This research requires not only understanding relevant health topics
(such as nutrition or cancer), but also understanding of a diversity of
behavioral and social topics including: social policy; organizational
behavior; systems and networks; socio-cultural dynamics; social movements,
community change, globalization, and migration; behavior theory and change;
and the role of stakeholder beliefs, values, and interests.
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Title |
Faculty Member/Role(s) |
Sponsor(s) |
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The Puentes (Bridges) Project: Improving Reproductive
Health among Latinos in South Carolina |
Dr.
Deborah Billings (Principal Investigator) |
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation, The New Morning Foundation,
Palmetto Health, Lexington Health Systems, The Sisters
of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, Providence
Hospitals, Anonymous Donor |
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Assessing beverage messages targeting parents of young
children in grocery stores – Bernadette Reimer
(Undergraduate Student) |
Dr.
Christine Blake (Primary Faculty Mentor) |
University of South Carolina – Science Undergraduate
Research Fellowship |
|
Children’s food choices:
understanding defaults |
Dr.
Christine Blake (Co- Investigator) |
Food Assistance and
Nutrition Research Program |
|
Developing a model of parent decision making to assess
impact of labels on demand for children’s beverages |
Dr.
Christine Blake (PI) and Dr. James Thrasher
(Co-Investigator) |
USC Center for Research
in Nutrition and Health Disparities |
|
Diet &
Activity Community Trial: High Risk Colon Polyps |
Dr.
Christine Blake (Co- Investigator) |
National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute |
|
Health benefits of vegan
diets – Sarah Ali (Undergraduate Student)
|
Dr. Christine Blake
(Principal Investigator) |
University of South
Carolina Office of Undergraduate Research – Magellan
Scholar Program |
|
Junior
Doctors of Health: Comprehensive Obesity Prevention
Program Evaluation |
Dr.
Christine Blake (Principal Investigator) |
Duke
Endowment |
|
Promoting Healthy Weight in Pregnancy and Postpartum
Among Overweight/Obese Women |
Dr.
Christine Blake (Co-investigator) |
National Institutes of Health |
|
Promoting positive dietary behaviors of youth through
hands-on cooking – Nicole Smith (Undergraduate Student)
|
Dr.
Christine Blake (Principal Investigator) |
University of South Carolina Office of Undergraduate
Research – Magellan Scholar Program |
|
Soldier
Health Promotion to Examine and Reduce Health
Disparities (SHPERHD) |
Drs.
Christine Blake, Edward Frongillo, Sonya Jones, and Ruth
Saunders (Co-Investigators) |
US Army Medical Research
and Materiel Command, Department of Defense |
|
Understanding and Measuring Parenting Across Cultures
and Contexts |
Dr.
Christine Blake (Co- Investigator) |
University of South
Carolina Social Sciences Grants Program |
|
Cervical Cancer Screening and HIV Testing Behaviors
among Financially Disadvantaged Women in SC |
Dr.
Heather Brandt (Principal Investigator) |
South
Carolina Translational Research Institute |
|
Community-Based Colorectal Cancer Prevention in South
Carolina: Formative Research and Intervention
Development |
Dr.
Heather Brandt (Project Leader) |
National Center for Research Resources |
|
Community
Navigation for Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Control,
WE CAN! Colon Cancer Program |
Dr.
Heather Brandt (Principal Investigator) |
The
Duke Endowment |
|
Administrative Supplements for Community-Engaged
Research on HIV/AIDS Related Cancers Among Racial/Ethnic
and Underserved Populations (South Carolina Cancer
Disparities Community Network) |
Dr.
Heather Brandt (Co-Investigator/Mentor) |
National Cancer Institute |
|
Are we getting the
health information we need from the mass media?
Consumers’ Perceptions about Online Health and Medical
News – Eleasa Van Slooten (Public Health major)
|
Dr. Daniela Friedman
(Primary Faculty Mentor) |
University of South
Carolina Office of Undergraduate Research – Magellan
Scholar Program |
|
A Comprehensive
Assessment of the Knowledge, Perceptions, and
Communication Needs about Clinical Trials among Adults
in Rural South Carolina |
Dr.
Daniela Friedman (Co-Principal Investigator) |
Health
Sciences South Carolina |
|
Healthy
Aging Research Network Collaborating Center |
Dr.
Daniela Friedman (Co-Investigator) |
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention |
|
South Carolina
Cancer Disparities Community Network II |
Dr.
Daniela Friedman (Co-Investigator & Pilot Project
Leader) & Dr. Heather Brandt (Co-Investigator/Director
of Community Outreach Core) |
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute |
|
South
Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network
(SCCPCRN) |
Dr.
Daniela Friedman (Co-Principal Investigator), Dr.
Heather Brandt (Co-Investigator), & Dr. James Thrasher
(Investigator) |
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention |
|
Direct
and comprehensive measure of child food insecurity:
Reliability, accuracy, and concordance with parental
report |
Dr.
Edward Frongillo (Co-Investigator) |
US
Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service,
Southern Development Research Center |
|
Experiences of hunger by children in Hispanic families
in South Carolina |
Dr.
Edward Frongillo (Co-Investigator) |
Center
for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities,
University of South Carolina |
|
Partnering with Media and Vaccination Program to Improve
Infant and Young Child Feeding |
Dr.
Edward Frongillo (Principal Investigator) & Dr.
James Thrasher
(Co-Investigator) |
Alive &
Thrive Project/University of California at Davis/Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation |
|
Quantity vs. quality: understanding household dietary
choices in the context of a food aid program in rural
Guatemala |
Dr.
Edward Frongillo (Principal Investigator) |
International Food Policy Research Institute/US Agency
for International Development |
|
Studying Community Programs to Reduce Childhood Obesity |
Dr.
Edward Frongillo (Co-Investigator) |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute /Battelle
Memorial Institute |
|
Understanding and Measuring Parenting Across Cultures
and Contexts |
Dr.
Edward Frongillo (Co-Investigator) |
Social
Science Research Grant Program, University of South
Carolina |
|
Assessing Alternative Policies for Improving the School
Food Environment |
Dr.
Sonya Jones (Principal Investigator) |
United
States Department of Agriculture |
|
Studying Community Programs to Reduce Childhood Obesity
- sub-contract with Battelle Memorial Institute |
Dr.
Sonya Jones (Co-Investigator) |
National Institutes of Health |
|
Children's Food Choices: Understanding Defaults |
Dr.
Sonya Jones (Co-Investigator) |
United
States Department of Agriculture |
|
Multi-component Intervention to Increase Physical
Activity in Preschool Children (SHAPES) |
Dr.
Ruth Saunders (Co-Investigator) |
National Institutes of Health |
|
A
Partnership to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy
Eating in AME Churches |
Dr.
Ruth Saunders (Co-Investigator) |
National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute |
|
Physical Activity During the Transition from Elementary
School to Middle School (TRACK) |
Dr.
Ruth Saunders (Co-Investigator) |
National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute |
|
Assessing and increasing the effectiveness of cigarette
pack warnings in Mexico |
Dr.
James Thrasher
(Principal Investigator) |
Bloomberg Global Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, Union
against Tuberculosis & Lung Disease |
|
Assessing the Impact of Pictorial Health Warning Labels
on Cigarette Packages: Implications for FDA Policy
Development and Smoking-related Health Disparities |
Dr.
James Thrasher
(Principal Investigator) & Dr. Daniela Friedman
(Co-Investigator) |
South
Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute
(SCTR) Pilot Project Program |
|
Effectiveness of tobacco control policies in high’ vs.
low-income countries, Administrative supplement |
Dr.
James Thrasher (Co-Investigator/USC
Primary Investigator) |
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
|
Exploring current smokers’ interest in using smokeless
tobacco products |
Dr.
James Thrasher (Co-Investigator/USC
Primary Investigator) |
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
|
The impact of regulating nutritional information on
menus: evidence to inform policy. |
Dr.
James Thrasher (Co-Investigator/USC
Primary Investigator) |
Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute |
|
Impact of tobacco control policies in a cohort of adult
smokers in Mexico |
Dr.
James Thrasher (Co-Primary
Investigator) |
Mexican
National Council on Science and Technology |
|
International tobacco policy survey |
Dr.
James Thrasher (Consultant) |
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
|
Mexico doesn’t smoke anymore: Building and evaluating
synergies between a mass media campaign and pictorial
health warnings on cigarette packs |
Dr.
James Thrasher
(Principal Investigator) |
Bloomberg Global Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, World
Lung Foundation, Union against Tuberculosis & Lung
Disease |
|
Tobacco packaging and labeling policies: Expanding the
evidence on novel policies |
Dr.
James Thrasher
(Co-Investigator/ USC Primary Investigator) |
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
|
Tobacco policy evaluation in low- and middle-income
countries: The ITC Surveys – Data Management Core |
Dr.
James Thrasher (Co-Investigator/USC
Primary Investigator) |
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
|
Clarendon Safe and Healthy Schools Initiative for
Student & Family Social Work Services |
Dr. Robert F. Valois (Co-Principal Investigator) |
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services |
|
Living Well in Fairfield: Coordinated Approach to School
Health |
Dr. Robert F. Valois (Co-Investigator/Evaluator) |
Blue Cross-Blue Shield of South Carolina/South Carolina
Institute for Childhood Obesity & Related Disorders |
|
Describing temporal
trends in HIV Incidence by changes in county-level
socio-economic status and demographics |
Dr. Katrina Walsemann (Co-Principal Investigator) |
South Carolina Rural
Health Research Center Cooperative Agreement |
|
SIP 5-01, 13-04:
Creation of a Prevention Research Center Network for
Healthy Aging |
Dr. Ken Watkins (Co-Principal Investigator) |
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention |
