This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) provides $170,168 to Montana State University to conduct research examining the relationship between romantic relationships, discrimination stressors, and alcohol use among sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults. The study has two primary aims: 1) Examining whether romantic partnership characteristics are associated with alcohol use, comparing patterns...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), provides $654,879 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University to conduct a 60-day daily diary study examining the impact of sexual minority stress on alcohol-related intimate partner violence (IPV) among bisexual and other multigender-attracted (Bi+) young adult couples. The study aims to identify modifiable intervention targets to optimize...
This three-year, $855,106 project grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will fund research at the Reed Institute examining the impact of gender identification and group dynamics on alcohol-related decision making among emerging adults ages 18 to 25. The grant aims to recruit 260 participants identifying as cisgender or gender diverse to participate in automated simulations and interviews exploring how social contexts like group size and gender composition influence...
This Project Grant award of $1,227,554.00 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) will fund a prospective examination of transdermal alcohol concentration (TAC) features as predictors of alcohol-related consequences and alcohol use disorders (AUDs) among 500 young adults. The research aims to: 1) examine TAC features as predictors of alcohol-related consequences, relative to ecological momentary assessment (EMA)...
This federal Project Grant award of $146,922 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), will fund a study examining the relationship between post-traumatic stress, alcohol use, and intimate partner violence (IPV) among bisexual women who have disclosed sexual violence to their partners. The study aims to clarify the key interpersonal and intrapersonal processes that may increase IPV risk for bisexual women survivors...
This federal Project Grant award of $558,048 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) will fund a 36-month longitudinal study on the impacts of explicit, internalized, and vicarious racial discrimination on the health trajectories of Filipino, Korean, and Indian American young adults aged 18-19. The study will use a combination of bi-annual surveys and ecological momentary assessments to identify how different types...
The University of Tennessee was awarded a $195,896 Project Grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) federal grant program. The grant will fund a study examining the proximal associations between minority stress, PTSD symptoms, and alcohol use among bisexual, pansexual, and queer (bi+) college students with trauma histories. The study aims to evaluate how PTSD symptoms and experiences of enacted stigma relate to...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants provides $103,224 to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct research on the relationship between structural stigma and mental health among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults living in rural areas of the United States. The key objectives of the research are to: 1) analyze the formative process of state-level policies and laws pertaining to transgender...
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under its Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), awarded a $640,010 Project Grant to Vanderbilt University to conduct a 5-year study on the perceived norms around alcohol use and HIV/STI prevention among adolescents and young adults in rural Uganda. The study aims to: 1) use qualitative methods to explore perceived norms around alcohol, HIV/STI transmission risk, and HIV/STI prevention; 2) estimate the causal effects of...
This Project Grant award of $1,320,881 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), will fund a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a smartphone-based intervention to reduce drinking among adults experiencing homelessness. The proposed project, titled "Efficacy of a Smartphone-Based Just-In-Time Adaptive Intervention to Reduce Drinking Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness," will build...
This Project Grant award of $1,294,191.78 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) will support research on stigma, romantic relationships, and alcohol use among transgender and nonbinary (TNB) young adults (21-30 years old).
The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) Revising and validating a new measure of TNB-specific relationship experiences through a survey of 200 TNB young adults in romantic relationships (Aim 1); 2) Conducting a 2-month weekly diary study with 250 TNB young adults to assess the associations between stigma, relationship experiences, alcohol use, and depression/anxiety, and identify mechanisms by which stigma affects relationship experiences (Aim 2); and 3) Adapting an existing online alcohol intervention with personalized feedback to address relationship experiences in the context of anti-TNB stigma, through a co-design process with 8 TNB young adults, followed by user-testing interviews and a single-arm feasibility study with 107 TNB young adults in romantic relationships (Aim 3). This work will be coordinated with training in psychometrics/scale development, diary methods, and community-engaged intervention development, with mentorship from senior scholars.