Laura Seewald
University of Michigan, MI·Medicine & Clinical Research·Early-career
Young adults aged 18 to 30 are the group most at risk for binge drinking and physical aggression. Some young adults are affected even more because of structural and social factors such as housing, income and access to services.
- Fields
Medicine & Clinical Research
Public Health & Epidemiology
Psychology
- Topics
binge drinking
alcohol use
violence prevention
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Apr 2031
What they work on
- Adapt SafERteens, a health-coach-delivered ED brief intervention using motivational interviewing and cognitive skill-building, into MiGuide for young adults aged 18–30, refining it step by step with community input.
- Develop text-messaging and patient-portal messaging platforms that deliver therapeutic content and resource connections to young adults after they leave the Emergency Department.
- Pilot a Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial (SMART) of MiGuide in 80 young adults to assess acceptability, feasibility, fidelity and early efficacy for reducing binge drinking and aggression.
More about the research
Many visit Emergency Departments (EDs), yet few scalable, proven interventions exist for them. An ED visit could be a chance to reach them, but follow-up often ends once they leave the hospital.
Why it matters
Young adults seen in Emergency Departments for any reason may carry high risks of binge drinking and violence. Scalable text-message and patient-portal interventions, with health coaching for those who need more, could reduce these behaviors and connect patients to resources after discharge. This could improve health across a broad young adult population.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Madeline Renny
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY·Medicine & Clinical Research·Early-career
Adapt an evidence-based brief negotiated interview and change plan for youth at higher risk of a substance use disorder in the pediatric emergency department, using the ADAPT-ITT framework, a stakeholder board and youth pilot testing.
Vivian Go
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC·Public Health & Epidemiology
Test whether the brief alcohol intervention (BAI), counseling based on Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, improves PrEP persistence and adherence in a randomized trial of 564 PrEP users with unhealthy drinking in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Kimberly Mallett
Pennsylvania State University, PA·Psychology
Assess the feasibility of adding personalized transdermal alcohol concentration (TAC) feedback, based on wearable skin sensors that track alcohol levels, to the eCHECKUP TO GO intervention for high-risk college drinkers.
The school
University of Michigan: 124 labs on PI Pages, $2.1B a year on research, 963 research doctorates a year.
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