Institute for Translational Research in Adolescent Behavioral Health

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Welcome to the Institute for Translational Research in Adolescent Behavioral Health website! At the Institute, we are excited to offer student scholars a one-of-a-kind education and training program in translational research in adolescent behavioral health. Scholars of this Institute benefit from:

  • A team of mentors comprised of local community agency leaders, academic specialists, and national experts in the field of adolescent behavioral health,
  • Learning experiences provided from web based graduate courses and participation in the Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference,
  • Experience conducting a service-learning research project in a community-based setting relevant to alcohol and drug abuse, as well as other behavioral health issues in adolescents,
  • Exposure to the latest science and nationally recognized experts in alcohol and drug abuse, comorbidities, and translational science,
  • Funding for course credits and related program activities.

We look forward to sharing the work of our Institute Scholars!

Dr. Julie Baldwin, PI and Professor
College of Public Health, Community and Family Health

Funding Information:

The Institute is funded through a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) 1R25DA031103-01A1
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Scholars with the Institute for Translational Research in Adolescent Behavioral Health attend national conference
Scholars, community partners, along with academic and national mentors from the Institute for Translational Research in Adolescent Behavioral Health participated in the 26th Annual Children’s Mental Health and Research Policy Conference. The event was held March 3-6 in Tampa, Florida. USF’s Department of Child & Family Studies, in the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, hosted the conference. It featured “Adolescent Substance Abuse and Co-occurring Disorders,” a track organized by and designed exclusively for Institute participants. The track included educational sessions, networking events, and a pre-conference workshop. During the pre-conference [...]
$1.7 million NIH grant to Public Health will build research skills while helping adolescents
From left, Dr. Tom Massey, Dr. Julie Baldwin, Dr. Bruce Lubotsky Levin, and Donna Burton USF graduate students and community professionals will gain stronger research skills for addressing drug abuse and other behavioral health problems in children and adolescents with the help of a $1.72 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The 5-year grant supports a project called the Institute for Translational Research Education in Adolescent Drug Abuse and focuses on translational research methods, policies and perspectives, and the practical skills of participatory research, said Julie Baldwin, [...]