with high public health impact. She is an expert in the multiphase optimization (MOST) strategy and her expertise is in parent-focused, multicomponent behavioral interventions to prevent child maltreatment. Dr. Guastaferro co-led a statewide trial focused on the coordinated implementation of three evidence-base child sexual abuse prevention programs; included in this trial was the parent-focused child sexual abuse program that she developed, piloted and evaluated. Her current work is focused on the integration of intervention optimization into the prevention of child maltreatment.
Prior to joining NYU, Dr. Guastaferro was an assistant research professor in human development and family studies at the Pennsylvania State University, and an affiliate of its Prevention Research Center and Child Maltreatment Solutions Network. In 2020, she was awarded the Victoria S. Levin Award for Early Career Success in Young Children’s Mental Health Research from the Society for Research in Child Development. She has been published in Child Maltreatment, Translational Behavioral Medicine, and the American Journal of Public Health.
Dr. Guastaferro received her PhD and MPH from Georgia State University’s School of Public Health, and her BA in anthropology from Boston University. She also completed a year of postdoctoral training at the Pennsylvania State University.
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Education
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Prevention and Methodology Training Program (T32 DA017629), The Pennsylvania State UniversityPhD Public Health, Georgia State UniversityMPH Health Promotion, Georgia State UniversityBA Anthropology, Boston University
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Honors and awards
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Victoria S. Levin Award, Society for Research on Child Development (2020)NIH Loan Repayment Program Award: Toward the Optimization of Behavioral Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment (201820192020)Public Health Achievement Award, Georgia State University (2016)Scarlet Key Honor Society, Boston University (2008)
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Publications
Publications
Optimization of implementation strategies using the Multiphase Optimization STratgey (MOST) framework: Practical guidance using the factorial design
Failed retrieving data.Optimization of Smoking Cessation Interventions via Multiphase Optimization STrategy (MOST): Basic Concepts, Practical Considerations and New Developments
Failed retrieving data.Optimizing COPD self-management treatment using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy: Results from a pilot factorial experiment
Failed retrieving data.Optimizing home visiting programs to improve reach: A case study in strategically balancing intervention effectiveness with provider time
Failed retrieving data.Parent-focused Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: A Universal Approach.
Failed retrieving data.Piloting an Alternative Implementation Modality for a School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Curriculum
Failed retrieving data.Piloting an alternative implementation modality for a school-based child sexual abuse prevention curriculum
Failed retrieving data.Preparation Phase Activities to Develop and Optimize an Intervention Using MOST for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren.
Failed retrieving data.Recruiting and retaining first-year college students in online health research: Implementation considerations
Failed retrieving data.Refining the Floreciendo Sexual and Reproductive Health Workshop Curriculum for Latina Teens and Female Caregivers Using Theater Testing
Failed retrieving data.StandUPTV: Preparation and optimization phases of a mHealth intervention to reduce sedentary screen time in adults
Failed retrieving data.Systematic braiding: An approach to meeting the needs of families enrolled in a home visiting program
Failed retrieving data.Systematic Braiding: An Approach to Meeting the Needs of Families Enrolled in a Home Visiting Program
Failed retrieving data.The Essential Activities of the Preparation Phase: Examples of Projects using MOST.
Failed retrieving data.Using Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to Evaluate the Implementation of an Optimized Family Navigation Intervention
Failed retrieving data.Using implementation science to inform the preparation phase of the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) framework.
Failed retrieving data.Using implementation science to inform the preparation phase of the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) framework.
Failed retrieving data.Utilizing systematic braiding to address public health priorities for young children: Development, feasibility, and implementation of the Smoke-Free Home SafeCare prevention program presented in Systematic Braiding – An innovative and collaborative meth
Failed retrieving data.“Public relations isn’t all rainbows and butterflies”: Student experiences in developing a child sexual abuse prevention campaign
Failed retrieving data.A vision for the prevention of child maltreatment: Optimization of multicomponent interventions
Failed retrieving data.Adapting prevention programs for virtual delivery: A case study in adapting a parent-focused child sexual abuse prevention module
Failed retrieving data.Advanced Topics in Intervention Optimization: Matching the Right Research Design to your Research Question.
Failed retrieving data.An Introduction to Intervention Optimization: Launching a New Generation of Behavioral Interventions.
Failed retrieving data.An Introduction to the MOST Mindset.
Failed retrieving data.Applying an implementation framework to the dissemination of a school-based child sexual abuse prevention program
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