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Home » Research Projects » National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Projects Sponsored by:National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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Advanced Rehabilitation Research and Training: IDD Research in Culturally Diverse Communities

Researcher(s):
  • Sandy Magaña, Ph.D., MSW
  • Sandra Vanegas, Ph.D.
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Sponsors:Administration for Community Living National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)
End Date2029

Societal stressors, adaptive factors, and developmental timing: Influences on Latinx mental health from early childhood through young adulthood.

Researcher(s):
  • Esther J. Calzada, Ph.D.
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Sponsors:George Washington University (Sub-award) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2029

Alcohol, Approach-Avoidance, and Neurocircuitry Interactions in PTSD

Researcher(s):
  • Fiona Conway, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions Health/Health care
Sponsors:National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2028

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

A mixed-methods, multi-informant study of childhood suicide ideation to improve risk assessment

Researcher(s):
  • Lauren E. Gulbas, Ph.D.
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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

A Culturally Informed Model Linking Physiological Stress Regulation and Behavioral and Academic Adjustment in Latinx Children

Researcher(s):
  • Esther J. Calzada, Ph.D.
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Sponsors:National Institutes of Health (NIH) University of Georgia
End Date2027

Expanding a culturally relevant model of sexual minority tobacco use: The impact of identity

Researcher(s):
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    Sponsors:National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
    End Date2027

    CHOICES-TEEN: Efficacy of a Bundled Risk Reduction Intervention for Juvenile Justice Females (2026)

    Researcher(s):
    • Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.
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    Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
    End Date2026

    Parent Training for Latinx Autistic Toddlers: Development and Preliminary Testing 

    Researcher(s):
    • Sandy Magaña, Ph.D., MSW
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    Sponsors:National Institutes of Health (NIH) Oregon Health & Science University
    End Date2026

    Characterizing Language and Motor Development of Racially/Ethnically Diverse Infants and Toddlers with Down Syndrome

    Researcher(s):
    • Sandra Vanegas, Ph.D.
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    Sponsors:National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    End Date2026

    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
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