Kate Guastaferro

Dr. Kate Guastaferro is an Assistant Research Professor in the Center for Healthy Children at New York University and an affiliate of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network. Her research focuses on the intersection of prevention science and innovative methodologies for developing, optimizing, and evaluating interventions. As an expert in the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST), Dr. Guastaferro has applied this framework to address various public health issues, including STI prevention among first-year college students. She earned her PhD in Public Health from Georgia State University in 2016, where she was recognized with the Public Health Achievement Award for her academic accomplishments. Dr. Guastaferro's vision is to create effective, efficient, and scalable child maltreatment prevention programs by integrating her substantive and methodological interests. She has published extensively in prominent journals and has previously held a research position at Pennsylvania State University, where she contributed to significant trials aimed at preventing child sexual abuse.