A5012584818- Family and Disability Support Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
University of Illinois Chicago
2019-2025
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2022-2025
National Institute on Drug Abuse
2025
National Institutes of Health
2025
Rush University
2018
Rush University Medical Center
2018
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2015-2016
Despite the prevalence of depressive disorders among youth, there is no health system model to address prevention these disorders. With goal creating effective, tolerable, and scalable interventions for adolescent depression, we have fielded three randomized clinical trials, centered in care delivery organizations that use a whole-of-society approach: (a) Path 2 Purpose (N = 664), comparing Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive Behavioral, Humanistic, Interpersonal Training...
Objectives: Healthcare-associated stigma is a critical barrier for treatment engagement patients with substance use disorders. Although there are efforts to combat stigmatizing language in clinical documentation, little known about the presence of use-related structured diagnosis codes ubiquitous medicine. Methods: We examined terms contained within International Classification Diseases, 10th revision, modification (ICD-10-CM) code descriptions. Stigmatizing were compiled from guidelines...
The risk of African American women dying from breast cancer is estimated to be 41% higher than that White throughout the USA. Using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) perspective, this qualitative study elicited attitudes, beliefs and concerns about its treatment amongst Americans living in Chicago. Five hundred three men were recruited 15 Chicago’s predominantly South Side neighborhoods. Participants interviewed 49 focus groups, 2–3 groups representing each neighborhood....
Abstract: Depression is more common in youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) compared to without diabetes. This study aims assess the efficacy of Competent Adulthood Transition Cognitive Humanistic and Interpersonal Teaching (CATCH-IT), an internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention, adolescents T1D depressive symptoms. Adolescents (13 17 years old) mild (score 5–9) or moderate 10–14) symptoms on Patient Health Questionnaire-Adolescent (PHQ-A) screening assessment were...
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common heritable form of intellectual disability. Adults with FXS vary in their health status and functional capacity require a range caregiving activities, including full-time supervision, help activities daily living, coordination services. Through lens life course theory, this qualitative study 39 respondents examines caregiving, transition, long-term planning for adults related challenges social service interventions. In-depth interviews enable...
Background Rising rates of adolescent depression in the wake COVID-19 and a youth mental health crisis highlight urgent need for accessible healthcare prevention within primary care. Digital interventions (DMHIs) may increase access underserved populations. However, these are not well studied adolescents, nor settings. The purpose this study was to identify barriers facilitators screening recruitment activities PATH 2 Purpose (P2P): Primary Care Community-Based Prevention Mental Disorders...
With as many 13% of adolescents diagnosed with depressive disorders each year, prevention has become a key priority for the National Institute Mental Health (NIMH). Currently, we have no widely available interventions to treat these disorders. To address this need, developed multi-health system collaboration develop and evaluate primary care based technology “behavioral vaccine,” Competent Adulthood Transition Cognitive-Behavioral Humanistic Interpersonal Therapy (CATCH-IT). The full...