Center for Translational Behavioral Science

The mission of the Center for Translational Behavioral Science at Florida State University is to promote public
health and health justice using a sustainable team science approach for the development and
wide spread implementation of behavioral and biobehavioral interventions across the translational spectrum.

CTBScience relies on a continuous cycle of interaction between basic behavioral and biomedical scientists,
translational researchers, treatment providers, and communities to develop interventions
reaching diverse and under-served populations in local communities and beyond.

EST. 2018

What is Translational Behavioral Science?

The translation of behavioral science findings meant to improve patient and population outcomes.

Click here to read the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences' definition of translational science.

Adolescent and Emerging Adult Health Justice Program

The Adolescent and Emerging Adult Health Justice Program, led by Drs. Karen MacDonell and Sylvie Naar, focuses on developing and testing behavioral interventions to promote health equity among adolescents and emerging adults.
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Intervention Research Advancing Care Equity (iRACE)

The goal of our intervention research is to improve patient care among medically underserved populations through evidence-based behavioral interventions in the context of learning healthcare systems.
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Sleep, Trauma, and Emotional Processes (STEP) Program

The STEP (Sleep, Trauma, and Emotional Processes) program, led by Dr. Scott M. Pickett, examines the influence and interaction of vulnerabilities, such as maladaptive emotion regulation and sleep disruption, on negative mental and physical health outcomes.
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Community Health and Social Epidemiology (CHASE) Program

Dr. Tyra Dark created the Community Health and Social Epidemiology (CHASE) program, housed within the Center for Translational Behavioral Science, to investigate the impact of social conditions on community health.
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Integrative Science for Healthy Aging

The Integrative Science for Healthy Aging Program, led by Dr. Julia Sheffler, broadly involves the development and assessment of interventions for mental-health problems and neurocognitive disorders in older adults
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Program on Client Centered Research and Care

The Program on Client Centered Research and Care (pCCRC), led by Iván Balán, Ph.D. and his collaborator Rebecca Giguere, MPH, focuses on two main areas: 1) understanding individual’s experiences interacting with novel behavioral and biomedical interventions, and 2) developing and implementing client
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Scale It Up (SIU) Florida

Scale It Up Florida is a youth learning health community focused innovation, discovery, and promoting health equity among sexual and gender minority youth and youth with HIV in Florida through community-driven research.
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G.R.O.W.T.H. Lab

The G.R.O.W.T.H. Research Lab, led by Dr. Laura Reid Marks, focuses primarily on racial microaggressions and the effect these have on mental health, health behaviors, and career development in disadvantaged emerging adult populations.
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