Past Research

Development and Feasibility Testing of a Culture-Centric Digital Storytelling Intervention to Promote HPV Vaccination in Korean American Youths

Principal Investigator:

Sunny Kim

CHPDP Collaborator:

Angela Chia-Chen Chen (Co-Investigator)

Funding:

NIH/NIMHD

Research Duration:

2020 - 2022

U54 Center Grant Project (PI: Marsiglia): To develop digital in-person stories from KA immigrant mothers about HPV vaccination of their children and examine the feasibility and the preliminary effectiveness of the digital storytelling intervention among 50 KA mothers of unvaccinated boys and girls aged 11-14.

Circadian Acclimatization of Performance, Sleep, and 6-sulphatoxymelatonin Using Multiple Phase-Shifting Stimuli

Principal Investigator:

Shawn Youngstedt

Funding:

Department of Defense (CDMRP)

Research Duration:

2020 - 2022

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:

2020 - 2022

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.

An Event-level Examination of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: Effects of Alcohol, Instigation, and Regulatory Mechanisms

Principal Investigator:

Gulati

CHPDP Collaborator:

Kelly Cue Davis (Consultant)

Funding:

NIH/NIAAA

Research Duration:

2020 - 2023

This study aims to comprehensively investigate the perfect storm theory, which postulates that IPV perpetration is most likely when instigating and impelling factors are strong and when inhibiting factors are weak.

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:

2020 - 2022

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.

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:

2020 - 2020

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

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:

2020 - 2021

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.

Physical Activity in Underserved Populations: Using Epidemiologic Assessments to Inform Sustainable Intervention

Principal Investigator:

Ylitalo

CHPDP Collaborator:

Rebecca E. Lee

Funding:

National Institute on Aging (NIH)

Research Duration:

2019 - 2023

Physical activity (PA), including regular exercise, prevents weight gain, delays functional limitations, and improves cardiovascular function, yet one in three Americans is inactive.

Acceptability and Feasibility of a Culturally Relevant Smartphone-delivered Physical Activity Intervention among Midlife African American Women

Principal Investigator:

Rodney Joseph

Funding:

ASU Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR)

Research Duration:

2019 - 2020

This project will examine the acceptability and feasibility of Smart Walk, a culturally relevant and theory-based Smartphone application developed to deliver a physical activity intervention for African American women aged 50-65.

Safer Bars: A Cluster-randomized Effectiveness Evaluation of Alcohol-related Sexual Violence Prevention Through Bar Staff Bystanders Training

Principal Investigator:

Koss

CHPDP Collaborator:

Kelly Cue Davis (Co-PI)

Funding:

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Research Duration:

2019 - 2023

A multi-site R01 to test the effectiveness of the “Safer Bars” program in areas around the three major universities in Arizona. Funded by the CDC Rape Prevention and Education (RPE), the program aims to teach bar staff to recognize potential situations of sexual violence.