Dr. Stephanie Guinosso
Dr. G, Co-Founder Heart Core Consulting, is a “pracademic,” focused on the development and implementation of programs and systems change efforts that promote resiliency and flourishing with youth, families, and communities. She brings a wealth of experience in program development, research translation, and distributive learning professional development to the Heart Core Consulting team. Her work has influenced national, state, and local policy and funding streams to advance more trauma-informed and healing-centered systems for children, youth, and families. Dr. Guinosso joined forces with Dr. Joyce Dorado and doc Martha in 2016 to bring trauma-informed and healing-centered approaches to schools and school-based health centers in the San Francisco Bay Area. She earned her Masters and Doctorate in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Select Publications:
Owora AH, Houghton RF, Ferrand JL, Parker E, Anderson P, Coyle K, Guinosso S, Walsh-Buhi ER. (2024). Promoting Healthy Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Results of a Multisite, Two-group Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial. J Adolesc Health. 75(1):162-172.
Guinosso, S. (2023). Adolescent self-regulation. Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau.
Guinosso, S, Skov, N., & Unti, L. (2022). The Adolescent Brain (infographic). Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau.
Guinosso, S, Whitaker, K, Dyer, J. (2022). The Role of School-Based Health Centers in the ACEs Aware Initiative: Current Practices and Recommendations. ACEs Aware.
Guinosso, S, & Hawkins-Anderson, S. (2021). Adverse Childhood Experiences and Implications for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs. Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau.
Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative. (2019). Recommendations Roadmap for California Proposition 64 Expenditures: Advancing Healing-Centered and Trauma-Informed Approaches to Promote Individual, Family, and Community Resilience. In collaboration with a statewide advisory committee coordinated with the California Campaign to Counter Childhood Adversity (4CA). Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Bethell CD, Solloway MR, Guinosso S, Hassink S, Srivastav A, Ford D, Simpson LA. (2017). Prioritizing Possibilities for Child and Family Health: An Agenda to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Foster the Social and Emotional Roots of Well-being in Pediatrics. Academic Pediatrics. 17(7): S36-S50.
Guinosso, S, Johnson, S, Riley, A. (2015). Multiple Adverse Experiences and Child Cognitive Development. Pediatric Research. 79(1-2).