Previously Funded Research Projects

  • Prenatal and ETS Exposure: Effects on Child Regulation
    2/15/19
    Eiden | Colder | Homish | Schuetze | Molnar
    This study investigated the impact of prenatal and postnatal exposure to cigarette smoke and associated environmental risks on the development of children’s physiological, emotional and behavioral regulation, reactivity to stress, and social competence from birth to kindergarten age.
  • Maternal Substance Use and Toddler Self-Regulation
    11/13/18
    Eiden | Colder | Schuetze
    This study examined the impact of prenatal exposure to cocaine and other substances and associated environmental risks on the development of children’s ability to regulate physiology and behavior in response to stress from birth to middle childhood and social competence in the school setting.
  • Developmental Pathways of Violence and Substance Use in a High Risk Sample
    2/21/22
    Eiden | Nickerson | Lucke | Ostrov | Godleski | Schuetze | Wieczorek
    This study examined developmental pathways to violence, victimization and substance use in adolescents exposed to high levels of community violence.
  • Enhancing Alternatives to Eating in Infancy
    2/21/22
    Epstein | Eiden | Kong
    This study examined the effect of a two-year music enhancement intervention program on altering infants’ food motivation compared to motivation for alternative reinforcing activities.
  • Work Stress and Alcohol Use: A National Study of Unresolved and Unexplored Issues
    11/13/18
    Frone
    The main goals of this study were to determine which negative work conditions are related to alcohol use away from work and during the workday and to identify subgroups of workers who are especially vulnerable to work stress-induced alcohol use.
  • Nicotine Delivery from Novel Non-Tobacco Electronic Systems
    2/15/19
    Goniewicz | Bradizza | Kozlowski
    This study investigated various brands and models of electronic nicotine delivery systems to measure nicotine levels in the products, nicotine yields in inhaled vapors, and the levels of nicotine effectively delivered into the bloodstream.
  • FABP and the Regulation of Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in Monoaminergic Neurons
    11/13/18
    Haj-Dahmane | Kaczocha
    The goal of this study was to help develop inhibitors for Fatty Acid Binding Proteins (FABPs) in the brain to aid in new treatments of anxiety disorders and addiction.