Intervention and Implementation
Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) draws upon the principles of community-engaged implementation science to facilitate deployment and utilization of: (a) regional patient registries; (b) systematic screening for social barriers to care with a referral plan; and (c) patient navigation services into one integrated model of care to improve the quality and effectiveness of care delivery for African American women with breast cancer.
PRC Investigator: Stephenie C. Lemon, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NCI) (PIs: Battaglia, Freund, Haas, Lemon)
Dates: 2017-2022
The Clinical Studies Core of RADx supports the clinical testing of SARS CoV-2 point-of-care testing devices in diverse
communities across the United States in partnership with academic, health care and government agencies.
PRC Investigators: Stephenie C. Lemon, PhD, Milagros C. Rosal, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (PI: McManus)
Dates: 2020-2022
This project is exploring a sustainable and transferable model of epilepsy care that could be utilized at: epilepsy centers across the country, community neurology practices, and primary care practices in rural and underserved areas. Such unique models may offer epilepsy patients better disease management, improved quality of life, and a greater ability to reduce upstream health determinants, thereby improving overall health and well-being. Thus, the research is relevant to the CDC’s role to promote healthy and safe behaviors, communities, and environments.
PRC Investigator: Stephenie C. Lemon, PhD (PI of record),
Funder: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (PI: Chu)
Dates: 2021-2022
This study developed and evaluated the effectiveness of a social media indoor tanning campaign to decrease mothers’ permissiveness for, and prevalence of, indoor tanning by daughters and increased mothers’ support for policy restrictions on indoor tanning by minors to improve the effectiveness of indoor tanning regulations.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Dates: 2015-2020
The purpose of the study was to conduct a randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of an online social network delivered intervention to a traditional in-person groupbased lifestyle intervention. We hypothesized that an online social network intervention will not be inferior to the traditional delivery approach.
UMass Chan PRC Investigators: Sherry Pagoto, PhD, Stephenie Lemon, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Dates: 2015-2020
This randomized trial tested an internet-delivered, web-based intervention to reduce teen skin cancer risk.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NCI
Dates: 2010-2015
The goal of this project was to test an innovative parent education intervention for smoking cessation using human patient simulation with a child version of the simulator.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Lori Pbert, PhD (sub-contract PI)
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NCI
Dates: 2010-2015
This center grant provided the resources for investigators to create an intercampus mobile technology research center at the UMass Chan Medical School.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Partner: UMass Amherst
Funder: UMass President Science and Technology Fund
Dates: 2012-2014
This study determined whether incentivizing indoor tanners’ engagement in healthy alternative behaviors that enhance appearance (sunless tanning) and reduce stress (yoga) decreased their indoor tanning.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NCI
Dates: 2012-2014
The major goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of a school-based weight reduction program compared to only sharing information in reducing Body Mass Index.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Lori Pbert, PhD
Partner: Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NHLBI
Dates: 2011-2014
This cluster randomized controlled trial tested a school-nurse coordinated implementation model of an evidence-based ecological obesity prevention intervention among high school workers in central Massachusetts.
UMass Chan PRC Investigators: Stephenie Lemon, PhD, Lori Pbert, PhD
Partner: Massachusetts Department of Education
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NCI
Dates: 2009-2014
This study tested the implementation of a community health worker outreach model among low-income Latinos with hypertension and diabetes who are disengaged from safety-net institutions.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Milagros C. Rosal, PhD
Partners: Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Central Massachusetts Area Health Education Center
Funder: CDC PRC project
Dates: 2009-2014
Using a pair-matched, randomized group-controlled design in 10 medical schools, this study compared two methods of teaching the 5As of patient centered counseling for smoking cessation to medical students.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Judith Ockene, PhD, MEd, MA
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NCI
Dates: 2009-2014
The purpose of this project was to design and test the feasibility of a pediatric practice-based intervention linking the practice with a community-based telephone counseling resource to deliver the American Academy of Pediatrics Stage 1 Prevention Plan to families of overweight and obese children.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Lori Pbert, PhD
Partner: UMass Memorial Medical Center Pediatric Clinic
Funder: UMass Chan Medical School Department of Medicine
Dates: 2013
This pilot project developed and tested new instruments for surveying food purchasing and exercise behaviors among older women. The instruments were used in a larger study associated with the Women’s Health Initiative.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Wenjun Li, PhD
Partner: Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Funder: UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science (NIH U54 CTSA)
Dates: 2012-2013
This study compared two approaches to reducing the complexity and increasing the efficacy of a weight loss intervention for individuals with obesity and depression relative to a standard weight loss program.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Funder: UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science (NIH U54 CTSA)
Dates: 2012-2013
This study determined the feasibility of conducting a distantly-delivered weight loss and exercise intervention for patients who have been treated for breast cancer at three cancer centers.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Judith Ockene, PhD, MEd, MA
Funder: Our Danny Cancer Fund
Dates: 2012-2013
The goal of this study was to adapt an evidence-based diabetes prevention intervention for implementation by Chinese hospitals that serve low-income populations with heavy disease burden.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Funder: UMMS Office of Global Health
Dates: 2011-2013
This project evaluated the associations between dietary composition and weight gain and loss patterns.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Milagros Rosal, PhD
Funder: UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science (NIH U54 CTSA)
Dates: 2011-2013
This randomized controlled trial evaluated a practice-based, culturally sensitive Case Management Intervention that targeted system, provider and patient barriers to diabetes care.
UMass Principal Investigator: Milagros Rosal, PhD (subcontract PI)
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NIDDK
Dates: 2009-2013
The goal of this project was to enroll breast cancer survivors to determine the feasibility of the full Women’s Health Initiative Cancer Survivor Cohort Study. The aims were to: 1) refine procedures, forms, questionnaires, and processing methods; 2) establish feasibility for each step of the study; and 3) assess participation in mailed annual questionnaires.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Judith Ockene, PhD, MEd, MA (subcontract PI)
Funder: Ohio State University Research Foundation
Dates: 2009-2013
This randomized clinical trial compared the effectiveness of a virtual world-based vs. a face-to-face diabetes self-management intervention. The study population was African American/Black and Latina women with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Wenjun Li, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NIDDK
Dates: 2015-2020
This project developed and tested the feasibility of a weight loss mobile application that included common features such as self-monitoring, goal setting, and a social network, and an avatar-facilitated, idiographic problem-solving feature that processes information intelligently to help patients identify solutions to weight loss problems.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Partners: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NIDDK
Dates: 2013-2015
This pilot study tested the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a school-delivered, mindfulness plus health education intervention compared to health education alone on dietary habits and physical activity in 9th graders in two high schools in Massachusetts.
UMass Chan PRC Investigators: Lori Pbert, PhD, Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, MD, PhD Partner: Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Dates: 2013-2015
This project, a pilot study tested the feasibility and acceptability of a postpartum weight loss intervention delivered via Facebook. Results included information on recruitment and retention, engagement, participant satisfaction with the intervention, and weight loss.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Funder: Joseph P. Healey Endowment Fund
Dates: 2014-2015
This pilot study aimed to: 1) compare the prevalence of stress (measured at the individual, partner/family, social and larger community levels) elevated depression and anxiety symptom reporting, and sources of social support, between Puerto Ricans residing in Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans residing in Massachusetts; and 2) explored associations between these measures and physical and mental health care service utilization.
UMass Chan PRC Investigators: Milagros C. Rosal, PhD, Stephenie C. Lemon, PhD
Funder: Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences - Seed Money for Translational Research
Dates: 2014-2015
The goal of this study was to test the effect of a curriculum to teach medical students how to screen and assess all adult patients for obesity and offer counseling intervention to promote weight management.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Judith Ockene, PhD, Med, MS
Funder: National Cancer Institute
Dates: 2015-2020
Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a significant contributing factor to skin cancer, yet sunburns, tanning, and unprotected sun exposure remain prevalent. This study developed and tested health messages for key segments of the population who are understudied but at elevated risk for skin cancer. This work produced a library of evidence-based skin cancer prevention messages for use in public health campaigns.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Dates: 2015-2019
The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of participation in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction compared to an active control on asthma symptom control and the role of mindfulness, psychosocial, and biological processes in intervention-related changes.
UMass Chan PRC Investigators: Lori Pbert, PhD, Wenjun Li, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NCCAM
Dates: 2014-2019
Healthy Kids & Families was the applied research project of the UMass Chan Prevention Research Center. It tested the impact of a community health worker-delivered intervention aimed at helping families overcome barriers to childhood obesity prevention. The intervention was compared to a comparison condition aimed at helping families improve positive parenting skills.
UMass Chan PRC Investigators: Milagros C. Rosal, PhD, Wenjun Li, PhD
Funder: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dates: 2014-2019
This project developed and tested usability, feasibility, and acceptability of this web-based weight loss intervention designed for delivery in primary care. This work laid the foundation for a 2-arm randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of the intervention for weight loss compared with a self-directed comparison condition.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Dates: 2015-2018
This randomized clinical trial tested a patient navigation program financial incentives to an enhanced traditional care control condition for smoking cessation.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Lori Pbert, PhD
Funder: America Cancer Society
Dates: 2014-2018
This study tested a culturally and linguistically modified individually tailored lifestyle intervention to optimize gestational weight gain and postpartum weight loss among overweight/obese Hispanic women.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Milagros Rosal, PhD (subcontract PI)
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NIDDK
Dates: 2013-2018
This study assessed the feasibility of implementing and assessing the potential effects of a commercial-free television programming service in the homes of families with children aged 3-6 years old. Outcomes included child pestering for energy-dense foods and parental purchasing of energy-dense foods.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Wenjun Li, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Dates: 2015-2017
This mid-career development award was designed to support a mentorship plan in mHealth research for cardiovascular disease prevention that leveraged the resources and transdisciplinary faculty of the UMass Center for mHealth.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Dates: 2015-2020
The purpose of this proposal was to develop and test the feasibility and proof-of-concept of RELAX Application Suite (AS), a mobile-, cloud- and web-based companion to a brief visit lifestyle intervention for obese individuals. RELAX-AS was designed to reduce clinical visit time and cost by identifying and displaying behavior patterns that account for the greatest deviations in energy balance.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Dates: 2014-2017
This study assessed the effectiveness of a culturally appropriate weight loss intervention for low-income, post-partum women participating in the Special Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) through a randomized controlled trial.
UMass Chan PRC Investigators: Stephenie C. Lemon, PhD, Milagros C. Rosal, PhD
Partners: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Women, Infants, and Children, Worcester Division of Public Health, 3 health centers
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NIMHD
Dates: 2012-2017
The goal of this randomized controlled trial was to test the efficacy of a culturally and linguistically modified, individually tailored lifestyle intervention to reduce diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors among post-partum Hispanic women with a history of gestational diabetes.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Milagros Rosal, PhD (subcontract PI)
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NIDDK
Dates: 2012-2017
This study tested the effectiveness of a behavioral counseling program that 5As guidelines with students in Jordan who smoke waterpipes.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Lori Pbert, PhD
Partners: American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
Funder: American University of Beirut Research Grant (PI: Alzyoud)
Dates: 2015-2016
This study adapted, refined and assessed the feasibility of using an evidence-based cardiovascular risk prevention intervention model within Ecuadorian primary care settings, and tested the effect of the intervention approach on risk factor reduction, including: reduction in lipids, weight loss, HgbA1C in diabetics, appropriate guideline-driven prescription of statin medications, and continued adherence to medication by patients.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Milagros C. Rosal, PhD
Funder: Pfizer, Inc.
Dates: 2014-2016
This randomized clinical trial studied a neural marker for the impact of mindfulness and explored the impact of mindfulness on maintenance of weight loss.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Milagros C. Rosal, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NCCIH
Dates: 2013-2016
This study assessed 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 Chan PRC Investigators: Stephenie Lemon, PhD, Milagros Rosal, PhD
Partner: City of Lawrence Mayor’s Health Taskforce
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NIMH
Dates: 2011-2016
This project reviewed the literature related to dissemination of diabetes prevention programs and assessed insurer willingness to cover DPP as a health benefit or as a wellness benefit.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Milagros C. Rosal, PhD
Partner: Department of Public Health (PI: Santarelli)
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NIMHD
Dates: 2015
An interdisciplinary team of researchers evaluated the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a social media marijuana prevention intervention for Colorado’s families.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Dates: 2015-2020
This study adapted the Craving to Quit (C2Q) smartphone app, which integrated mindfulness training into a smoking cessation program, for teen smokers (C2Q-Teen). It tested how well this app helped teens stop smoking compared to another teen smoking cessation app that did not include mindfulness training, and to written cessation information alone.
UMass Chan PRC Investigator: Lori Pbert, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Dates: 2014-2017
This pilot study explored the psychosocial and cultural factors impeding maternal care during pregnancy to inform the adaptation of an evidence-based text-based intervention to improve pregnancy outcomes.
UMass Chan PRC Investigators: Sherry Pagoto, PhD, Stephenie Lemon, PhD
Partners: Partners in Health, Peru; UMass Lowell
Funder: UMMS, Office of Global Health
Dates: 2014-2015
