As part of a large-scale, NIH-funded prevention science study that aims to reduce underage alcohol use among American Indians and other adolescents in rural Oklahoma, an Institute for Child Health Policy and Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health team designed and executed a novel alcohol risk survey. “American Indians suffer from alcohol-related…
The University of Florida’s Department of Pediatrics, Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, Institute for Child Health Policy, and Family Data Center recently reviewed applications for the creation of three workgroups focused on intervention studies and health outcomes in pediatric research. Research proposals receive funding of up to $10,000 to…
Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina, Ph.D., associate professor of health outcomes and policy, was named an Exemplary Teacher for the 2013-14 academic year by the University of Florida College of Medicine. “It is such an honor to be recognized for providing training to the next generation of health outcomes and policy students…
In a single week, Keith E. Muller, Ph.D., and his co-investigator Deborah H. Glueck, Ph.D., received two grants from the National Institutes of Health. Muller is a professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy in the University of Florida College of Medicine, and Glueck…
Mildred Maldonado-Molina, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, recently joined the CTSI Mentor Academy as part of the first class of investigators to complete the UF CTSI’s Master Mentor Program. The academy aims to support a culture of mentorship and to train investigators at…
Brady Garrett, Ph.D, a counseling psychologist intern with Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health in Tahlequah, Okla., has received the first NIH-funded post-doctoral position with the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy and Institute for Child Health Policy. “I’m very excited, and extremely fortunate to have received this wonderful opportunity,”…
Mildred Maldonado-Molina, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of health outcomes and policy and a faculty member with the Institute for Child Health Policy, was elected to serve on the board of directors of the Society for Prevention Research on Thursday, May 29 at an awards presentation…
