Cornell University
Director, HIV/AIDS Education Project
Family Life Development Center
Beebe Hall, First Floor
Ithaca
NYUSA
14853
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Jennifer Tiffany, Family Life Development Center, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University
Jennifer Tiffany directs the HIV/AIDS Education Project, Cornell University Family Life Development Center. The HIV/AIDS Education Project includes a long-standing education initiative for parents and guardians implementing community-based workshops using Tiffany's Talking with Kids about HIV/AIDS curriculum. She has been involved in numerous local and international participatory research partnerships that work with adolescents to explore the impact of HIV/AIDS and ways youth and adults can work together to stem the epidemic. Jennifer Tiffany is the Principal Investigator of the Complementary Strengths Research Project, a community-based participatory research partnership that examines the relationships among social connectedness, youth voice and participation in community-based programs, and adolescent sexual health and HIV risk reduction. She also serves as the Research and Evaluation Coordinator for the New York State Center of Excellence for the Integration of Youth Development and Adolescent Programs (ACT for Youth). Jennifer Tiffany received a BA summa cum laude in East Asian Studies from Dickinson College in 1977, and holds an MRP and Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University as well as a degree in nursing from Tompkins-Cortland Community College.