Implementation Research

Research in clinical and community-based interventions leverages ongoing prenatal behavioral intervention studies with medically underserved women.  This research obtains input from community partners and stakeholders on how best to develop new, preventive pilot interventions that address risk and resilience factors identified as influential for lifelong health.

Research Activities and Funding

Community Racial Equity Training And Evaluation of Current and Future Health Care Clinicians (CREATE) Study
NIMHD K01MD015785
Sept 22, 2021 – May 31, 2025
Principal Investigator(s): Brittany Chambers

Optimizing a scalable intervention to maximize guideline-recommended diabetes testing after GDM
NIDDKD R01DK122087
Sep 12, 2021 – July 31, 2026
Principal Investigator(s): Susan Brown

Improving WIC Services: Identifying Children at Risk for Obesity in the First 24 Months of Life
NHLBI R03HL154986
Sep 06, 2021 – Aug 31, 2023
Principal Investigator(s): Lauren Au

Yolo County Trauma-Informed Network of Care
ACEs Aware Implementation Grant
Dates: Jan 01, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
Principal Investigator(s): Leigh Ann Simmons

An investigation of transdiagnostic mechanisms underlying ASD and ADHD traits among infants at risk
NIH/NIMH R01MH121416
Jul 1, 2020 – Apr 30, 2025
Principal Investigator(s): Meghan Miller

Goals for Reaching Optimal Wellness: GROWell
NINR R01NR017659
Sep 26, 2019 – Jun 30, 2024
Principal Investigator(s): Leigh Ann Simmons

Impact of Visual Contact With the Premature Infant on Maternal Breast Milk Expression
Clinical Trial NCT03957941
Sep 26, 2019 - Dec 31, 2022
Principal Investigator(s): Laura Kair

Telemedicine Breastfeeding Support Following Late Preterm Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Clinical Trial NCT03901833
Jul 24, 2019 - July 31, 2022
Principal Investigator(s): Laura Kair

Motivational Determinants of Postpartum Lifestyle Behaviors, Weight Retention, and Metabolic Syndrome
NIH/NHLBI R01HL142996
Jan 15, 2019 – Dec 31, 2023
Principal Investigator(s): Susan Brown