Dimensions of Early Life Adversity and Self-Regulation: Pediatric Obesity Risk Pathways in Low Income Communities

项目摘要 布列塔尼·舒勒博士是一名社会工作研究员，她的首要职业目标是发展有效的， 可持续的行为干预，减少早期营养差距，防止随后 高危社区的慢性病。她的研究计划旨在了解行为机制 这将儿童早期的逆境暴露与肥胖风险联系起来。通过将先进的统计方法与 社区参与的方法，包括社会服务、预防肥胖、促进弱势群体的健康 人口和早期生活逆境方面的专家，这项建议旨在增进我们对 将父母和孩子的逆境维度与肥胖风险联系起来的行为机制。由此产生的结果 研究将为促进儿童健康的干预方法的进步提供基础证据 和针对逆境的发展--背景。 候选人：舒勒博士是坦普尔大学公共卫生学院的助理教授， 肥胖研究和教育中心(CORE)的附属教员。舒勒博士有10年的时间 在与高度创伤和逆境的家庭一起工作方面的社会工作经验，结合7 在儿童肥胖预防方面有多年的研究经验。拟议的职业发展计划(CDP) 将以她在社会工作实践、跨学科干预研究和高级 统计培训，将她定位为一名独立研究员，专门研究 应对逆境的肥胖预防研究的新兴领域。 导师/环境：与她的主要导师布拉德利·柯林斯一起，获得高级科学家博士学位，拥有强大的 在NIH资助的研究记录中，舒勒博士组建了一支强大的多学科导师团队，并 科学顾问指导她完成拟议的研究和培训活动。拟议的CDP 利用坦普尔大学公共卫生学院提供的智力和设施资源 核心，以及儿童早期肥胖预防、创伤、逆境和中毒方面的资源和专门知识 凯斯西储大学、哥伦比亚大学和密歇根大学的压力。她的初选 导师和科学咨询委员会支持CDP，并将定期举行会议。 摘要：这项建议将为舒勒博士提供时间、指导和培训经验 运用逆境治疗、干预研究和统计技术对大学生的心理健康状况进行探索性研究。 将逆境与肥胖风险联系起来的机制。这一职业发展奖将导致 为了解逆境的肥胖预防工作提供框架，并为未来的R01提供基础，以 设计和测试预防肥胖的新方法。该奖项将促进舒勒博士作为一名 独立调查者和领导者进行研究，以解决削弱健康差距。

Project Summary Brittany Schuler, PhD, LSW is a social work researcher whose overarching career goal is to develop effective, sustainable behavioral interventions that reduce early-life nutritional disparities and prevent subsequent chronic illness in high-risk communities. Her research proposal aims to understand behavioral mechanisms that link adversity-exposure to obesity risk in early childhood. By combining advanced statistical methods with community-engaged approaches involving social services, obesity prevention, health promotion in vulnerable populations, and experts in early-life adversity, this proposal seeks to advance our understanding of the behavioral mechanisms that link dimensions of parent and child adversity to obesity risk. Results from this study will provide foundational evidence for the advancement of intervention methods to promote child health and development specific to the adversity-context. Candidate: Dr. Schuler is an Assistant Professor in the College of Public Health at Temple University and an affiliate faculty member in the Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE). Dr. Schuler has 10 years of experience in social work working with families with high levels of trauma and adversity, combined with 7 years of research experience in pediatric obesity prevention. The proposed career development plan (CDP) will build upon her background in social work practice, interdisciplinary intervention research and advanced statistical training to position her as an independent researcher specializing in intervention development in the newly emerging field of obesity prevention research that is responsive to the adversity context. Mentors/Environment: Along with her primary mentor, Bradley Collins, PhD a senior scientist with strong a record of NIH-funded research, Dr. Schuler has assembled a strong team of multidisciplinary mentors and scientific advisors to guide her through the proposed research and training activities. The proposed CDP utilizes intellectual and facilities resources available at Temple University's College of Public Health and CORE, as well as resources and expertise in early childhood obesity prevention, trauma, adversity and toxic stress at Case Western Reserve University, Columbia University and the University of Michigan. Her primary mentors and scientific advisory council support the CDP and will meet regularly. Summary: This proposal will provide Dr. Schuler with the time, mentorship, and training experience in adversity treatment, intervention research, and statistical techniques to conduct exploratory research on the mechanisms that link adversity to obesity risk. This career development award will lead to the development of a framework for adversity-informed obesity prevention efforts and provide the foundation for a future R01 to design and test novel methods of obesity prevention. This award will facilitate Dr. Schuler's development as an independent investigator and leader in conducting research to address debilitating health disparities.