Past Research
Angela Chia-Chen Chen
ASU Edson College PhD Program Seed Grant
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Linda Larkey
Sunny Kim (Co-I)
Edson Discovery Pilot Awards for Dementia Caregiving
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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.
Shelby Langer; Nandita Khera
Mayo Clinic and ASU Seed Grant Program
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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.
Gabriel Shaibi
ASU Institute for Social Science Research
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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.
Dara James
Linda Larkey
ASU Institute for Social Sciences Research
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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.
Angela Chia-Chen Chen
Sigma Theta Tau International Grant
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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.
Aaida A. Mamuji (York University Co-Leader)
Angela Chia-Chen Chen(Co-Leader)
National Science Foundation-funded Social Science Extreme Events Research Network and the CONVERGE facility at the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder
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This COVID-19 Working Group for Public Health and Social Sciences Research is interested in issues of stigma, fear, discrimination, and backlash in light of COVID-19, as well as social countermeasures and emergency management actions that can be taken to address them. The group’s broad scope includes research interest in Sinophobia, stigma faced by frontline workers and those that have tested positive, compounded by discrimination experienced by those already marginalized, and the role played by culture and social media.
Shelby Langer
Edson College Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging Faculty Scholar Award
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Aims are to test feasibility of recruitment and data collection among 30 older adult spouse pairs and to examine intra- and inter-personal associations between indicators of relationship functioning (relationship satisfaction, communication, intimacy) and gut microbiota composition and diversity.
Elizabeth Reifsnider
ASU Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR)
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This project aims to determine the professional quality of life, resilience, selfefficacy, and stress of nurses nationally and internationally during the pandemic. Findings will elucidate impacts of the virus on members of this critical work force. Knowledge gained will inform planning by healthcare leadership to promote resilience and self-efficacy among health care workers and also to prevent fatigue, burnout and illness.
Mitch Kirwan
Kelly Cue Davis
ASU Institute for Social Science Research
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Research will examine which emotion regulation strategies may be associated with sexually aggressive intentions.