2019 Research Achievement Awards

A Collaborative Research Initiative on Children’s Alternative Care

• PIs: Jessaca Leinaweaver, Professor of Anthropology, and Susan Short, Professor of Sociology
• Co-PI: Caroline Kuo, Associate Professor (Research) of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Next Generation Brain Mapping of Meditative States: Toward Clinically-Viable Neurofeedback

• PI: Judson Brewer, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Co-PI: Remko van Lutterveld, Investigator in Epidemiology

Markers of Premature Biological Aging in Chronically Homeless Individuals

• PI: Eric Jutkowitz, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
• Co-PI: John McGeary, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
• Co-Is: James Rudolph, Professor of Medicine, Thomas O’Toole, Professor of Medicine, Hung-Teh Kao, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior (Research), Lorin Crawford, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

Medications and the Risk of Motor Vehicle Crashes in Older Drivers

• PI: Andrew Zullo, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
• Key Personnel: Nina Joyce, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice; Allison Curry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Melissa R. Pfeiffer, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Mobile-delivered feedback on drinking events: Pilot testing an intervention for heavy drinking college students

Jennifer Merrill, Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences