Eileen Brennan

Eileen M. Brennan, Ph.D. is Co-Principal Investigator of the Work-Life Integration Project at the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health; and Associate Dean and Professor of Social Work at Portland State University, Oregon. Since the early 1990s, Dr. Brennan has been a principal or co-principal investigator of federally funded research and training projects on the social and emotional health of children and support for their families. Her research has...See more

Eileen M. Brennan, Ph.D. is Co-Principal Investigator of the Work-Life Integration Project at the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health; and Associate Dean and Professor of Social Work at Portland State University, Oregon. Since the early 1990s, Dr. Brennan has been a principal or co-principal investigator of federally funded research and training projects on the social and emotional health of children and support for their families. Her research has examined the challenges faced by employed parents of children and adolescents who have emotional or behavioral disorders and the strategies the families have used to meet these challenges. A developmental psychologist, Dr. Brennan has also examined the importance to families of the successful inclusion of children with mental health difficulties in child care. Currently, she is participating in research on transforming transitions to kindergarten for children with emotional or behavioral challenges and their families. See less