CHB affiliate members from departments across the University and from community-based institutional partners take part in regular workshops.
6 Interdisciplinary Projects Awarded New Health Behavior Research Grants
The (CHB) in the (A&S) has awarded its first round of competitive grants for interdisciplinary and cross-institutional health and behavioral science research projects.
A total of $33,000 in seed funding has been awarded to six separate projects through the and the . The grants are intended to catalyze cross-university collaboration and position investigators for larger external grant submissions.
鈥淭he selected proposals span researchers from six 网爆门 colleges and institutes and eight departments, schools and centers, truly reflecting broad institutional engagement and collaboration,鈥 says , director of the CHB and professor in the Department of Psychology in A&S. 鈥淭he grants also illustrate CHB鈥檚 strategic role in seeding interdisciplinary research, strengthening university-Veterans Affairs partnerships, accelerating development of competitive external grant submissions and advancing impactful work across health and behavioral science domains.鈥
Projects include research on intimate partner violence among veterans, alcohol reduction messaging in Veterans Affairs primary care, heart rate training for entrepreneurs, healthy eating tools for young children, AI support readiness for family caregivers and virtual reality-based voice therapy for pre-service (student) teachers.
Several external partners are also included. Those projects involve researchers at , , and , as well as and industry partner .
Pilot funds were provided to CHB by the College of Arts and Sciences with direct support from Dean , Ditre says. The funds can be used for participant compensation, core facility access, data acquisition, study materials, software and other costs of launching new collaborative research. Projects begin this month and cover a 12-month period.
Researchers receiving grants and their projects are:
Understanding and Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Among Veterans: A Mixed Methods Study of Risk Factors, Experiences and Treatment Preferences
- , assistant professor of psychology, A&S
- , clinical psychology postdoctoral fellow, VA Center for Integrated Healthcare,
Nudge Messaging to Promote Alcohol-Related Behavior Change Among Veterans in Primary Care
- , research assistant professor, CHB/IVMF and clinical research program director, VA Center for Integrated Healthcare
- , research professor and professor emeritus of psychology, A&S
Family Caregiver Well-Being and Readiness for AI-Based Support
- , associate professor of senior research associate, ,
- assistant professor of faculty associate, , Maxwell School
Virtual Reality-Based Voice Therapy for Pre-Service Teachers: Initial Design of a VR Voice Intervention
- , assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders, A&S
- , associate professor of industrial and interaction design, ,
A Sweet Texts Add-On to Identify Tailoring Variables and Decision Points for Reducing Energy-Dense Food Intake in Preschool Children
- , assistant professor of nutrition and food studies,
- , assistant professor of psychology, A&S
Physiological Self-Regulation as a Foundation of Entrepreneurial Functioning
- , assistant professor of entrepreneurship,
- , associate professor of entrepreneurship and academic director of the , Whitman School
