Current Research

 

REVIVE: REmote Virtual Intervention for Inspiring Vitality & Energy; Title: Here is the title: Improving Cardiometabolic Health with Meditative Movement in Mobility Impaired Women
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It is an R01, funded from Sep 15 2025 - Aug 31 2030  Goal:  Determine the efficacy of a 12-week, online-delivered TCQ intervention to reduce (T2) and sustain (T3) reductions in abdominal fat and physiologically measured stress indicators


SmartStart: A digitally-enhanced diabetes self-management intervention for low-income people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
Principal Investigator:

Eyitayo Owolabi

Funding:

NIH NIMHD

Research Duration:

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To co-create a digitally enhanced T2D self-management intervention tailored to the education and support needs of low-income adults newly diagnosed with T2D or with poorly controlled glycemia. The intervention will be pilot tested within a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center to determine its feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects on engagement in self-management behaviors and diabetes self-management education classes.


Fostering brain health literacy among middle-aged and older adults of low socioeconomic status with type 2 diabetes
Principal Investigator:

Eyitayo Owolabi

Funding:

ASU Edson

Research Duration:

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To examine the knowledge of and perceived risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia and engagement in brain health promotion behaviors among midlife and older adults with T2D in Arizona, US.


Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE): Scaling up evidence-based, policy-guided physical activity and nutrition education for preschoolers
Principal Investigator:

Rebecca E. Lee

Funding:

NIH

Research Duration:

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This project evaluates how three SAGE implementation strategies impact implementation, sustainability, cost, and child health outcomes in early childhood education settings, using CFIR to assess contextual factors and the MOST framework to optimize strategy combinations.

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Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a remotely delivered app-based heart rate variability biofeedback (HRVB) intervention for chronic migraine
Principal Investigator:

Sunny Kim

CHPDP Collaborator:

Chung Jung Mun (Co-I)

Funding:

Institute for Social Science Research Seed Grant

Research Duration:

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This project aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of a remotely delivered an app-based HRVB intervention among adults with chronic migraines.


Utilizing Empirical Ethics to Conceptualize Religion-Based Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States
Principal Investigator:

Rachel Gur-Arie

Funding:

John Templeton Foundation

Research Duration:

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To investigate vaccine hesitancy among religious leaders and future healthcare workers in the U.S. to better conceptualize and understand the complex relationships between religion, science, and health and how these interact in relation to vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers and, particularly, the future healthcare workforce.

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Couple Communication in Cancer: A Multi-Method Examination (Renewal 1)
Principal Investigator:

Shelby Langer

CHPDP Collaborator:

Chung Jung Mun (Co-Investigator)

Research Duration:

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(1) To identify communication profiles of cancer patient-partner couples based on ecological momentary assessment and observational data collected in the prior grant. (2) To examine the predictive relationship of these communication profiles to outcomes. (3a) To develop, using machine learning, a brief self-report screening tool that will identify couples most at risk for poor outcomes. (3b) To concurrently and prospectively validate this brief self-report screening tool in a new sample of 270 couples. (3c) To identify facilitators and barriers to implementation of the screener in a clinical setting.


Understanding barriers and facilitators to engagement in diabetes self-care behaviors for low-income individuals with Type 2 Diabetes
Principal Investigator:

Eyitayo Owolabi

Funding:

ASU Institute of Social Sciences Research

Research Duration:

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To understand the information, motivation, and behavioral skills needs of low-income individuals with type 2 diabetes and multilevel barriers and facilitators to engagement in self-management behaviors


Duocentric Social Networks and Alcohol-Related Intimate Partner Aggression among Couples from Low-Income Communities
Principal Investigator:

Julia Hammett

CHPDP Collaborator:

Kelly Cue Davis (Co-I)

Funding:

NIH/NIAAA

Research Duration:

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This project aims to examine whether factors associated with social networks, including social isolation and social norm perceptions, moderate the association between alcohol use and intimate partner aggression among low-income couples.

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Smart Walk: A culturally tailored smartphone-delivered physical activity intervention to reduce cardiometabolic disease risk among African American women
Principal Investigator:

Rodney Joseph

Funding:

NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Research Duration:

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The aim of this study is to test the efficacy of a culturally tailored, smartphone-delivered physical activity intervention to increase physical activity and reduce cardiometabolic disease risk among African American women with obesity.

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