Amy M. Smith Slep, PhD, is a Professor at New York University and co-directs the Family Translational Research Group, comprising an interdisciplinary team of researchers focused on understanding violence in families and the effective implementation of prevention approaches. She earned a B.A. from the University of Delaware and a PhD in clinical psychology from SUNY Stony Brook. She focuses on different aspects of conflict and violence in relationships and families, and how to best prevent relationship and psychological health problems. She also focuses on how communities can improve population risk profiles and best implement evidence-based prevention practices. She is committed to translating findings from basic studies into effective prevention, extending this work into real-world settings, and understanding what helps effective practices sustain over time. She has published nearly 200 scientific articles and book chapters, and has received approximately 80 federal research grants. She is a licensed clinical psychologist.