Past Research

 

Weight reduction and cognitive health: A pilot study testing a remotely delivered, mindful eating intervention among obese mid-life adults
Principal Investigator:

Dara James

CHPDP Collaborator:

Linda Larkey

Funding:

ASU Institute for Social Sciences Research

Research Duration:

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The project will enroll mid-life adults with obesity to participate in a remotely delivered intervention to improve cognitive function and reduce risk factors for obesity-related diseases.

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Discrimination, Health and Vaccine Acceptance among Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans amid COVID-19
Principal Investigator:

 Angela Chia-Chen Chen

Funding:

Sigma Theta Tau International Grant

Research Duration:

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The purpose of this study is to conduct timely and time-sensitive research that examines how racial/ethnic discrimination toward our target populations amid COVID-19 has negatively impacted their preventive behaviors, health and healthcare seeking behaviors, including vaccination intent and uptake.


Development of a Tech-based Intervention to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination
Principal Investigator:

Angela Chia-Chen Chen

Funding:

ASU Edson College PhD Program Seed Grant

Research Duration:

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Feasibility Study of a Novel mHealth Intervention to Build Resilience and Reduce Burden for Family Caregivers of AD Patients
Principal Investigator:

Linda Larkey

CHPDP Collaborator:

Sunny Kim (Co-I)

Funding:

Edson Discovery Pilot Awards for Dementia Caregiving

Research Duration:

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To examine feasibility of implementing a heart rate variability biofeedback (HRVB) intervention and a music listening control with AD family caregivers. 

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Feasibility and acceptability of Family-Focused Facilitated Fitness, a couple-based physical activity intervention for hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and their caregiving partners
Principal Investigator:

Shelby Langer; Nandita Khera

Funding:

Mayo Clinic and ASU Seed Grant Program

Research Duration:

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This project will study the feasibility of an exercise intervention involving people undergoing cancer treatment for a hematologic malignancy along with their caregiver. The study will also look at the use of a new, wearable device to track steps and assess communication between partners.

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Explicating Family Processes to Support Diabetes Prevention in Latino Families
Principal Investigator:

Gabriel Shaibi

Funding:

ASU Institute for Social Science Research

Research Duration:

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This project will conduct interviews with past research participants to gain insight into potential adaptations of their current intervention to enhance its reach and diffusion for the family system and to identify ways to meet the diabetes prevention needs of high-risk Latino families. 

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Inflammatory mediators and beta-cell function among obese Latino youth with prediabetes
Principal Investigator:

Armando Pena (PhD student)

CHPDP Collaborator:

Gabe Shaibi; Micah Olson, MD

Funding:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease

Research Duration:

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This study aims to examine the effect of lifestyle intervention on pro- and anti-inflammatory mediators in 79 obese Latino youth with prediabetes as compared to a usual care control group of 38 obesity- and glycemia-matched Latino youth. Understanding how changes in pro- and anti-inflammatory markers relate to changes in beta-cell function is important to identify specific mechanisms that can be targeted in future studies.

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Pilot test of a heart rate variability biofeedback intervention to optimize storytelling interventions to cope with psychological distress on hematopoietic cell transplant patients
Principal Investigator:

Sunny Kim

CHPDP Collaborator:

Linda Larkey

Funding:

ASU Institute for Social Science Research

Research Duration:

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This work aims to examine the potential of HRVB as a "priming" experience to optimize the effects of story viewing by focusing patients' skills and experience on HRV to reduce emotional distress.

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Prolonged nightly fasting in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI): A pilot study exploring changes in neurocognitive function
Principal Investigator:

Dara James

CHPDP Collaborator:

Linda Larkey

Funding:

ASU Institute for Social Science Research

Research Duration:

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The intervention aims to test whether prolonged nightly fasting will improve cognitive function and increase brain-derived neurotrophic factor in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, and further, to explore how prolonged nightly fasting may potentially improve cardiometabolic risk factors.

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Adapting a Smartphone-Delivered Self-Management Program and Behavioral Intervention for Positive Airway Pressure Therapy Initiation and Maintenance to Enhance Patient-Reported Outcomes and Patient-Provider Communication among Stroke Survivors...
Principal Investigator:

Lori Rhudy (Co-PI)

CHPDP Collaborator:

Megan Petrov (Co-PI)

Funding:

Mayo Clinic and ASU Alliance for Health Care: Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program

Research Duration:

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This pilot study will test the expanded SleepWell24, to increase CPAP adherence among stroke survivors with OHS.

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