Research for Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology

“Social Network Analysis of Puberty, Activity Behaviors, and Health Disparities.” Primary Investigators: Lindsay T. Hoyt (Fordham University) & Mark C. Pachucki (UMass, Amherst). Supported by: The National Institute of Nursing Research (R21 NR017154 NINR).

"Testing the Integration of an Empirically-supported Teacher Consultation Model and a Social-emotional Learning and Literacy Intervention in Urban Elementary Schools"
Primary Investigators: Joshua L. Brown (Fordham University) & Jason Downer (University of Virginia). Supported by: Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.

"Improving Classroom Learning Environments by Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE): A Cluster Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial" (Goal 3 Efficacy Study Award)
Primary Investigators: Joshua L. Brown (Fordham University), Patricia Jennings (University of Virginia), Mark Greenberg (Pennsylvania State University). Supported by: Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.

"The Impact of School and Classroom Environments on Youth Mental Health: Moderation by Genetic Polymorphisms"
Primary Investigators: Joshua L. Brown (Fordham University). Supported by: The William T. Grant Foundation, Scholars Program 

"Using an Empirically-supported Teacher Consultation Model to Facilitate the Implementation of an Integrated Social-emotional Learning and Literacy Curriculum in Urban Elementary Schools"
Primary Investigators: Joshua L. Brown (Fordham University), Jason Downer (University of Virginia), & Bridget Hamre (University of Virginia). Supported by: Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education 

“Early Adolescents’ Experiences of Continuity and Discontinuity of School Micro-contexts: Implications for Place-based Treatment Effects”
Primary Investigators: Joshua L. Brown (Fordham University), Maria D. LaRusso (SERP Institute, Harvard University), Stephanie M. Jones (Harvard University). Supported by: William T. Grant Foundation

“Health Risk Behavior in Late Childhood: Impact of a Longitudinal Randomized Trial”
Primary Investigators: Joshua L. Brown (Fordham University), Stephanie M. Jones (Harvard University), Lawrence Aber (New York University), Wendy Hoglund (University of Alberta). Supported by: NIMH

“Fordham University The HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute”
Primary Investigator: Celia B. Fisher (Fordham University).  Supported by: NIDA 1R25DA031608-01

"Increasing AIAN Research Engagement through a Culturally Adapted Ethics Training"
Primary Investigators: Cynthia Pearson (University of Washington) and Celia B. Fisher (Fordham University). Supported by: NICHD 1R01HD082181-01 

“Ethics in HIV Prevention Research Involving LGBT Youth”
Primary Investigators: Celia B. Fisher (Fordham University); Brian Mustanski (Northwestern University): Supported by: NIMHD R01MD009561-01

“Shifting Values: Age and the Paradox of Well-being”
Primary Investigator: Karen Siedlecki (Fordham University). Supported by: Fordham University Office of Research

“Non-traditional sources of social support and their relation to life satisfaction: an on-line investigation”
Primary Investigators: Karen Siedlecki (Fordham University), Dr. Yaakov Stern (mentor/consultant).

“Ethnic Identity & Psychological Adjustment among African, Asian & Latino Youth”
Primary Investigators: Tiffany Yip (Fordham University), J. Nicole Shelton (Princeton University). Supported by: National Institutes of Health–Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: (NICHD 1 R01 HD055436-01A1; 2008-2011)

“The Effects of Racial Discrimination and Sleep Disturbance on Health and Academic Outcomes among Minority Youth”
Primary Investigators: Tiffany Yip (Fordham University); Warren Tryon (Fordham University).  Supported by: National Science Foundation, Development and Learning Services