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Amanda Ruzicka, MA


Amanda Ruzicka, MA, is a senior research associate in the Department of Mental Health and deputy director of the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research primarily centers on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of effective strategies to prevent problem sexual behavior and child sexual abuse, with a focus on perpetration prevention efforts for youth and young adults. She is a co-developer of the Responsible Behavior with Younger Children program, Responsible Behavior with Younger Children for Teens with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and the Help Wanted Prevention Intervention.