David Allen Wolfe (born August 5, 1951) is an academic, psychologist and author specializing in issues of child abuse, domestic violence, children and youth. His work includes the promotion of healthy relationships through school programs, with a major focus on the prevention of child abuse and neglect, bullying, dating violence, unsafe sex, substance abuse and other consequences of unhealthy relationships. Early life and education Wolfe is the son of a teacher and minister, born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania and growing up in Missouri, Connecticut, and Florida. Wolfe earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York in 1973, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of South Florida in 1980. After his residency in Clinical psychology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Wolfe moved to Canada to pursue his career focus on child abuse and domestic violence with an emphasis on prevention. He took postdoctoral training for Child Trauma research at the Medical University of South Carolina in 1985. Wolfe joined the faculty in the Department of Psychology at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada in 1981 where he conducted research in the field of child abuse. Awards and achievements Wolfe holds the inaugural at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and heads the CAMH Centre for Prevention Science. He is also Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Toronto. Since 2007 he has served as Editor-in-Chief of Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, past President of Division 37 (Child, Youth, and Family Services )of the American Psychological Association, and received a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. Wolfe received the Award of Merit from the Ontario Psychological Association in 1988 for his outstanding contributions to research and prevention in the area of family violence. He has provided extensive assessment and consultation to child protective services, schools, and the court with respect to issues of child abuse and violence. Between 1999 and 2000 he was the chair in the Sub-Committee on Child Abuse in Peacetime for the International Working Group on Trauma, United Nations. In 2005, Wolfe received the Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science from the Canadian Psychological Association. He was also presented with the 2007 Blanche L. Ittleson Award for Outstanding Achievement in the