CHEER Lab's mission is to reduce the burden of cancer on vulnerable and underserved populations. The lab's research is used to develop culturally responsive interventions to improve equity in cancer prevention and cancer care delivery.

The Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) is a university-wide group of investigators dedicated to excellence in obesity research. Founded in 2006, its mission is to facilitate interdisciplinary research on the etiology, consequences, treatment, and prevention of obesity.

In this lab, researchers connect research and practice using implementation science approaches with a focus on engaging those affected by health disparities.

Research in this lab seeks to understand influences on the development of eating behaviors and health outcomes during early childhood.

This lab's research focuses on the identification of novel behavioral targets for prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity.

This lab conducts prevention research that addresses chronic disease disparities that remain endemic in low-income urban communities.

This lab conducts research on the intersections of interpersonal health communication, chronic kidney disease, and organ donation and transplantation.

This lab focuses on the etiology and treatment of obesity and the psychological aspects of physical appearance.

This lab focuses on the use of technology to measure community participation and examines how environmental indicators affect health outcomes.

Research in this lab aims to improve the outcomes and uptake of evidence-based treatment among individuals with serious mental illnesses.

The Risk Communication Lab seeks to advance public health through the design and testing of effective health communication messages and public health campaigns, developed using commercial marketing methods.

This lab focuses on patient-clinician communication processes in various clinical conditions and settings, such as psychosis and schizophrenia.

This research group explores issues surrounding cancer communication, caregiver burden, decision-making, and communicating for tissue and organ donation.

Research in this lab focuses on cancer prevention, control and survivorship with an emphasis on improving quality of life in people who have had cancer and promoting healthy behaviors that might lead to prevention.

This group of researchers focuses on the obstacles that prevent people with psychiatric disabilities from fully participating in their communities.

This lab's work aims to address diet-related chronic disease and obesity disparities in pediatric populations.