What We Do – Projects Overview

Current Projects

SPECTRUM

The Studying Policies’ Effects on Communities: Trends in Resilience and Undergraduate Mental Health (SPECTRUM) Study aims to elucidate the impacts of LGBT-targeted state level policies on the mental health of young adults ages 18-24.

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The Whole Selves Project

The Whole Selves Project is a community-engaged research project exploring how trans/nonbinary young adults (ages 18-30) navigate romantic relationships and alcohol use.

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Youth Expectations about Sex Study (YESS)

The Youth Expectations about Sex Study (YESS) will provide critical information about the prevalence, correlates, and consequences of rough sex, including how rough sex relates to the mental and sexual health of adolescents and young adults in the United States.

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Healthy Minds

The Healthy Minds Network (HMN) is one of the nation’s premier research organizations contributing to adolescent and young adult mental health. HMN is dedicated to improving the mental and emotional wellbeing of young people through innovative, multidisciplinary scholarship.

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IMAGES

The Interactive Media and Gender-Related Stressors and Strengths (IMAGES) Study investigates social media use and its relationship to risk and resilience factors for substance use and disordered eating behaviors among transgender and gender-diverse young adults, ages 18-25 years, living in the United States.

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Alcohol Use Patterns Project

Family and Environmental Influences of Alcohol Use – Examining 25 Years of Follow-up Data in a Nationally Representative Cohort of Youth. This study uses previously collected longitudinal cohort data from a national survey of youth to examine patterns of alcohol use over time.

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QuaranTeen Health

The QuaranTeen Health Study is a longitudinal cohort study (duration: 3.5 years) investigating how the COVID-19 pandemic and related policies are impacting adolescent sexual health both in the short- and long-term in the United States.

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iCARE

The Inclusive Consent and Access to Resources for Everyone (iCARE) Study is trying to understand the role that minor consent laws play in HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing, treatment, and prevention services use among US adolescents, how much teens know about accessing HIV/STI services, and how their knowledge impacts their use of HIV/STI services.

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BEE-HIVE

The Building Equitable and Engaged HIV Prevention for Everyone (BEE-HIVE) Study investigates multi-level barriers to and facilitators of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use across geographic regions, explores drivers of PrEP attitudes and decision-making, and preferences for and experiences with PrEP education and delivery.

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Healthy Relationships

The Healthy Relationships Study will produce and pilot test for feasibility and acceptability an online education module for 14- to 18-year-old high school-attending US youth about sexually explicit media and HIV/STI risk behaviors.

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SO*FLY

Sexual Orientation FLuidity in Youth (SO*FLY) is a longitudinal study (7 waves, 1.5 years) with a diverse cohort of US adolescents and young adults ages 14-25 years, oversampling sexual and gender minority youth and youth of color.

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