RCT to reduce HIV acquisition and viral load among migrants Rakai Uganda

The Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP), Uganda, proposes an implementation science community- randomized controlled trial (CRCT) of a novel intervention to newly in-migrated individuals (“Welcome In- coming Neighbor” [WIN]), to […]

Statistical Methods for Multilevel Multivariate Functional Studies

While imaging studies are widely used in clinical practice and research, the number of neuroimaging- based biomarkers is small. For example, in clinical trials of immunomodulatory therapies for MS, the […]

Maternal Stress and Preterm Birth Role of Genome and Epigenome

Preterm birth (PTB) is a leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity in the US and the globe, and can lead to a cascade of health problems later in life. […]

Intergenerational Link of Cardio-Metabolic Risk Integrate Multi-OMICS with Birth Cohort

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More than half of U.S. mothers entered pregnancy with overweight or obesity (OWO); maternal obesity is considered a major determinant of the next generations’ OWO risk.7 A similar inter-generational link […]

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program and pregnancy associated mortality in Maryland

Maternal mortality has been increasing in the United States. The extent to which non-medical use of prescription drugs by pregnant and postpartum women has contributed to this trend is unknown […]

Use of a machine learning framework to predict severe maternal morbidity

Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is on the rise in the United States. Such morbidity is accompanied by delivery complications and adverse pregnancy outcomes, and can have long- term health consequences […]

Feasibility acceptability and preliminary efficacy of Text4Father for improving infant and family health

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While father engagement programming is widely advocated, few clinical and public health approaches engage fathers during the pre- and perinatal periods. A large body of literature shows that fathers play […]

Preterm Birth Maternal and and Child Metabolic Risk

Using a life-course framework, we propose to conduct a comprehensive and systemic investigation on preterm birth (PTB) and maternal and fetal metabolic characteristics in relation to child development of adverse […]

Intergenerational transmission of parenting and self-regulation

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The proposed three-generation study seeks to determine whether self-regulation in childhood is a foundation for parenting in adulthood and whether a successful universal preventive intervention to improve self-regulation in childhood […]

Virtual Population Obesity Prevention

The obesity epidemic is a continuing and growing major global multi-scale problem. Designing appropriate policies and interventions has been challenging since obesity is a complex problem, crossing the following six […]