An early childhood sleep intervention adapted and implemented in urban primary care. Data collection is complete for our recent randomized controlled trial; opportunities include analysis of actigraphy data and multi-informant (interventionist, family) intervention session fidelity data.
Sleep in Preschoolers Study (SIPS)
Data collection is ongoing for the next 2-3 years. Opportunities include analysis of actigraphy and polysomnography data, caregiver-child interactions tasks, and biological samples.
Adapting a transdiagnostic sleep and circadian intervention for racial and ethnic minoritized adolescents with suicidal thoughts and behaviors presenting to primary care. Opportunities include analysis of qualitative post-intervention data.
We partner with this Philadelphia-area non-profit organization that provides beds, bedding, and sleep health education to children living at or below 100% of the US poverty line and without an individual bed to sleep in. Opportunities include assisting the program on sleep health awareness activities and examining program-related outcomes data. Learn more about Beds for Kids by clicking here to watch a recent Philadelphia news feature on the program.
TECH Check-Up
This 1-year pilot study is being conducted with PI Dr. Jen Doty in the UO College of Education and involves adapting an evidence-based motivational interviewing intervention for adolescents to be responsive to youth engaged in risky online behavior. The pilot study began in 2024 in middle schools located in Portland and Eugene. We have also submitted a larger grant to the National Institute of Mental Health to fund a 3-year evaluation of this program in Portland and Eugene public schools. Opportunities include participation in rapid qualitative analysis to examine initial school staff, caregiver, and youth perspectives about this program.
Optimizing the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) Family Media Plan (FMP)
In partnership with the AAP Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) network and MPI Dr. Megan Moreno at University of Wisconsin-Madison to better understand how pediatricians use AAP’s FMP to address technology and digital media (TDM) use with early adolescent patients, and how we can optimize this resource to address common adolescent sleep problems related to TDM use. We have submitted grant proposals to the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to fund this work. Opportunities involve participation in rapid qualitative analysis to examine pediatrician, caregiver, and youth perspectives about the FMP, and to collaborate with Dr. Moreno’s Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT) on youth TDM use data from their lab.