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Templeton World Charity Foundation, 2025-2027.  Dr. Gary Elkins (Principal Investigator) received $499,995 from the Templeton World Charity Foundation for a study entitled, “Mystical Experiences Without Psychedelics: The Nature of Peak Spiritual Experiences and How Integration Leads to Human Flourishing”.  The study examines the nature of mystical experiences without psychedelics, how integration of peak spiritual experiences promotes human flourishing, and related psychological mechanisms. Participants are recruited locally, with assessments of spiritual experiences, well-being, and ethics. 

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Gary Elkins at Gary_Elkins@baylor.edu. 

 

NIH [5R01AT009384], 2017-2022.  Dr. Gary Elkins (Principal Investigator) received $3,521,941 from the National Institute of Health/National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine for a study entitled, “Self-Administered Hypnosis Treatment for the Management of Hot Flashes in Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial”.  This study is a large-scale multi-site clinical trial of a telehealth hypnosis intervention for the treatment of hot flashes and sleep disturbances in post-menopausal women and breast cancer survivors. Collaborating sites include the University of Michigan and the University of Nebraska. Participants complete daily diaries of hot flashes and outcomes measures of sleep and anxiety. Data collection comprises ambulatory heart rate variability (HRV) and saliva cortisol regarding potential mechanisms. Hypnotic abilities are investigated as potential moderators.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Gary Elkins at Gary_Elkins@baylor.edu. 

 

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) [1863320-38-20], 2020-2022.  Dr. Gary Elkins (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Keith Sanford (Co-Investigator/Statistician) received $97,000.00 plus matching funds from Baylor University for research entitled, “Effect of Music and Suggestion for Chronic Pain in Aging Adults: A Randomized Controlled Study”.  The purpose of this research is to support a randomized controlled study examining the effect of music on pain management in older adults.  This total funding comes with the potential for renewal for up to 10 years.

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Gary Elkins at Gary_Elkins@baylor.edu. 

 

National Institutes of Health (NIH) [3R01AT009384-04S1], 2020-2021.  Dr. Gary Elkins (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Keith Sanford (Co-Investigator/Biostatistician) received $299,000 for research entitled, “Feasibility of Self-Administered Hypnosis for Sleep Quality in Caregivers of Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease”.  The purpose of this research is to support a pilot study to determine the feasibility of a self-administered hypnosis intervention with caregivers of individuals with ADRD as an efficacious and practical intervention to improve sleep quality and duration.

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Gary Elkins at Gary_Elkins@baylor.edu. 

 

National Institutes of Health (NIMH; R01MH125800), 2021-2026. Dr. Masha Gartstein (Multiple Principal Investigator) received $3,750,240 for a project entitled, “Precursors of Anxiety: The Role of Lateralized Brain Activation and Maternal Sensitivity”.  This project addresses developmental shifts in fearful reactivity and the underlying neurophysiology via an intensive longitudinal design, elucidating change-related effects contributing to emergence of anxiety, and the influence of maternal sensitivity on these effects.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Masha Gartstein at Masha_Gartstein@baylor.edu.

 

National Institutes of Health (NHLBI; R01HL163237), 2023-2028. Dr. Annie Ginty (Multiple Principal Investigator) received $3,373,423 for a project entitled, “Trauma and cardiometabolic health in an American Indian Community”.  This project aims to elucidate relationships between trauma and cardiometabolic health in the Blackfeet community.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Annie Ginty at Annie_Ginty@baylor.edu.

 

National Institutes of Health (NCCIH; R33AT012022), 2023-2026.  Dr. Annie Ginty (Co-Investigator/Site Principal Investigator) received $1,513,265 for a project entitled, “Beetroot juice supplementation for boosting mucosal immunity – The NO cold study”. The project is a three-arm, double-blinded, and placebo-controlled trial design, with students under final examination stress, to examine the usefulness of beetroot juice in elevating airway NO measured by FENO and thereby reducing respiratory viral infections.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Annie Ginty at Annie_Ginty@baylor.edu.

 

National Institutes of Health (NHLBI; K01HL145021), 2019-2025.  Dr. Annie Ginty (Principal Investigator) received $709,572 for a project entitled, “Brain substrates for cardiovascular stress physiology”, to identify the brain-cardiovascular pathways of metabolically excessive cardiovascular responses to stress. 

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Annie Ginty at Annie_Ginty@baylor.edu.

 

National Institutes of Health (NIDA; R01DA16351), 2019-2025.  Dr. Annie Ginty (Co-Investigator/Site Principal Investigator) received $274,693 for a project entitled, “Endogenous opioid dysfunction, stress, and risk for smoking relapse”.  This project identifies indices of risk for relapse among smokers using opioid-HPA stress response patterns. 

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Annie Ginty at Annie_Ginty@baylor.edu.

 

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Global Fellowship, 2023-2024.  Dr. Annie Ginty (Outgoing mentor) and Siobhán Griffin Ph.D. (fellowship awarded)received €275,767 for a project entitled, “Cardiovascular disease, energy dysregulation, and the role of depression and the social cure”.  Outgoing mentor for a training award for Dr. Griffin examining cardiovascular disease, energy dysregulation, and depression. 

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Annie Ginty at Annie_Ginty@baylor.edu.

 

Jeffress Trust Award Program in Interdisciplinary Research, 2020-2021.  Dr. Annie Ginty (Consultant) and Ryan Brindle, Ph.D. (Principal Investigator) received $99,749 for their project entitled “Modeling energy regulation under stress: A possible mechanism linking stress to disease?”  This project examines energy regulation under acute psychological stress and possible relationships with disease outcomes. 

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Annie Ginty at Annie_Ginty@baylor.edu.

 

ONE URC Grant, 2022-2023. Dr. Annie Ginty (Principal Investigator) received $50,000 for a study entitled, “Examining the feasibility and efficacy of beetroot juice supplementationfor improving mucosal immunity during periods of stress”.  This pilot study examines the feasibility of beetroot juice supplementation for improving immunity during high periods of stress. 

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Annie Ginty at Annie_Ginty@baylor.edu.

 

Benjamin F. Brown IV Fund for Interdisciplinary and collaborative scholarship grant program, 2025-2026.  Dr. Annie Ginty (Co-Principal Investigator) received $20,000 for “Building a new curriculum course for a Baylor Global Hub in Rome”.  This is to develop and pilot a core course for Baylor Global Hub in Rome.

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Annie Ginty at Annie_Ginty@baylor.edu.

 

Integrating Virtues Together funding from the Institute for Social Concern (University of Notre Dame), 2026-27.  Dr. Wade Rowatt (Principal Investigator) received this grant, along with faculty from across institutions and disciplines, to integrate character strengths and moral virtues into university courses.  He and Dr. Jo-Ann Tsang are integrating humility and gratitude into the undergraduate Positive Psychology and Wellbeing course. 

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Wade Rowatt at Wade_Rowatt@baylor.edu. 

 

Templeton Religion Trust, 2022-2025.  Dr. Wade Rowatt and Dr. Kutter Callaway (Co-Principal Investigators) received this 3-year grant titled “Measuring the (Im)Measurable in Real Life”. The award was part of TRT’s Art Seeking Understanding program. Drs. Rowatt, Callaway and a team of students investigated emotions evoked when viewing lens-based art in-person or using virtual reality or when listening to Black gospel music.  

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Wade Rowatt at Wade_Rowatt@baylor.edu. 

 

John Templeton Foundation, 2021-2024. Dr. Wade Rowatt (Consultant during 1st year) and Dr. Perry Glanzer (Principal Investigator) received this grant for, “Christian Study Centers and Character Formation: A Community of Practice to Cultivate Virtues of the Heart and Mind”.  

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Wade Rowatt at Wade_Rowatt@baylor.edu. 

 

Templeton Religion Trust, 2020-2021.  Dr. Wade Rowatt and Dr. Kutter Callaway (Co-Principal Investigators) received this 18-month grant titled “Measuring the (Im)measurable”. This award was part of TRTs Art Seeking Understanding portfolio and involved collaborating with doctoral students (e.g., Marah Al-Kire) and post-docs to design and conduct a series of online research studies about the effects of viewing lens-based art (versus matched control stimuli) on affect, emotion, and self-transcendence.

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Wade Rowatt at Wade_Rowatt@baylor.edu. 

 

Templeton Religion Trust #32669, 2025-2030.  Dr. Sarah Schnitker (Principal Investigator) and Co-Principal Investigators: Kate Sweeny, Anne Jeffrey; Co-Is: Juliette Ratchford, Merve Balkaya-Ince, Eranda Jayawickreme, Kendall Bronk, Liz Davis, Erik Carter, Sarah Mire, Terrill Saxon received $4,712,630 for a study entitled, “Patience in Adversity: Field Building and a Multi-Year, Multi-Site Mixed-Methods Longitudinal Study for a Foundational Virtue”.  This interdisciplinary grant across psychology, philosophy, and religion examines how patience as a state, trait, or virtue develops across four years among parents of adolescents (i.e., Muslim American parents, parents of adolescents with disabilities, southern California parents). The grant also funds early career fellows programs, paper prizes, and the development of tools for parents.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Sarah Schnitker at Sarah_Schnitker@baylor.edu.

 

Templeton World Charity Foundation #30432, 2023-2025.  Dr. Sarah Schnitker (Principal Investigator) and Co-Investigators: Tyler Greenway, Jenae Nelson, Glen Moriarty received $259,870 for a study entitled, “Planning Grant: Cultivating Gratitude, Generosity, and Spirituality in Digital Spaces: Charting a Course for Translational Research to Promote Human Flourishing”.  This grant examined how the science of gratitude could be used to enhance an online listening community. We explore the role of AI chatbots for gratitude exercises.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Sarah Schnitker at Sarah_Schnitker@baylor.edu.

 

Templeton Religion Trust #31234, 2023-2025. Dr. Sarah Schnitker (Principal Investigator) and Co-Investigators: Kate Sweeney, Liz Davis, Eranda Jayawickreme, Juliette Ratchford received $258,658 for a study entitled, “Patience Planning in Psychology: Construct Refinement and Building an Empirical Base for Interdisciplinary Inquiry”.  This grant focuses on how psychologists can use multiple modes of inquiry to study patience both inside and outside the lab. 

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Sarah Schnitker at Sarah_Schnitker@baylor.edu.

 

John Templeton Foundation, 2023-2025.  Dr. Sarah Schnitker (Principal Investigator), Devan Stahl (Co-Principal Investigator), and Co-Investigators: Anne Jeffrey, Wade Rowatt, Meredith Palm, Paul Martens, JoAnn Tsang, Natalie Carnes received $2,565,353 for a project entitled, “Illuminating Theological Inquiry and Christian Ethics Through Training in Psychological Science”.  This project sought to train faculty in theology, philosophy, and religion in psychological science theory and methods through a three-phased training model, that culminated in interdisciplinary research projects.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Sarah Schnitker at Sarah_Schnitker@baylor.edu.

 

John Templeton Foundation, 2022-2025.  Dr. Sarah Schnitker (Baylor Principal Investigator), Madiha Tahseen and Merve Balkaya-Ince (Principal Investigators), and Co-Investigators: Sameera Ahmed and Karen Melton received $1,160,872 for a project entitled, “Using a Muslim Community Approach to Cultivate Virtues in the Face of Marginalization among Muslim Youth”.  This project studied the development of virtues and character strengths among Muslim American adolescents across 15 months. 

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Sarah Schnitker at Sarah_Schnitker@baylor.edu.

 

John Templeton Foundation #62208, 2021-2024. Dr. Sarah Schnitker (Principal Investigator) and Perry Glanzer (Co-Investigator) received $2,698,693 for a project entitled, “The Role Of Meta-Identity In Developing Moral Communities Within Higher Education”.  This project collected data from over 2,000 college students from 14 universities in the U.S. spanning four measurement occasions across two years. In addition to data collection, we helped form a community of practice among leaders of centers and institutes of Christian thought.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Sarah Schnitker at Sarah_Schnitker@baylor.edu.

 

Templeton Religion Trust #0314, 2021-2023.  Dr. Sarah Schnitker and Juliette Ratchford (Co-Investigator) received $234,800 for a planning grant entitled, “Planning Grant: Galvanizing the Psychological, Philosophical, and Theological Study and Practice of Patience”.  This planning grant mapped the field for what might occur with a cohesive initiative on the virtue of patience.

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Sarah Schnitker at Sarah_Schnitker@baylor.edu.

 

John Templeton Foundation #61513, 2020-2022. Dr. Sarah Schnitker and Dr. JoAnn Tsang (Co-Investigators) along with Peter Hill and Robert Emmons (Principal Investigators) received $4,032,851 for a project entitled, “Gratitude to God: Psychological, Philosophical, and Theological Investigations, Phase 2”.  This project examines how gratitude to God is distinct from and similar to gratitude toward other agents using experimental methods.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Sarah Schnitker at Sarah_Schnitker@baylor.edu.

 

National Institutes of Health (R01AG082783), 2023-2028.  Dr. Michael Scullin (Principal Investigator) received this grant for a project entitled, “Smartphone-Based Solutions for Prospective Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia”.  This project is a Stage II randomized controlled trial designed to improve everyday memory functioning and quality of life in patients and caregivers who are impacted by dementia.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Michael Scullin at Michael_Scullin@baylor.edu. 

 

Templeton World Charity Foundation (34210), 2025-2028.  Dr. Michael Scullin (Principal Investigator) received this grant for a project entitled, “Dream Incubation: A Spiritual Exercise”. This project investigates modern dream engineering methodologies with a focus on their potential to impact spirituality, flourishing, and cognition. 

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Michael Scullin at Michael_Scullin@baylor.edu. 

 

College of Arts & Sciences and Division of Student Life, 2026-2028.  Dr. Michael Scullin (Principal Investigator) received this grant for a project entitled, “Sleep & Shine@BU”.  This project is a Stage I randomized controlled trial designed to improve the sleep health of university students via residence hall modifications and behavioral change strategies.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Michael Scullin at Michael_Scullin@baylor.edu. 

 

National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2024-2026.  Dr. Michael Scullin (Associate Director) and Jason Carter (Director) received this grant for a project entitled, “Arctic Acclimatization and Sleep Optimization (ARKTOS) Phase I”.  In this project, we built an environmental chamber that simulates the temperature and altitude of Arctic climates. The goal is to understand how extreme environments causally affect sleep physiology, cognition, and performance. 

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Michael Scullin at Michael_Scullin@baylor.edu. 

 

National Science Foundation (1943323), 2020-2025.  Dr. Michael Scullin (Principal Investigator) received this grant for a project entitled, “CAREER: Translating Innovations from the Sleep Laboratory to Enhance Classroom Education and Informal Science Learning”. This project investigated sleep’s role in STEM learning across laboratory-controlled investigations and classroom-based randomized controlled trials. The project also supported development of an exhibit on sleep science that has been installed at the Mayborn Museum.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Michael Scullin at Michael_Scullin@baylor.edu. 

 

Funder: National Science Foundation (1920730), 2019-2024. Dr. Michael Scullin (Principal Investigator) received this grant for a study entitled, “Impact of Sleep Loss on Creativity and STEM Learning for First-Year College Students”.  This work used fMRI neuroimaging, overnight polysomnography, and a longitudinal design to inform how sleep restriction affects neurocognitive functioning and academic success in students. 

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Michael Scullin at Michael_Scullin@baylor.edu. 

 

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (DA057390), 2023-2028.  Dr. Brittany Kuhn (Principal investigator) received a 5-year K99/R00 Pathway to Independence grant for the amount of $1.1 million for research entitled, "Neurobiological mechanisms underlying resiliency and vulnerability to opioid use disorder". This research aims to assess cell and circuit-specific adaptations associated with opioid use disorder vulnerability and resiliency using a novel rodent model of individual variation. 

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Brittany Kuhn at Brittany_Kuhn@baylor.edu.

 

National Institutes of Mental Health (National Institute of Health) (1R15MH139024), 2024-2027.  Dr. Elisabeth Vichaya (Principal Investigator) received this R15 grant for a study entitled, “An investigation of hyperglycemia-induced region-specific changes in brain metabolism and behavior”.  Evidence is emerging that individuals with elevated levels of inflammation are at increased risk for developing depression, are less responsive to antidepressant treatment, and display an atypical depressive symptom profile. While some have characterized this as immuno-metabolic depression, there are limited empirical studies directly examining the relationship between inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, and depressive symptoms. The work proposed in this application will utilize a preclinical model of hyperglycemia-induced depression to shed light onto these mechanisms so that novel therapeutic strategies can be developed for individuals suffering from this subtype of depression. 

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Elisabeth Vichaya at Elisabeth_Vichaya@baylor.edu.

 

The Open Science of Religion Project, 2024.  Dr. Jo-Ann Tsang (Principal Investigator) received $21,000 for a research project entitled, “Hostile and prosocial reactions to Christian privilege in the United States: A registered report”.  This project examined the relationship between different dimensions of religiousness and reactions to religious privilege in a registered report of three studies.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Jo-Ann Tsang at JoAnn_Tsang@baylor.edu. 

 

Florida State University Research Foundation/John Templeton Foundation, 2023-2025.  Dr. Jo-Ann Tsang (Principal Investigator) received $166,782 for a research project entitled, “Relational and Moral Outcomes of Divine Forgiveness”.  This project Investigated the relationship between perceptions of divine forgiveness and social outcomes such as gratitude, forgiveness, and cheating behavior in four preregistered experiments.

 

For additional information about the project, contact Dr. Jo-Ann Tsang at JoAnn_Tsang@baylor.edu. 

 

Human Resources and Services Administration, 2022-2026.  Dr. Limbers, C.A. (Primary Investigator), & Dr. Ryan-Pettes, S. (Co-Investigator) received a grant of $1,331,654 for “Baylor University Graduate Psychology Education Program”.  This grant is from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).  The purpose of this grant is to increase the number of trained doctoral health service psychology students providing quality interdisciplinary, integrated behavioral health for placement into community-based primary care settings.  This is being accomplished through a comprehensive training program that enhances didactic and experiential training activities to develop competencies in integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral health, with a particular focus on Opioid Use Disorder and other Substance Use Disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery services and utilization of tele-behavioral health services to increase access to healthcare and improve patient outcomes. 

 

For additional information, contact Dr. Christine Limbers at Christine_Limbers@baylor.edu.

 

Baylor University Research Committee, 2024-2025.  Dr. Keith Sanford (Principal Investigator) received funding in the amount of $47,362 to support a study entitled, “A Mobile App for Hot Flashes and Sleep Disturbances (Evia): Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial”. This clinical trial tested the effectiveness of a hypnosis-based mobile app for reducing menopausal hot flashes and sleep disturbances.      

 

For additional information, contact Keith Sanford at Keith_Sanford@baylor.edu.

 

National Institutes of Health, 2022-2023.  Dr.Keith Sanford (Primary Investigator) and Dr. Gary Elkins (co-investigator) received a subaward from NIH through M3EWB (Mechanisms Underlying Mind-Body Interventions and Measurement of Emotional Wellbeing) in the amount of $5,000 to support a study entitled, “Developing an Everyday Wellbeing Appraisal Scale for Behavioral Health Research”. This project developed a new measure of everyday wellbeing appraisals with better psychometric properties than existing scales and it demonstrated the importance of everyday wellbeing appraisal in explaining health behavior in samples of people with hypertension. 

 

For additional information, contact Keith Sanford at Keith_Sanford@baylor.edu. 

 

Baylor University Research Committee, 2020-2021.  Dr. Keith Sanford (Principal Investigator) received funding in the amount of $7,450 to support a study entitled, “Developing a model identifying modifiable mechanisms for increasing treatment adherence and reducing adherence disparities in hypertensive patients”.  Using diverse samples of people, this study investigated a model specifying how patients’ diligence in following a treatment plan is associated with six psychometrically distinct social variables.   

 

For additional information, contact Keith Sanford at Keith_Sanford@baylor.edu.

 

National Institutes of Health [1R15NS088776-04], 2026-2029.  Dr. Joaquin Lugo (Principal Investigator) received funding in the amount of $562,503 for a project entitled, “Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Epilepsy and Autism Comorbidity”.  This 3-year project aims to determine how the complement signaling pathway contributes to comorbidities after early-life seizures. 

 

For additional information about this project, contact Dr. Joaquin Lugo at Joaquin_Lugo@baylor.edu. 

 

National Institutes of Health [1R15NS088776-03], 2021-2025.  Dr. Joaquin Lugo (Principal Investigator) received funding in the amount of $343,235 for a project entitled, “Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Epilepsy and Autism Comorbidity”.  This 3-year project aims to determine how targeting neuroinflammation and the mechanistic target of rapamycin can reduce seizures and behavioral comorbidities after early-life seizures. 

 

For additional information about this project, contact Dr. Joaquin Lugo at Joaquin_Lugo@baylor.edu.

 

National Institutes of Health [1R15NS088776-02], 2018-2021.  Dr. Joaquin Lugo (Principal Investigator) received funding in the amount of $415,000 for a project entitled, “Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Epilepsy and Autism Comorbidity”.  This 3-year project aims to determine how the mechanistic target of rapamycin contributes to comorbidities after early-life seizures. 

 

For additional information about this project, contact Dr. Joaquin Lugo at Joaquin_Lugo@baylor.edu.

 

National Institutes of Health [R21 MH137718], 2025-2027.  Dr. Shawn Latendresse (Co-Investigator), Dr. Stacy Ryan-Pettes (Principal Investigator), and Dr. Mary Lauren Benton (Co-Investigator) received funding for a project entitled, “Enhancing Multisystemic Therapy (MST) Effectiveness: A Novel Approach Using MYSCOPE and Machine Learning for Within Session Communication Analysis”.  The aims of this project are to identify therapists’ interpersonal process skills that best facilitate MST, increase caregiver motivation to change, and reduce youth problem behaviors below clinical levels.

 

For additional information about this project, contact Dr. Shawn Latendresse at Shawn_Latendresse@baylor.edu. 

 

National Institutes of Health [R01 MD016922], 2021-2026. Dr. Shawn Latendresse (Co-Investigator), Dr. Carolyn Sartor (Principal Investigator), and Dr. Tammy Chung (Co-Investigator) received funding for a project entitled “Cultural and Environmental Influences on Precursors to and Early Stages of Alcohol, Nicotine, and Cannabis Use in Black and Latinx Youth”.  The aims of this project are to identify cultural and environmental factors of relevance and/or relative prevalence among youth from racial/ethnic minority groups to characterize pathways of substance use – from cognitions that precede first use to early onset regular use – from ages 9 to 16.

 

For additional information about this project, contact Dr. Shawn Latendresse at Shawn_Latendresse@baylor.edu. 

 

National Institutes of Health [Contract No. HHSN275201300006C, Roberto Romero (PI)], 2019-2022. Dr. Shawn Latendresse (Principal Investigator) is on a subcontract [N01 HD-2-3342] for services in support of the Perinatal Research Branch of NICHD to a project entitled “Genetic Architecture of Cervical Length in Relation to Progesterone Treatment and Risk of Spontaneous Preterm Birth”. The broader aims of this project, conducted in collaboration with Dr. Tim York, are to characterize change in cervical length across pregnancy, associations between pregnancy related change in cervical length and high-risk birth outcomes (e.g., gestational age at delivery, preterm status, etc.), and genomic variants that modify responsiveness to treatment in women with a short cervix. Dr. Latendresse’s specific scope of work includes the development, implementation, and interpretation of a complex longitudinal modeling framework and analytic plan to address the first two of these three aims.

 

For additional information about this project, contact Dr. Shawn Latendresse at Shawn_Latendresse@baylor.edu. 

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