Current Projects

Athens Community Collaborative for Equitable Student Support (ACCESS)

This mental health demonstration grant funded by the US Department of Education provides funding to train mental health service providers in evidence-based practices to serve diverse high-needs schools. This work is funded by the US Department of Education.

Using a Discrete Choice Experiment to Determine Preferences for STI Testing Models for Black Adolescent Males

This project works with Black adolescent males to determine preferred methods for STI testing through the use of Youth Advisory Boards (YABs), discrete choice experiments, and survey research This work is funded by the National Institute Child Health and Human Development

Mental Health in Middle School Youth After COVID-19

This project examines state level, community level, school level, and individual level data to identify how the mental health of middle school was affected, can continues to be affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. This project is funded by the University of Georgia

Rural Mental Health Services Grant

This mental health demonstration grant funded by the US Department of Education provides funding to train students in evidence-based practices to provide mental health services in high-needs rural schools. This work is funded by the US Department of Education.

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School-Based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment

Through this project, I am adapting and implementing a model of school-based substance use intervention and prevention in middle schools in an urban district. This work is funded by the University of California - San Francisco.

Teacher Mental Health and Social-Emotional Skill Development

This project seeks to understand and intervene in factors that contribute to the mental health needs of early childhood teachers in urban, low-income areas