Below are active projects led by BRIDGE faculty members (as Principal Investigators), as well as collaborative research where BRIDGE members serve as Co-Investigators or Subaward PIs.
PI: Ariana Albanese, PhD
Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Dates: 2024 - 2026
In partnership with key informants, use implementation science methodology to create a toolkit that enables US provider adoption of a harm reduction approach to the discussion of perinatal cannabis use
PI: Trisha Arnold, PhD
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
Dates: 2021 - 2026
The purpose of this K23 career development award study is to develop and evaluate an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based intervention to improve PrEP use among young Black men who have sex with men living in Mississippi.
PI: Trisha Arnold, PhD
Sponsor: National Institute of Health
Dates: 2024 - 2025
The purpose of this CFAR developmental grant award is to develop a health campaign to increase PrEP use among Black women living in Mississippi.
PI: Trisha Arnold, PhD
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
Dates: 2024 - 2027
The purpose of this SWG is to advance the number and quality of implementation science projects undertaken by faculty of the Providence/Boston CFAR for the purpose of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030.
PI: Alethea Desrosiers, PhD
Sponsor: Hilton Foundation
Dates: 2022 - 2025
The major goals of this study are: (a) to culturally adapt an evidence-based intervention for youth affected by conflict to the Colombian context and evaluate implementation of the adapted intervention with entrepreneurship training and (b) to culturally adapt an evidence-based family home visiting intervention for Venezuelan migrant families with children aged 6-36 months and pilot test the adapted intervention.
PI: Alethea Desrosiers, PhD
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
Dates: 2022 - 2027
The major goals of this study are to investigate implementation-effectiveness of an evidence-based mental health intervention delivered in Sierra Leone’s schools by teachers who receive either standard in-person supervision or mobile phone-based supervision.
PI: Alethea Desrosiers, PhD
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
Dates: 2024 - 2027
The major goals of this study are to: (a) explore barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of a digital platform to reduce SIB among youth in Colombian schools; (b) apply user-centered design methods to refine the digital platform and incorporate end-user feedback; and (c) conduct a pilot hybrid type 1 implementation-effectiveness stepped wedge trial to assess the feasibility, acceptability, usability and preliminary effects of the digital platform implemented within 3 schools in reducing SIB and improving mood (e.g., anxiety/depression) among Colombian youth aged 14-19.
Organized by BRIDGE faculty member
Learning Health System Rehabilitation Research Network (LeaRRn)
Puerto Rico Asthma Integrated Response Program
Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows Program
Skills to Enhance Positivity (STEP) for Adolescents at Risk for Suicide
Skills to Enhance Positivity (STEP) for Adolescents at Risk for Suicide
Assessment of Implementation Methods in Sepsis and Respiratory Failure
A Sleep Hygiene Intervention to Improve Sleep Health in Urban, Latino Middle School Children
Implementing Low-Threshold Hepatitis C Treatment in a Jail Setting
Puerto Rico Asthma Integrated Response Program
Optimizing Evidence-Based Practice Implementation for Clinical Impact – Administrative core
Advance Clinical and Translational Research
Providence Boston Center for AIDS Research
Evidence, Policy, and Implementation Center (EPIC) QUERI
Rhode Island Hospital Injury Control Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)
Community-Partnered Bilingual Doula Support for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Improving Mental Health Service Utilization Among Transgender and Non-Binary Adults