2025 Candidate statements – President-Elect

Candidate Name	Statement
Karin Streimann	I completed my PhD studies in 2021 and wrote in my thesis acknowledgements: “I feel I have grown a lot since I discovered EUSPR and EUSPR Early Careers Network. I have had a chance to learn from so many great prevention scientists, policymakers and practitioners during last years’ conferences and joint projects. I was elevated to learn a domain of science exists called prevention science, which helped me to make sense of the complex field.” This assertion describes well what I have gained from EUSPR and why I feel it is time to pay it forward. I have tried to contribute to prevention science mainly in Estonia, by aiming to affect the system where prevention is planned, organized, and funded. With my team and other prevention enthusiasts we have developed Estonian interdisciplinary prevention terminology and cross-sectoral standards of evidence for preventive interventions. During my studies I completed an effectiveness study of a preventive intervention implemented in Estonia, and after that I have been involved with other intervention studies, which have developed my understanding of intervention research. I have also contributed to several European projects, where we have developed EUPC training and European prevention curriculum handbook, adapted and tested the Communities that Care Youth Survey and studied prevention systems in different countries. I see that in the future I will continue to be a change agent who advocates for prevention, high-quality prevention and prevention research. In EUSPR I would like to contribute into strengthening a network of prevention enthusiasts and supporting connections between different groups. I feel that the members have so much potential, passion and readiness to contribute. I would like to facilitate finding different ways for collaboration, so that both the newcomers as well as long-time members would have opportunities to learn, share, and contribute. I also see the importance of having cross-sectoral approach of prevention in Europe, to prevent health, social and educational problems in unified ways and having European and international organizations providing guidance for countries about prevention using similar standards. I feel that EUSPR can contribute into that. I think that EUSPR needs to continue building bridges between scientists, policymakers, practitioners and the public to encourage collaboration, common understanding and language in the prevention field. That could be one direction which might lead to the application of knowledge into practice and policymaking. I would like to contribute to that as an EUSPR Board Member or as a President Elect. I have found home in the prevention science, and I would like to keep and widen opportunities for others to feel the same.

Candidate Name

Statement

Karin Streimann

I completed my PhD studies in 2021 and wrote in my thesis acknowledgements: “I feel I have grown a lot since I discovered EUSPR and EUSPR Early Careers Network. I have had a chance to learn from so many great prevention scientists, policymakers and practitioners during last years’ conferences and joint projects. I was elevated to learn a domain of science exists called prevention science, which helped me to make sense of the complex field.” This assertion describes well what I have gained from EUSPR and why I feel it is time to pay it forward.

I have tried to contribute to prevention science mainly in Estonia, by aiming to affect the system where prevention is planned, organized, and funded. With my team and other prevention enthusiasts we have developed Estonian interdisciplinary prevention terminology and cross-sectoral standards of evidence for preventive interventions. During my studies I completed an effectiveness study of a preventive intervention implemented in Estonia, and after that I have been involved with other intervention studies, which have developed my understanding of intervention research. I have also contributed to several European projects, where we have developed EUPC training and European prevention curriculum handbook, adapted and tested the Communities that Care Youth Survey and studied prevention systems in different countries.

I see that in the future I will continue to be a change agent who advocates for prevention, high-quality prevention and prevention research. In EUSPR I would like to contribute into strengthening a network of prevention enthusiasts and supporting connections between different groups. I feel that the members have so much potential, passion and readiness to contribute. I would like to facilitate finding different ways for collaboration, so that both the newcomers as well as long-time members would have opportunities to learn, share, and contribute. I also see the importance of having cross-sectoral approach of prevention in Europe, to prevent health, social and educational problems in unified ways and having European and international organizations providing guidance for countries about prevention using similar standards. I feel that EUSPR can contribute into that.

I think that EUSPR needs to continue building bridges between scientists, policymakers, practitioners and the public to encourage collaboration, common understanding and language in the prevention field. That could be one direction which might lead to the application of knowledge into practice and policymaking. I would like to contribute to that as an EUSPR Board Member or as a President Elect.

I have found home in the prevention science, and I would like to keep and widen opportunities for others to feel the same.