Diabetes and Mental Health Initiative

The Diabetes and Mental Health Initiative aims to contribute interdisciplinary, integrative research on the complex ways that mental health intersects with diabetes risk, self-management, and prognosis across the lifespan.

Aging, Transitions over the Lifespan and Suicide (ATLAS) Study

The ATLAS Study aims to leverage existing population-based surveys to examine how major life transitions relate to suicide risk.

Richmond Stress and Sugar Study

The goal of the Richmond Stress and Sugar Study (RSASS) is to examine how stress, and the ways our bodies respond to stress, contribute to racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in type 2 diabetes.

A public health approach to understanding suicide risk in long-term care

The goal of this study is to use data from the National Violent Death Reporting System to examine the correlates of suicide in later life in relation to long-term care (e.g., residing in or housing transitions related to independent living, assisted living, nursing homes).

Strengthening a community-engaged research partnership to promote diabetes self-management in Richmond

The goal of this community-engaged research partnership is to examine the psychosocial predictors of participation in, and clinical outcomes of, the YMCA of Greater Richmond’s Diabetes Control Program.

The Mood and Immune Regulation in Twins (MIRT) Study

The objective of this study is to evaluate the role environmental and genetic contributions, and their interaction, in the relationship between major depression and type 2 diabetes in later adulthood.

Genetic, social, and developmental epidemiology of drug use disorders

The goal of this study is to examine how contextual factors and policies related to migrant settlement relate to later risk of drug use among immigrants to Sweden.