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CAPSTONE Centers for Multidisciplinary Research in Child Abuse and Neglect
Overview
NIH has funded research on the prevalence, causes, course, and immediate and long-term consequences of physical, sexual, and emotional child abuse and neglect—now called child maltreatment—for the past few decades. Results of these efforts indicate that child and adolescent victims of abuse are likely to have a legacy of physical and mental problems well into adulthood.
Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism (CPEAs)/Studies to Advance Autism Research & Treatment (STAART) Centers (For Historical Purposes Only)
These projects were superseded by the Autism Centers of Excellence Program and are no longer active. Information on these projects is not being updated and is intended for historical purposes only.
NICHD Domestic & International Pediatric & Maternal HIV & Other High-Priority Infectious Diseases Clinical Studies Network (NICHD Network)
Neuroepidemiology Section
The research in the NES is aimed at investigating the interaction among brain pathologies and risk factors; identifying new risk factors for brain aging; developing new hypotheses about AD based on population research; and translating these factors to relevant public health prevention strategies to prevent brain changes leading to dementia.
Digital Health and Health Disparities Lab
Sherine El-Toukhy, Ph.D., M.A.
Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator
Scientific Expertise
Digital health, mobile health (mHealth), health disparities, behavior change, health communication
Tobacco Related Disparities and Control Lab
Kelvin Choi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Senior Investigator
Tobacco Related Disparities and Control Lab
Scientific Expertise
Psychosocial factors, commercial tobacco use disparities, and public health policy