Mission
Our lab, in the Rowan
University Department of Psychology, conducts research aimed at
preventing chronic health conditions. To that end, We have four specific
areas of focus:
- Risk identification. Identifying individuals at
elevated risk for health problems and in greatest need of preventive
services
- Etiology. Identifying modifiable processes that
contribute to the development of chronic health conditions
- Intervention. Developing, evaluating, and
implementing interventions targeting etiological factors that contribute
to chronic health conditions in real-world settings
- Research synthesis. Conducting quantitative reviews
to evaluate the strength of evidence for key etiological theories and
preventive interventions
Core
Principles
- Transparency. We work to make our research methods
and findings as transparent as possible. Whenever possible, we share
data and our analytic code, allowing others to reproduce and critique
our results.
- Patient-Centered Research. We subscribe to the
patient-centered research approach in which the population of interest
in a research study should be involved from the outset in all phases of
the research process. We strive to work together with patient
representatives and stakeholders to ensure that our work addresses
questions that are of greatest value to the populations we study.
- Transdiagnostic targets. Our group does not focus
on a single health outcome. Rather, we are interested in studying
etiological processes that contribute to a number of chronic health
outcomes. For instance, we study the role that prenatal and infant
immune development plays in both mental and physical health
outcomes.