Healthy Living Labs
Social, Behavioral & Implementation
Research for Building Healthy Communities
About us
Our Healthy Living Labs focus on addressing health disparities and promoting health equity through clinical and community-engaged randomized controlled trials as well as dissemination and implementation research and related projects.
OUR RESEARCHERS
Dr. Chad
Rethorst
Research Focus:
Effects of physical activity on mental health and the development and optimization of health behavior interventions to improve the health of persons with chronic medical conditions.
Dr. Alexandra L. MacMillan Uribe
Research Focus:
Investigating effective community-focused strategies that address health equity by helping mothers and their children establish healthy dietary patterns.
Dr. Jacob S. Szeszulski
Research Focus:
The development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of school- and community-based physical activity and nutrition programs for youth.
LATEST NEWS
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American Heart Association grant to bolster Texas student health
A $230,000 early career award from the American Heart Association, AHA, will support efforts to improve student health programs over the next three years. Read more
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Study provides new insights into how acculturation affects what teens eat
A new study has revealed how acculturation — the process of assimilating to a different culture — can affect the dietary patterns of adolescents who move to the U.S. Read more
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More than $2 million in funding to support social and behavioral healthy living research
Grants awarded for evaluating middle school student nutrition and physical activity as well as and Produce Prescription programs, among others. Read more
