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Director, Douglas W. Pollock Center for Addiction Outreach and Research
Penn State Harrisburg
Penn State University
Middletown, Pennsylvania
Dr. Weston Kensinger currently serves as the Director of the Douglas W. Pollock Center for Addiction Outreach and Research, as well as an Associate Teaching Professor of Health Education at Penn State University. As Director of the Pollock Center, Dr. Kensinger oversees and manages an endowment of $2.5 million dollars which provides training, resources, and tools to community-based organizations and veterans throughout the state of Pennsylvania. His team at the center is focused on various projects that marry community outreach and evidenced based research to provide tangible outcomes in the area of Substance Use Disorder.
As an Associate Teaching Professor and Graduate Faculty Member at Penn State, Dr. Kensinger instructs courses and advises students in both the Health Education and Biobehavioral Health programs, as well as serves on numerous college and university level committees. Prior to directing the Pollock Center, Dr. Kensinger served as the Professor-in-Charge for the Health Education Graduate Program.
Dr. Kensinger earned his Ph.D. in Health and Human Performance at Oklahoma State University in 2010, his M.Ed. in Health Education at Penn State Harrisburg in 2006, and his B.S. in Allied Health Science at Bridgewater College in 2004. Dr. Kensinger has authored several peer-reviewed publications, presented his research throughout the country, and has secured over $8.7 million in project funding. His current outreach and research efforts are primarily focused on motivations of high risk health behaviors and stigma reduction, specifically as they apply to the opioid epidemic.
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