Parissa Jahromi Ballard, PhD
- Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine

Parissa Jahromi Ballard, PhD
- Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Research Interests
- Adolescent
- Mental Health
- Adolescent Behavior
- Community Engagement
- Civic Engagement
- Substance Use Prevention
- Education
- BAS, Wake Forest University, 2006
- MA, Wake Forest University, 2017
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine
- Associate Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy
- Departments and Affiliations
- Family and Community Medicine
- Social Sciences and Health Policy
- Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
- Center for Addiction Research
Research
- Engaging Youth Advocates in Community-Based Participatory Research on Child Farmworker Health in North Carolina. Arnold TJ, Malki A, Leyva J, Ibarra J, Daniel SS, Ballard PJ, Sandberg JC, Quandt SA, Arcury TA. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2019; 13(2):191-199.
- Prog Community Health Partnersh. Arnold TJ, Malki A, Leyva J, Ibarra J, Daniel SS, Ballard PJ, Sandberg JC, Quandt SA, Arcury TA. Engaging youth advocates in community-based participatory research on child farmworker health in North Carolina. 2019 Jan; 1; 2(13):191-9.
- Youth & Society. Suleiman AB, Ballard PJ, Hoyt LT, Ozer EJ. Applying a developmental lens to youth-led participatory action research: a critical examination and integration of existing evidence. 2019 Jan; 1; :1-28.
- Digital Media, Participatory Politics, and Positive Youth Development. Middaugh E, Clark LS, Ballard PJ. Pediatrics. 2017 Nov; 140(Suppl 2):S127-S131.
- Action Civics for Promoting Civic Development: Main Effects of Program Participation and Differences by Project Characteristics. Ballard PJ, Cohen AK, Littenberg-Tobias J. Am J Community Psychol. 2016 12; 58(3-4):377-390.