Natasha Slesnick, PhD

Natasha Slesnick is the College of Education and Human Ecology Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Science in the Department of Human Sciences at The Ohio State University and Associate Dean for Research for EHE. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and her research focuses on intervention development and evaluation with substance-using youth experiencing homelessness, as well as substance-using mothers and their young children. She has consulted with multiple domestic and international organizations and policy groups on the best strategies for intervention with both youth and families and she has founded two community-based drop-in centers for youth experiencing homelessness - one in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and one in Columbus, Ohio.