Below is a selection of ongoing grants awarded to PHLS research faculty:

• PI: Virmarie Correa-Fernandez. (2015-2020). Reducing Tobacco-related Health Disparities: A Focus on Mental Health. American Cancer Society. $717,000
• PI: Dr. Jorge Gonzalez. (2015-2018). Words of Oral Reading and Language Development (WORLD). Institute of Education Sciences. $1,500,000
• MPI: Dr. Ezemenari Obasi. (2016-2019). A Community Collaborative for Preventing and Treating Obesity in Underserved Communities in Houston. United Health Foundation. $2,000,000
• PI: Dr. Ezemenari Obasi >. (2013-2018). Stress and drug use vulnerability in the African American Community. National Institute of Drug Abuse. $2,525,288
• PI: Dr. Ezemenari Obasi. (2016-2019). Supporting Early Career and Minority Drug Abuse Research at the APA Convention. National Institute of Drug Abuse. $50,000
• PI: Dr. Rosie Murillo. (2017-2018). The Role of Built and Social Environment in Latino Health. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. $50,000
• PI: Dr. Bradley Smith. (2017-2018). Letting Everyone Achieve Dreams (LEAD). Annie E Casey Foundation. $51,132
• PI: Dr. Nathan G. Smith. (2017-2019). Project PRIDE: Intervention to Reduce HIV risk in Young Sexual Minority Men. National Institute of Drug Abuse. $418,817

Ongoing studies you can participate in:

• Hwemudua Addictions and Health Disparities Laboratory (HAHDL):
  Stress and Coping Study (PDF) | Parking (PDF)

Available research opportunities for post-docs, graduate students, and undergrad students:

• Hwemudua Addictions and Health Disparities Laboratory (HAHDL):
  Undergraduate RA (PDF) | Post-Doc (PDF)
• Young Adult Risk Behavior and Community Intervention Lab:
  Undergraduate RA (PDF)

Graduate Student Research Support:

• PHLS Student Travel Fellowship to present research at a professional conference (Effective 9/1/15):
  Travel Application (PDF)

The following is a collection of brief video overviews of some of our most recent research findings. If you would like to learn more about our research, please visit our degree program pages.