Leslie D. Leve is an American academic and researcher. She is a professor in the Counseling Psychology and Human Services Department as well as the associate director of Prevention Science Institute at the University of Oregon. She also holds the positions of Associate Director for the Prevention Science graduate programs, was President of the Society for Prevention Research from 2017 to 2019, and was an Associate Vice President for Research in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation from 2017 to 2022, and serves on National Institutes of Health study section panels and on the editorial board for Development and Psychopathology.[1]