Patrick H. Tolan, Ph.D., is Director of the Institute for Juvenile Research, and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He earned a Doctoral Degree from the University of Tennessee. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago in Clinical Research on Adolescence. He is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified School Psychologist in Illinois and an AAMFT certified supervisor for family therapy training. Dr. Tolan is an internationally recognized authority on violence, adolescence, families, and prevention. He has an extensive background in education, publishing and research and is author or co-author of more than 80 books, monographs, chapters, articles and technical reports.

Representative publications

Gorman-Smith, D., & Tolan, P.H. (2003). Positive adaptation among youth exposed to community violence. In S. Luthar (Ed.), Resilience & Vulnerability in the Context of Childhood Adversities (pp. 392-413). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Tolan, P.H., Sherrod, L., Gorman-Smith, D., & Henry, D. (2003). Building protection, support, and opportunity for inner youth and their families. In K. Maton, C. Schellenbach, B. Leadbeater, & A Solarz (Eds.), Investing in children, youth, families, and communities: Strengths-based research and policy (pp. 193-211). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Pokorny, S.B., Baptiste, D.R., Tolan, P., Hirsch, B., Talbot, B., Ji, P., Paikoff, R.L., & Madison-Boyd, S. (2004). Prevention science: Participatory approaches and Community Case Studies. In L.A. Jason, C.B. Keys, Y. Suarez-Balcazar, R.R. Taylor, M.I., Davis, J. Durlak, & D. Holtz Isenberg (Eds.), Participatory community research: Theories and methods in action (pp. 87-104). American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Tolan, Patrick H. (2004). Current state of violence prevention. In Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence-Kent State, Current perspectives on violence prevention (pp28-31). Kent State University.

Smith, E.P., Gorman-Smith, D., Quinn, W., Rabiner, D., Tolan, P., Winn, D-M., & The Multi-Site Violence Prevention Project (2004). Community-based multiple family groups to prevent and reduce violent and aggressive behavior. The GREAT Families Program. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 26, 39-47.

Henry, D.B., Tolan, P.H., & Gorman-Smith, D. (2004). Have there been lasting effects associated with the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks among inner-city parents and children? Journal of Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 35, 542-547.

Tolan, P.H., Gorman-Smith, D., & Henry, D. ( 2004). Supporting families in a high-risk setting: Proximal effects of the SAFEChildren Prevention Program. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 855-869.