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Health/Health care Projects

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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

Reaching healthcare professionals to prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)

Researcher(s):
  • Mary Velasquez, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions Health/Health care
Sponsors:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
End Date2022

Rethinking cancer caregiver support: A pilot dyadic intervention

Researcher(s):
  • Qi Chen
  • Barbara L. Jones, Ph.D.
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Topics:Health/Health care
Sponsors:American Cancer Society
End Date2022

Early integrated telemedicine versus in-person palliative care for patients with advanced lung cancer

Researcher(s):
  • Barbara L. Jones, Ph.D.
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Topics:Health/Health care
Sponsors:Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
End Date2022

Telehealth treatments for depression with low-income homebound seniors

Researcher(s):
  • Namkee G. Choi, PhD
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Topics:Gerontology Health/Health care Mental health
Sponsors:National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institutes of Health (NIH) St. David's Foundation
End Date2021

Wonders and Worries: Testing a psychosocial intervention for children who have a parent with cancer

Researcher(s):
  • Farya Phillips, Ph.D., CCLS
  • Barbara L. Jones, Ph.D.
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Topics:Families, children and youth Health/Health care Mental health
Sponsors:Rice Foundation
End Date2021

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training

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

thinkEast Health

Researcher(s):
  • Luis H. Zayas, Ph.D.
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Topics:Health/Health care
Sponsors:St. David's Foundation
End Date2020

Communicating Oncologic Prognosis with Empathy (COPE): Evaluation of a standardized, interprofessional instrument

Researcher(s):
  • Barbara L. Jones, Ph.D.
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Topics:Health/Health care
Sponsors:LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes
End Date2020

Tablet-based intervention to prevent substance-exposed pregnancy in primary care

Researcher(s):
  • Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.
  • Mary Velasquez, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions Health/Health care
Sponsors:National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) 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

Mental health access to immigrant Latinx emerging adults

Researcher(s):
  • Carmen R. Valdez, Ph.D.
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Topics:Health/Health care Immigrants/Refugees Latinx populations Mental health
Sponsors:Center for Youth Mental Health
End Date2020
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