Programs

The Young Adult Health Program, led by Dr. Sylvie Naar and Dr. Karen MacDonell, focuses on developing and testing behavioral interventions to promote health among adolescents and emerging adults.

The goal of our intervention research is to improve patient care through evidence-based behavioral interventions in the context of learning healthcare systems.

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.

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

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-centered counseling interventions to facilitate desired behavior change.

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