Health Outcomes Post-Eviction Moratoria (HOPE-M)
- Research team: Principal investigator Daphne Hernandez, PhD, MSEd, FAAHB. Co-investigators Annalynn Galvin, PhD, RN, (Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston), Wenyaw Chan, PhD, and Jack Tsai, PhD, MSCP, (School of Public Health at UTHealth Houston), Timothy Thomas, PhD, (University of California – Berkeley), and Elizabeth Mueller, PhD, MCP, and Heather Way, JD, (University of Texas – Austin)
- Funding sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- Overview: The HOPE-M study focuses on the threat of eviction and mental health. This study examines the exposure of a strong local eviction mortarium compared to exposure to a weak local eviction moratorium on mental distress in the presence of ongoing economic disruptions. The study will also investigate how decisions are made to attempt to avoid eviction and how this contributes to psychosocial distress.
- Budget: $2,360,082
- Project period: Sept. 20, 2023, through June 30, 2026
Supplemental grant: Invisible Evictions: Displacement Pressures and Mental Health
- Research team: Principal investigator Daphne Hernandez, PhD, MSEd, FAAHB. Co-investigators Annalynn Galvin, PhD, RN (Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston), and Wenyaw Chan, PhD, (UTHealth Houston School of Public Health). Trainees Bora Kim, PhD, MSN, RN (Cizik School of Nursing postdoctoral fellow) and Rhea Vikas (UTHealth Houston School of Public Health).
- Funding sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- Overview: The mentoring grant focuses on learning more about two groups of people who have not been evicted but feel pressure from their landlords to move out – those who do move (soft displacement) and those who stay in their homes but continue to feel the pressure to move from their landlords (potential displacement). This project is a supplement to the HOPE-M Study.
- Budget: $385,023
- Project period: July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025
- Research team: Principal investigator Daphne Hernandez, PhD, MSEd, FAAHB. Co-investigators Rickelle Richards, PhD, MPH, RD, (Brigham Young University), Wenyaw Chan, PhD, (School of Public Health at UTHealth Houston)
- Funding sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Overview: This study will integrate how Spanish-speaking immigrant parents with low or limited English proficiency conceptualize their food insecurity experiences to inform the development of a comprehensive food insecurity measure.
- Budget: $169,028
- Project period: Aug. 10, 2023, through July 31, 2025
Houston-area Opportunities for Student Training in Obesity & Nutrition (HOUSTON) Academy 2.0
- Research team: Principal investigator Daphne Hernandez, PhD, MSEd, FAAHB. Co-investigator Dolores Hernandez Woods, MA, RDN, (UTHealth Houston School of Public Health)
- Funding sponsor: Research and Extension Experiential Learning for Undergraduate (REEU) Program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA
- Overview: Houston-area Opportunities for Undergraduate Student Training in Obesity & Nutrition (HOUSTON) Academy 2.0, is a 12-month interprofessional training program for undergraduate students who are interested in a health care profession. The program provides nutrition education, applied research, and community engagement opportunities led by nursing, dental, medicine, and public health scientists and professionals at UTHealth Houston. Undergraduate students selected for the program are provided with a scholarship.
- Budget: $749,999
- Project period: Jan. 1, 2022, to Dec. 31, 2026
