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Health and Functioning in New Midlife Adults: Understanding the Role of Alcohol Use, Social Environments, and Preventive Intervention over the Life Course
ABSTRACT Significant transitions at midlife can be positive for some, but many also experience emotional challenges, physical health declines, and high stress in adapting to new so...
Characterizing Brain Activation and Postural Response During Concurrent Cognitive Tasks in the Presence of Optic Flow Stimulation: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study
PROJECT SUMMARY Human postural control involves multiple sensory integrations from visual, somatosensory, and vestibular inputs.Due to a decline in somatosensation and vestibular f...
Identifying Unmet Needs Driving Disproportionate and Avoidable Nursing Home Placements among Black and Latino Persons Living With Dementia
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The disproportionate rise in nursing home (NH) use among Black and Latino persons living with dementia (PLWD) reflects the inadequacy of existing programs...
Investigation of brainstem neurons in the regulation of gonadotropin secretion
PROJECT SUMMARY The long-term goal of the proposed research is to determine the neural pathways by which physiological signals regulate gonadotropin secretion, which ultimately det...
Gene regulation and social relationships across the life course in a nonhuman primate model
Project Summary Social support and social integration are some of the most robust predictors of morbidity and mortality identified to date.This relationship arises from increased s...
Gene regulation and social relationships across the life course in a nonhuman primate model
Project Summary Social support and social integration are some of the most robust predictors of morbidity and mortality identified to date. This relationship arises from increased...
Probing the role of a hypothalamic-thalamic-striatal circuit in cue-driven behaviors
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Stimuli (cues) in the environment associated with reward can motivate normal behavior, bringing one in close proximity to valuable resources (e.g. food); b...
Identifying Unmet Needs Driving Disproportionate and Avoidable Nursing Home Placements among Black and Latino Persons Living With Dementia
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The disproportionate rise in nursing home (NH) use among Black and Latino persons living with dementia (PLWD) reflects the inadequacy of existing programs...
Mechanism of intravitreal VEGF-A165a and topical calcitriol for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity
PROJECT SUMMARY Dr. Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi is a neonatologist with a background training as an optometrist, now an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics with an affiliate appointment in...
RCT to evaluate Bystander-informed See it Stop it (BiSiSi) to Prevent Child Sex Trafficking in Kentucky Middle Schools
The strongest risk factor for child sexual exploitation and trafficking (CSE/T) is a dysfunctional family environment characterized by violence and parental substance use. In Kentu...
Gene regulation and social relationships across the life course in a nonhuman primate model
Project Summary Social support and social integration are some of the most robust predictors of morbidity and mortality identified to date. This relationship arises from increased...
Probing the role of a hypothalamic-thalamic-striatal circuit in cue-driven behaviors
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Stimuli (cues) in the environment associated with reward can motivate normal behavior, bringing one in close proximity to valuable resources (e.g. food); b...
Placental Proteins and Prematurity
Each year, 12-18 million infants worldwide, representing ~10% of all births, are born preterm (before 37 weeks of gestation). The mechanisms underpinning preterm birth are poorly u...
Placental Proteins and Prematurity
Each year, 12-18 million infants worldwide, representing ~10% of all births, are born preterm (before 37 weeks of gestation).The mechanisms underpinning preterm birth are poorly un...
Community-Based Strategies to Reduce Cardiometabolic Disease in the Deep South
1 PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 2 Nearly 3 out of 4 adults in the United States (US) live with overweight or obesity (body mass index (BMI) of ≥ 25 3 kg/m2), with the highest rates amon...
Mechanism of intravitreal VEGF-A165a and topical calcitriol for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity
PROJECT SUMMARY Dr.Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi is a neonatologist with a background training as an optometrist, now an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics with an affiliate appointment in t...
Community-Based Strategies to Reduce Cardiometabolic Disease in the Deep South
1 PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 2 Nearly 3 out of 4 adults in the United States (US) live with overweight or obesity (body mass index (BMI) of ? 25 3 kg/m2), with the highest rates amon...
Southern California Center for Chronic Health Disparities in Latino Children and Families.
Obesity and related chronic diseases, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and dyslipidemia continue to increase in the U.S., and Latinos are disproportionally affec...
Community-Based Strategies to Reduce Cardiometabolic Disease in the Deep South
1 PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 2 Nearly 3 out of 4 adults in the United States (US) live with overweight or obesity (body mass index (BMI) of ≥ 25 3 kg/m2), with the highest rates amon...
Southern California Center for Chronic Health Disparities in Latino Children and Families.
Obesity and related chronic diseases, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and dyslipidemia continue to increase in the U.S., and Latinos are disproportionally affec...