This initiative seeks to understand the mechanisms by which trauma, occurring over the life course, but especially in childhood, “gets under the skin” of patients and shapes how they think, feel, and behave, often for the remainder of their lives. Although much is known about the effects of trauma, little is known about the biological mechanisms and pathways it impacts. Unfortunately, the field is stalled, with limited treatment options and limited efficacy, leaving many people with residual symptoms and impairments.
READ MOREThe innovative initiative of the ACE Resource Network to develop a place-based effort to raise awareness, prevent, and intervene on the associations among ACE (adverse childhood experiences) and negative health and social outcomes, in Sacramento, CA will be a first of its kind effort.
READ MOREThis is an online professional development system designed to help early learning professionals meet regulations and recommendations for physical activity with preschool children. It aims to help early learning professionals gain understanding, ideas, and confidence regarding the benefits of physically active play.
READ MOREThe aim of this project is to give hard to reach young urban women who may be at risk for HIV, access to health promotion videos on their own cell phones.
READ MOREDr. Alisa Lincoln and her team at Northeastern University will work closely with the Department of Mental Health and Massachusetts stakeholders to develop and write the Massachusetts Strategic Plan for identifying and intervening early with people at risk for or experiencing psychosis (FEP) and their families with attention to the diversity of communities residing in Massachusetts
READ MOREEvaluation of the readiness and feasibility of conducting a large-scale evaluation of Start Strong Boston, a highly regarded community-based intervention that teaches middle school-aged youth about healthy relationships and avoiding dating violence.
READ MOREThis project seeks to identify how communities’ efforts to address questions regarding the role and place of sanctuary affects their resilience, and considers ways that cities might become more resilient as they respond to various forms of oppression, human rights violations, and other unjust exercises of power worldwide.
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