In collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), this study aims to identify best practices for equitable funding for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs; used broadly to encapsulate HBCUs, HSIs, and Tribal Colleges) in health equity grant mechanisms. We are still recruiting for this study, and to be eligible, you must be a health equity researcher or grant administrator at an MSI. To learn more, contact us at willislab@umd.edu.

Black youth are exposed to a high level of online racism (OR) and online racial discrimination (ORD) on social media, leading to increased levels of posttraumatic stress and other psychological issues like depression and anxiety. Ethnic-racial identity beliefs (ERI) have been shown to protect Black young adults against experiences of race-related stress. This study aims to understand the impact of protective factors such as ERI and how they can be leveraged in mHealth interventions to target the stress associated with OR, especially among Black youth from urban cities in the U.S. More importantly, the current study is actively developing a mental health digital intervention or app for Black teen mental health. We are still recruiting for this study, and to be eligible, you must be a Black or African American teenager currently in middle or high school. To learn more, contact us at willislab@umd.edu.