Amber Watson, MSPH, joined the Wandersman Center in October 2018 as a Research Associate. She previously worked as a Research and Evaluation Specialist at the SC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy where she utilized the R=MC2 heuristic to assess and build organizational readiness for implementing evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs using Getting to Outcomes (GTO) in organizations that serve youth in the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and/or Department of Social Services (DSS) systems. Her role at the Wandersman Center is mainly focused around providing Technical Assistance for sites on the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Project funded by the Department of Defense. Amber will also earn her Masters of Science in Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of South Carolina in spring of 2019. She brings a strong background in the practical application of readiness as well as research methodology to the team as well as an interest in furthering research that can be translated into actionable change for individuals and their communities.