ATN IMPACT

Sponsor: Florida State University
Sponsor Award # R000003168
PI:  Katie B. Biello Ph.D. MPH*
Co-I’s: Matthew Mimiaga Ph.D. (MPI), Steve Safren PhD, Ken Mayer Ph.D.
 

Deliver-EE: Evaluating Effects of Meal Delivery on the Ability of Homebound Older Adults to Remain in the Community

Sponsor:  Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Sponsor Award #: IHS-2020C3-21201
PI:   Patricia M. Risica, DrPH, RD*
Co-I: Kali S. Thomas, Ph.D., M.A.
This exciting study examines differences in health and other outcomes between elderly participants who receive home-delivered meals with a personal visit compared to those received as frozen meals without a visit.
 

Exercise for Good

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute
Sponsor Award #: 5R01CA262894-03
PI:   David M. Williams Ph.D.*
Co-I’s:   Omar Galarraga (MPI) Ph.D.,  Lauren Connell Bohlen Ph.D.*,  Shira Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Jessica Unick Ph.D.
Exercise for Good tests the effects of membership fee reimbursements on YMCA attendance.
 

HEAL Program

Sponsor: RI Dept. of Health/Center for Disease Control
Sponsor Award #:1NU58DP007551-01-00
PI:  Alison Tovar Ph.D.*
To strengthen nutrition and physical activity within Early Care and Education in the state of Rhode Island.
 

Healthy Start: Parents

Sponsor:  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Sponsor Award #: 1R01DK131940-01A1
PI:  Patricia M. Risica, DrPH, RD *
Co-I’s: Alison Tovar Ph.D.*, Kim Gans Ph.D., MPH, LDN*
Healthy Start: Parent is creating and testing a healthy eating intervention directed towards family childcare providers (building on our previous Healthy Start study), but newly working with these childcare providers to also engage parents in healthy eating improvements that they might make at home. The overall goal is to improve the healthy food consumed by young children 18-54 months of age throughout the day.
 

Making ART Work

Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
Sponsor Award # 5R34MH126894-03
PI: Katie B. Biello Ph.D. MPH *
Co-I’s: Matthew Mimiaga Ph.D. (MPI), Jackie Hughto Ph.D.*, MPH, Beatriz Grinsztejn MD, Ph.D., Valdilea Veloso MSc, Ph.D.
The purpose of this study is to develop and pilot test a theory-driven, integrated group counseling and technology intervention, that aims to foster social support, self-efficacy and cognitive and behavioral skills to improve ART adherence among SGM youth (ages 15-24) living with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
 

Moms on the Move

Sponsor:  National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Sponsor Award #: 5U54GM115677-07
PI:  Tayla von Ash ScD, MPH*
MPI:  Bess Marcus Ph.D.*
Partnering with a local youth football and cheerleading organization, we are testing the efficacy of an innovative physical activity promotion intervention targeting mothers who attend their children’s sports practices.
 

MOUD Medicaid Rx Cap Study

Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Sponsor Award #:  R01DA057979
PI:  Jaclyn White Hughto Ph.D.*;  Patience Moyo Dow Ph.D.
This study aims to evaluate the impact of prescription cap policies on MOUD initiation and continuity among Medicaid beneficiaries.
 

Points

Sponsor: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Sponsor Award #:  R01CE003353
PI:  Jaclyn White Hughto Ph.D. MPH*
This study aims to identify locally-tailored, scalable interventions to address the stimulant overdose crisis in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
 

PrEP for Health

Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Sponsor Award # 5R01DA051849-04
PI: Katie B. Biello Ph.D. MPH*
Co-I’s: Angela Bazzi Ph.D. MPH (MPI), Matthew Mimiaga Ph.D., Douglas Krakower MD
A brief, multi-component behavioral intervention delivered to PWID by highly trained PrEP Navigators embedded within syringe service programs has the potential to increase PrEP use among PWID, thus decreasing HIV incidence in this socially-marginalized population and reducing onward transmission to injecting and sexual partners.
 

PrEP N Shine

Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
Sponsor Award # 1935 G YA101
PI: Katie B. Biello Ph.D. MPH*
Co-I’s: Matthew Mimiaga Ph.D. (MPI), Jackie Hughto Ph.D., MPH*
This project will refine and pilot test our “PrEP N’ Shine” intervention package that addresses multilevel barriers to PrEP uptake and adherence among TGW via two separate but complementary interventions that includes: 1) peer-led, strengths-based case management (SBCM) for PrEP linkage and uptake; and 2) a stepped-care “adaptive” technology and counseling intervention to optimize PrEP adherence and retention in PrEP-related care.
 

PrEPare for Work

Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
Sponsor Award # 5R01NR020227-03
PI: Katie B. Biello Ph.D. MPH*
Co-I’s:  Matthew Mimiaga Ph.D. (MPI), Philip Chan MD, MS (MPI), Colleen Ndoye 
A successful theoretically-grounded intervention that addresses the unique individual, interpersonal and contextual challenges to PrEP uptake and optimal adherence has the potential to decrease HIV incidence among male sex workers and reduce forward transmission to their clients and partners.
 

Project G-SPACE

Sponsor:  National Institute on Minority Health and Disparities
Sponsor Award # 5R01MD016241-03
PI:  Diana Grigsby Ph.D.*
Co-I’s:  Shira Dunsiger Ph.D.*, John McGeary Ph.D., David Barker Ph.D.
Explores the association between exposure to green space and sleep and mental health among elementary school children in Rhode Island.
 

ProMotion+

Sponsor: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Sponsor Award #: 5R34AT011302-02
PI: David M. Williams Ph.D.*
Co-I’s:  Lauren Connell Bohlen Ph.D.*, Shira Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Brandon Gaudiano Ph.D., Ana Abrantes Ph.D., Eric Loucks Ph.D., Meghan Butryn Ph.D., Lisa LaRowe Ph.D., Lisa Uebelacker Ph.D.
ProMotion+ is a 6-month study testing a mobile application-based program to help people exercise more.
Recruitment link:  https://brown.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aa75tgdwi1Wk3c2
 

Southeast Asian Healthy Habits Healthy Kids (SEAHK)

Sponsor:  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease
Sponsor Award #: 5R01DK128197-02
PI:  Alison Tovar Ph.D.*
The purpose of this study is to participate in a 6-month intervention to improve healthy eating for Southeast Asian children and families.
 

Strong Families Start at Home/Familias Fuertes Comienzan en Casa

Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Sponsor Award #:1R01HD108832-01A1
PI:  Alison Tovar Ph.D.*
Co-I’s: Patricia M. Risica, DrPH, RD*; Kim Gans Ph.D., MPH, LDN*; Amy Moore Ph.D., RD
Strong Families is a randomized controlled trial that is testing the impact of a home-based “nutrition/feeding” vs. a “reading readiness” intervention with low-income, Hispanic/Latinx families on the diet quality of preschool aged children.
Recruitment Link:  https://strongfamilies.my.canva.site/strong-families-start-at-home
 

Trans Aging Project

Sponsor: National Institute of Aging
Sponsor Award # :  R01AG073440
PI:  Jaclyn White Hughto Ph.D.*, MPH; David Meyers Ph.D., MPH
Co-I’s:  Theresa Shireman Ph.D.;  Momotazur Rahman Ph.D
This study investigates the healthcare utilization and health outcomes of older transgender and cisgender adults.
 

Walk This Way

Sponsor: National Institute on Aging
Sponsor Award #: 5R01AG069349-04
PI:  David M. Williams Ph.D.*
Co-I’s:  Lauren Connell Bohlen Ph.D.*, Shira Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Bess Marcus Ph.D.*, Hank Wu M.D., MPH, Jessica Unick Ph.D.
Walk This Way is a virtual study involving a 12-month self-motivated walking program delivered via mobile app.
Recruitment link:  https://brown.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eOIgeKHfJoHX6Xc
 

What's on Your Plate Study

Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago
Sponsor Award #:19248-01
PI:  Alison Tovar Ph.D.*
Co-I:  Maya Vadiveloo Ph.D., RD
To evaluate the impact of the Eat Well, Be Well legislation (SNAP incentive) on fruit and vegetable intake and diet quality using a quasi-experimental pre-post intervention-comparison group design.
 

WIC CIAO

Sponsor: FRAC/USDA
PI:  Alison Tovar Ph.D.*
Co-I:  Hannah Frank Ph.D.
To understand factors that contribute to participation and retention in WIC in order to increase participation and retention in the State of RI.
 
 

acs

Sponsor: Miriam Hospital
Sponsor Award # 7147339
PI:  Emily Gathright Ph.D., Andrew Bush Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*
To develop and test feasibility of a multisite coaching program following ACS.
 

Advance CTR

Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Sponsor Award #:  U54GM115677
PI:  Sharon Rounds M.D.
Core Director:   Jaclyn White Hughto Ph.D.*
Advance RI-CTR is a statewide hub of research resources and services for clinical and translational investigators in Rhode Island. The Community Engagement and Outreach Core facilitates research endeavors that are relevant, accessible, and impactful to the entire state of Rhode Island. 
 

Alcohol and COVID

Sponsor: Center for Innovative Public Health Research
Sponsor Award # CiPHR 20215223912
PI:  Michele Ybarra Ph.D. MPH
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Kimberly Mitchell Ph.D.
To understand alcohol use patterns during COVID in a nationally representative sample of youth.
 

Broken Heart II

Sponsor: Miriam Hospital
Sponsor Award # 710-7147188
PI:  Elena Salmoirago Blotcher MD, Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Matthew Burg Ph.D., Gerard Aurigigemma MD
The goals of this project are to study the role of stress and stress reactivity in Takotsubo Syndrome.
 

COBRE

Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Sponsor Award #:  P20GM125507
PI:  Josiah Rich M.D., MPH
Scientific Advisor:  Jaclyn White Hughto Ph.D.*
The Center brings together an interdisciplinary group of accomplished senior scientists, promising junior investigators, and distinguished advisors and collaborators to develop and sustain a vibrant interdisciplinary center of research excellence on opioids and overdose. 
 

DASH

Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital
Sponsor Award # 7137489
PI:  Daphne Koinis Mitchell Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Elizabeth McQuaid Ph.D.
The proposed research builds on the team’s prior work by utilizing a multi-method, in-depth approach to characterize the sleep patterns and sleep settings of urban children in combination with biological measures that may differ based on children’s ethnic group background and may contribute to asthma outcomes.
 

eShare

Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital
Sponsor Award # 7137820
PI:  Susan Ramsey Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Gregory Stuart Ph.D., Ryan Shorey Ph.D., Rob Stephenson Ph.D., MSc, MA 
The goal of this project is to examine the temporal associations among alcohol use, intimate partner violence, other syndemic factors, protective factors, and ART adherence among men living with HIV who have sex with men.
 

Ground Truth

Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Sponsor Award # 5R01HD104187-03
PI:  Nicole Nugent Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Megan Ranney MD, MPH, Matthias Mehl Ph.D., Michael Armey Ph.D., Jeff Huang Ph.D., Stephen Bach Ph.D.
This innovative 6-month cohort study will use multiple methods of real-time measurement of social media use, in-person interactions, and self-perceptions to identify patterns of social connectivity, peer victimization, and psychological well-being among a high-risk sample of adolescents. 
 

Grow Well/Crecer Bien

Sponsor:  University of California, Riverside
Sponsor Award #: S001543
PI:  Anne Chenney Ph.D.
Co-I:  Alison Tovar Ph.D.*
The goal of this project is to characterize infant feeding practices among multiple caregivers and to develop and pilot test an intervention that includes other caregivers to promote healthy feeding practices.
 

H4L

Sponsor: Miriam Hospital
Sponsor Award # 7147169
PI:  Jason Lillis Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Jessica Unick Ph.D., Dale Bond Ph.D., Rena Wing Ph.D.
This randomized controlled trial will determine whether principles of acceptance and commitment therapy can be used to improve weight loss maintenance after behavioral obesity treatment.

HA1c

Sponsor: Miriam Hospital
Sponsor Award # 7147232
PI:  Beth Bock Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Dori Pekmezi Ph.D., Kate Guthrie Ph.D., Herpreet Thind Ph.D.
To optimize a yoga intervention for adults with diabetes and to establish our ability to deliver and enhance yoga intervention with high fidelity across multiple recruitment and intervention sites.
 

HEAL

Sponsor: Bradley Hospital
Sponsor Award # 7127712
PI:  Mary Carskadon Ph.D., JD Rich MD, MPH, John Mcgeary Ph.D.
Co-I:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*
The goal of this study is to improve the understanding of mechanisms that link sleep and opioid-related factors, such as changes in craving and/or ability to regulate emotions that may highlight new opportunities for targeted treatment.
 

icare

Sponsor: Trustees of Boston University
Sponsor Award # 4500003428
PI:  Kimberly Nelson Ph.D., MPH
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Madina Agenor ScD*, MPH, Michele Ybarra Ph.D., MPH,  Bryn Austin ScD, SM, JD, DPhil, MSc
The overarching aim of the proposed study is to understand how state-specific minor consent laws are affecting HIV/STI testing and other preventive behaviors among adolescents.
 

idove

Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital
Sponsor Award # 
PI:  Megan Ranney MD, MPH
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Nicole NugentPh.D. , Tony Spirito Ph.D.
The goal of this study is to determine which type of ED-initiated intervention is most potent at reducing peer violence and depressive symptoms among at-risk youth.
 

Mind your heart

Sponsor: Miriam Hospital
Sponsor Award # 7147286
PI:  Elena Salmoirago Blotcher MD, Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Ron Cohen Ph.D., Daniel Levine MD, Barbara Riegel Ph.D.
To examine cognitive Function and interoceptive awareness to improve self-management in patients with co-morbid heart failure and cognitive impairment.
 

MindFIT

Sponsor: Miriam Hospital
Sponsor Award # 7147265
PI:  Kathryn Demos Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Jessica Unick Ph.D., Rena Wing Ph.D.
To examine intervention effects (comparing standard, PREVENT, and PROMOTE) on weight loss from baseline to mid-treatment (3 and 6 months), end of treatment (12 months) and follow-up (18 months).
 

MOST

Sponsor: Miriam Hospital
Sponsor Award # 710-7147150
PI:  Thomas Graham Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Jason Lillis Ph.D., Jessica Unick Ph.D.
This project aims to optimize the weight loss outcomes produced by online behavioral obesity treatment via 5 innovative intervention components tested in a randomized factorial experiment.
 

PACES

Sponsor: Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Sponsor Award # 15019-5
PI:  Andrew Busch Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Beth Bock Ph.D., Hank Wu MD, Sandra Japuntich Ph.D., LP
The primary aim of this project is to test whether a combined mood management and smoking cessation counseling intervention can improve outcomes following a cardiac event.
 

POWER study

Sponsor: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Sponsor Award # 243405608
PI:  Ryan Shorey Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Gregory Stuart Ph.D., Katie Edwards Ph.D.
To examine the Impact of Minority Stress on Alcohol-Related Sexual Assault among Sexual Minority College Students.

 

Project AIMS

Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital
Sponsor Award # 7137688
PI:  Daphne Koinis Mitchell Ph.D., Gailen Marshall M.D., Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Elizabeth McQuaid Ph.D., Monique LeBourgeois Ph.D.
To examine the associations between shortened sleep and immune imbalance, recovery sleep and immune imbalance and immune imbalance and lung function in a sample of 204 8-9-year olds with persistent asthma.
 

RACK

Sponsor: Center for Disease Control and Prevention / Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Sponsor Award #:  NU17CE925012
PI:  Traci C. Green Ph.D.
Co-I:  Jaclyn White Hughto Ph.D.*
Uses rapid assessment of consumer knowledge (RACK) methodology to examine the context underlying recent epidemiological trends in Massachusetts in the increase in opioid-related overdoses.
 

Remote YOGA

Sponsor: Miriam Hospital
Sponsor Award # 7147337
PI:  Jessica Unick Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Beth Bock Ph.D., Sally Sherman Ph.D.
This RCT examines the added effect of a yoga intervention to an Internet-delivered weight loss program on weight loss, dietary lapses, and potential lapse triggers, and also examines the mechanisms through which yoga impacts weight.
 

SDV  Bystander

Sponsor: University of New Hampshire
Sponsor Award # L0180
PI:  Kimberly Mitchell Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Michele Ybara MPH, Ph.D., Victoria Banyard Ph.D.
To recruit and survey 3,000 adolescents and young adults over three time points to identify the pathways through which attitudinal and contextual components of the SCM-SDV predict a) opportunity to act, b) intent to act, and c) actual bystander behavior for SDV.
 

Sex and COVID

Sponsor: Center for Innovative Public Health Research
Sponsor Award # CiPHR - R01HD106635
PI:  Michele Ybara MPH, Ph.D., Kimberly Nelson Ph.D. MPH
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, 
This project’s overarching goal is to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting short- and long-term sexual health behaviors among adolescents in the United States.
 

Sleep COBRE

Sponsor:  Bradley Hospital
Sponsor Award # 712-1001
PI:  Mary Carskadon Ph.D., Jennifer Wolff Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, John McGeary Ph.D.
To provide statistical support for studies of sleep across the lifespan.
 

TADA

Sponsor: Miriam Hospital
Sponsor Award # 7147251
PI:  Laura Stroud Ph.D.
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Nicole Nugent Ph.D., Beth Bock Ph.D., Sara Vargas Ph.D.
Provide statistical support for included investigator projects as well as future pilot investigation in the studies of stress, trauma and resilience.
 

Tai Chi

Sponsor: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Sponsor Award # 01064530
PI:  Gloria Yeh MD, MPH
Co-I’s:  Shira I. Dunsiger Ph.D.*, Elena Salmoirao Blotcher MD, Ph.D.
To study a multi-level intervention (TC-Wearable) that includes group-based TC classes (remotely delivered to increase access and potential scalability) and an individual wearable device with iterative feedback to promote PA in physically inactive patients with prior ACS.