Directors
Elizabeth J. Letourneau, PhD
“Prevention Global is the type of investment needed to truly prevent child sexual abuse from ever happening and to keep children safe. This initiative is more than just research—it translates to action. Through research, education, communication, and advocacy, we will support global efforts to transform the scale of society’s ambition to prevent child sexual abuse, worldwide.”
Dr. Letourneau is Professor and Director of the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For 36 years she has led work on child sexual abuse prevention, practice, and policy that has attracted $35 million in funding and resulted in more than 100 scientific publications. She advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, European Commission, and other government, corporate, and NGO entities. Her research has been cited in U.S. state supreme court cases, by state, national, and international legislatures and has appeared in various media outlets including TEDMED.
Dr. Michael Seto, PhD
“We mainly react to child sexual abuse after it has occurred, through survivor treatment and support, law enforcement, and treatment of those who have perpetrated child sexual abuse. These are all essential, but we need to become proactive to prevent harm to children in the first place. This is the essence of child sexual abuse prevention.”
Dr. Michael Seto is a registered clinical and forensic psychologist and currently a research director with the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, as well as Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Seto has published extensively on pedophilia, sexual offending against children and online sexual offending. He regularly presents at scientific meetings and professional workshops on these topics. He has written well-reviewed books on pedophilia and sexual offending against children (2008, 2nd edition 2018) and on internet sexual offending (2013, 2nd edition forthcoming), all published by the American Psychological Association.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
We are lucky to draw from the expertise, experience, and leadership of key players from across the sector working to prevent child sexual abuse.
Janice Bower PhD, MPH
Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health
Iain Drennan
Executive Director, WeProtect Global Alliance
Helena Duch PsyD
Head of Evidence and Solutions, Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Programme, Oak Foundation
Antonio Labrador Jimenez MPA
Team Leader – Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse, European Commission
Ben Mathews PhD
Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
Jon Peacock MS
Senior Investigator in the Digital Child Exploitation Team, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs
Melissa Stroebel MS
Head of Research and Insights, Thorn
Team
Our team of specialists comes from Prevention Global’s lead organisations and a network of skilled partners and collaborators.
Ian McPhail
Research Associate, Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Luciana Assini Meytin
Deputy Director, Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Ericka Muempfer, MA
Research Associate, Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Aengus Ó Dochartaigh
Outreach Director, Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Susan Curry, BA
Research Coordinator, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group
Sacha Maimone
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Ottawa
Carissa Augustyn, PhD
Assistant Professor in Psychology, MacEwan University
Lawrence Cooley
President Emeritus and Senior Advisor, Management Systems International
Tim Reilly
Practice Lead - Strategy, Evaluation and Analysis, Management Systems International
