Faculty Projects
Recent Grants
Sustain Compass Coordinating Center Phase Two
Gilead - Compass Initiative 2021-2023
Sponsor: Gilead Sciences
Working to address HIV/AIDS in The South by focusing on mental health, trauma-informed care, substance use (especially harm reduction and the opioid epidemic), and wellness in the context of HIV/AIDS. We work collaboratively to build capacity among organizations, institutions, and other entities to reduce HIV/AIDS disparities in care and advance equities in the Southern United States.
End Date: 12/31/2023Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration
The Healthy Start initiative is a direct services program aimed at reducing racial disparities in maternal and infant birth outcomes by targeting communities in Houston with infant mortality rates twice the rate of the national average. Through coordinated care case management with mothers, community-based health education, a consortium of stakeholders, and a fatherhood involvement program, Healthy Start delivers evidence-based strategies to improve the lives of women, infants, and fathers during pregnancy and beyond. Research related to Healthy Start tracks the effectiveness of the home visit curriculum and seeks to examine the effectiveness of care coordination between case management and medical care.
End Date: 3/31/2024
Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration
GLOBE is part of a nationwide program to increase the number of clinical behavioral health providers who are competent in working in integrated healthcare with interprofessional medical teams. The program delivers advanced training to social work and counseling psychology students through curriculum and workshops. Research related to GLOBE explores the effectiveness of the behavioral health training program and improvement in clinical skills for service delivery to co-occurring mental health and physical health conditions.
End Date: 6/30/2025
This project provides students a stipend so that their tuition, books and costs of studying in the Master of Social Work program can be covered. Also included are child welfare-oriented classes and field internships, special seminars and workshops focused on child welfare issues to enhance the educational experience, staff assistance to give focused advising and field internship support, and employment in Children's Protective Services (CPS) after graduation.
End Date: 6/30/2024Sponsor: NIH National Institute on Mental Health
Young adults experiencing homelessness have high rates of mental health conditions but low rates of service utilization and the point of transition from homelessness to supported housing provides a window of opportunity for intervention. Therefore, there is a critical need to develop interventions to support young adult mental health at the point of transition from homelessness to housing. The goal of this study is to adapt the evidenced-based intervention, Critical Time Intervention, for young adults with mental health conditions and test the adapted intervention in a randomized feasibility pilot trial.
End Date: 11/30/2025
Sponsor: Houston Endowment Inc.
This project uses a “community-based participatory research” (CBPR) design to prioritize AAPI youth voice, as a youth research team will work alongside UH GCSW researchers to conduct focus groups with diverse ethnic groups of AAPI teenagers. Findings from this project will address a substantial research gap, build an understanding of AAPI youth under-representation in civic involvement, and identify specific youth-driven and youth-focused practices to promote civic engagement among this growing U.S. population.
End Date: 7/31/2024