- Mentoring and Academic Development
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Community Health and Development
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Higher Education Practises and Engagement
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Family Support in Illness
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Climate Change and Geoengineering
University of Washington
2022-2025
Seattle Children's Hospital
2022-2024
Suffolk University
2017-2023
Seattle University
2023
Massachusetts General Hospital
2019
Abstract Social capital plays a key role in college and career success, research indicates that dearth of on‐campus connections contributes to challenges first‐generation students face effectively navigating the environment. This study investigates novel intervention focuses on development skills attitudes empower cultivate social during transition college. A mixed methods, explanatory design was used evaluate impacts processes among ( n = 164) context an ethnically diverse, urban, public...
In the past decade, brief bursts of fast oscillations in ripple range have been identified scalp EEG as a promising non-invasive biomarker for epilepsy. However, investigation and clinical application this limited because standard approaches to identify these brief, low amplitude events are difficult, time consuming, subjective. Recent studies demonstrated that ripples co-occurring with epileptiform discharges ('spike events') easier detect than alone greater pathological significance. Here,...
Climate change education is critical to promote climate action. Unfortunately, in the United States limited, with formal instruction typically only offered science classes. Both students and teachers are pushing for interdisciplinary, standards-aligned that not describes behind but also sustainable solutions addressing it. Yet, many feel unprepared teach about lack effective resources do so. In this article, we share practical recommendations educators using inquiry- place-based approaches....
Abstract Youth involved in the criminal legal system (YILS) are more likely to experience significant disruptions social determinants of health. This contributes to, and is reciprocally affected by, ongoing contact with system. Using multiple methods, current study examined feasibility impact a prevention cascade model designed universally identify address early signals health needs including housing family cohesion using cash-plus, navigator model. The analysis included 147 youth referred...
Objective: Although much research on community colleges focuses institutional challenges or student deficits, emerging evidence suggests that student–instructor relationships have the potential to impact success. The current study examined factors could influence college students’ development of with instructors and how these are associated academic engagement achievement. Drawing literature exploring at 4-year institutions, we hypothesized may partially account for association between...
Most research on youth mentoring relationships has focused the mentor-mentee dyad, yet caregivers play an important role in supporting these relationships. Drawing a large, multisite sample of formal programs (N = 2165), this study investigated associations between caregiver-mentor collaboration and relationship outcomes context environmental individual risk factors. Analysis novel quantitative measures assessing caregivers' experiences revealed two factors reflecting with mentors (caregiver...
The recent COVID-19 pandemic is having profound impacts on every sector of society, and New York City (NYC) emerged as an early epicenter the disease. Given novelty scale disease, information surrounding has been marked by considerable uncertainty confusion. Although various factors have associated with distress, little known about relations between levels intolerance (IU) anxiety symptoms behaviors. This cross-sectional study sought to examine potential correlates pathways precautionary...
Policymaking is quickly gaining focus in the field of implementation science as a potential opportunity for aligning cross-sector systems and introducing incentives to promote population health, including substance use disorders (SUD) their prevention adolescents. Policymakers are seen holding necessary levers realigning service infrastructure more rapidly effectively address adolescent behavioral health across continuum need (prevention through crisis care, mental SUD) multiple locations...
Abstract Social support promotes resilience to adverse childhood events, but little is known about the role of natural mentors—caring, nonparental adults—in lives abuse survivors. The current study draws from a large, longitudinal, nationally representative sample (Add Health) examine prevalence and characteristics mentoring relationships for adolescents with history caregiver abuse, extent which these are associated psychological health outcomes in adulthood. Among ( n = 12,270), 28.82%...
Social capital plays a key role in college students’ academic and career success. Using random assignment design, the current study evaluated impacts of one-credit course designed to increase student help-seeking social within racially diverse sample students. Compared control group, students treatment group reported improved attitudes towards help-seeking, increased behavior, higher levels mentoring support. Academic benefits were mixed, however, with an self-efficacy, no impact on GPA,...
Recent work on intergenerational memory has revealed a positive association between family of origin knowledge and wellbeing in adolescents. However, little is known about the generalizability these data, as significantly less attention focused autobiographical sharing historically marginalized communities. Given high incidence familial rejection abandonment within LGBTQIA + community, close relationships with individuals outside one’s origin, chosen families , often serve an important...
Introduction There is nationwide shortage of child and adolescent behavioral health providers. Lack diversity in the mental care profession compounds workforce capacity issues, contributing to greater disparities treatment access engagement for youth from historically disenfranchised communities. Strategies are needed foster cross-sector alignment inform policy which can improve reduce disparities. This current case study details a specific research-practice-policy partnership strategy,...
Climate change poses substantial challenges to mental health, with increased frequency of extreme weather events and environmental degradation exacerbating stress, anxiety, trauma, existential concerns. Digital innovations, particularly artificial intelligence digital phenotyping, offer promising avenues mitigate climate-related health burdens. The integration tools into care necessitates careful consideration issues access adoption solutions. Future research should evaluate the...