Current Research Projects
Discrimination Based on Socioeconomic Status and Substance Use Among Adolescents.
To examine adolescents’ experiences based on financial challenges and to determine how this is associated with substance use, including alcohol, cannabis, and opioids (Mello PI, National Institute of Drug Abuse, 1R16DA061947, $465,000).
EAGER: Developing a New Tool to Measure Discrimination Based on Social Class for Adolescents. To investigate the relationships between academic achievement and social class discrimination among adolescents (Mello PI, National Science Foundation, 2317285, $249,734)
Supplemental Awards
Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students (Mello PI, National Science Foundation, 2317285, $15,000)
Completed Research Projects
Tobacco Use and Perceived Discrimination Based on Socioeconomic Status Among Adolescents: To identify the dimensions of perceived discrimination based on socioeconomic status that are most important to adolescents and to examine their association with tobacco use (Mello PI, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, T32IP4744, $766,734)
Racial and Gender Discrimination, Tobacco Use, and Time Perspective Among Adolescents: To investigate discrimination based on race/ethnicity, immigration status, and gender, and tobacco use, and time perspective as a moderator of these associations. (Mello PI, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, T32IP4744, $719,228)
Supplemental Awards
Cornelius Hopper Diversity Supplement: Adam Suri (Mello, PI, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, T32IP4744, $20,000).
Cornelius Hopper Diversity Supplement: Busra Dogru (Mello, PI, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, T32IP4744, $20,000).
Cornelius Hopper Diversity Supplement: Manuel Abundis-Morales (Mello, PI, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, T32IP4744, $20,000).
Cornelius Hopper Diversity Supplement: Dayanne Liseth Herrera Suarez (Mello, PI, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, T32IP4744, $20,000).
Cornelius Hopper Diversity Supplement: Tiffany Wong (Mello, PI, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, T32IP4744, $20,000).
Cornelius Hopper Diversity Supplement: İlke Bayazıtlı (Mello, PI, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, T32IP4744, $20,000).
Cornelius Hopper Diversity Supplement: Jo Nisa Cabilogan (Mello, PI, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, T32IP4744, $20,000).
Cornelius Hopper Diversity Supplement: Betsy Centeno (Mello, PI, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, T32IP4744, $20,000).