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Disparities Projects

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Childhood Asthma: Disease Course and Lung Function Trajectories and Air Pollution Exposure

Researcher(s):
  • Elizabeth Matsui, M.D., M.H.S.
  • Catherine Cubbin, Ph.D.
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Topics:Disparities Families, children and youth Health/Health care
Sponsors:National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2028

Urban planning, siting of air pollution sources, and asthma disparities

Researcher(s):
  • Elizabeth Matsui, M.D., M.H.S.
  • Catherine Cubbin, Ph.D.
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Topics:Disparities
Sponsors:National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2027

Latinx adults with psychiatric disabilities and the families who care for them: A mixed-methods study of the Latinx family sociocultural context

Researcher(s):
  • Mercedes Hernandez, Ph.D., LCSW
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Topics:Disparities Latinx populations Mental health
Sponsors:National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)
End Date2025

Implementing ParentCorps in Corpus Christi Independent School District

Researcher(s):
  • Esther J. Calzada, Ph.D.
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Topics:Disparities Education/Schools
Sponsors:Morris L Lichtenstein, Jr. Medical Research Foundation
End Date2024

Post-doctoral fellowship: Promoting equity in cardiovascular health

Researcher(s):
  • Catherine Cubbin, Ph.D.
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Topics:Disparities Health/Health care Social work education
Sponsors:National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2023

Adolescence to adulthood: Factors influencing trajectories of suicide ideation and attempt among sexual minorities

Researcher(s):
  • Susan M. De Luca, Ph.D.
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Topics:Disparities Mental health
Sponsors:National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2022

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training

Researcher(s):
  • Robin Smith, LCSW-S
  • Diana M. DiNitto, Ph.D.
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Topics:Disparities Health/Health care
Sponsors:Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
End Date2021

Why adolescent Latinas attempt suicide more than other females

Researcher(s):
  • Lauren E. Gulbas, Ph.D.
  • Luis H. Zayas, Ph.D.
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Topics:Disparities Latinx populations Mental health Racial/ethnic/sexual diversity
Sponsors:National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2020

Achieving health equity: Improving the maternal postpartum access and outcomes of Black/African American women in Travis County

Researcher(s):
  • Michele A. Rountree, Ph.D.
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Topics:African Americans Disparities Health/Health care
Sponsors:St. David's Foundation
End Date2020

Changing the rates of misdiagnosis in psychiatry

Researcher(s):
  • Deborah Ann Cohen, Ph.D.
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Topics:African Americans Disparities Mental health
Sponsors:St. David's Foundation
End Date2020

A 360 analysis of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use among adolescents

Researcher(s):
  • Yessenia Castro, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions Disparities Latinx populations
Sponsors:Office of the Vice President for Research The University of Texas at Austin
End Date2019

K.I.S.S. (keep it safe and sexy) & Tell

Researcher(s):
  • Michele A. Rountree, Ph.D.
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Topics:African Americans Disparities Sexual health
Sponsors:Dell Medical School Center for Place-Based Initiatives
End Date2018
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