Policy, Systems, and Environment Research Projects

 

UMass Worcester PRC PAPRN+ Collaborating Center

This grant re-establishes the UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center as a member of the Physical Activity and Policy Research Network Plus. Our team is leading research related to municipal officials’ involvement in local built environment policy processes.
UMass Worcester PRC Principal Investigator: Stephenie Lemon, PhD
Funder: Centers for Disease Control
Dates: 2014-2019

Barriers and Facilitators of Mental Health Services Utilization among Latinos

Using a community-engaged research approach, this study is to empirically assess the association of individual, partner/family, social context and larger community stressors and sources of support on markers of physical and mental health and health care utilization among low-income Latinos.
UMass Worcester PRC Principal Investigator: Milagros C. Rosal, PhD and Stepenie C. Lemon, PhD
Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health
Dates: 2011-2017

Implementation Research Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control

This education and training grant will establish a postdoctoral training program at UMass Chan focused on community and clinical implementation science in cancer prevention and control.
UMass Worcester PRC Principal Investigator: Stephenie C. Lemon, PhD
Funder: National Cancer Institute
Dates: 2014-2019

Continuation of the Nicotine Dependence in Teens (NDIT) Study to Age 30

The study will follow the use of tobacco products, quit attempts, and genetic and environmental factors among study participants. It extends the ability to follow participants
until they are 30 years old, and develop intervention tools.
UMass Worcester PRC Principal Investigator: Lori Pbert, PhD
Partner: University of Montreal
Funder: Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute
Dates: 2015-2019

Massachusetts Surveillance Quality Improvement (MA-SQI) Project

The MA Surveillance Quality Improvement project (MA-SQI) assesses and improves the quality of injury data collected in the state’s administrative databases including the MA Hospital Discharge Database (HDD), the MA Emergency Department Discharge (EDD) database, and the MA Multiple Cause-of-Death (MCOD) file.
UMass Worcester PRC Principal Investigator: Wenjun Li, PhD
Partner: Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Funder: Centers for Disease Control
Dates: 2014-2019

EPOTS

This study investigates the relationship between diabetes and progression of tuberculosis.
UMass Worcester PRC Principal Investigator: Wenjun Li, PhD
Partner: Indo-US Vaccine Action Program/NIAID
Funder: Centers for Disease Control
Dates: 2015-2017