Social Health Lab: Research Program
Areas of Research
- Improving health and well-being for young adults with cancer and members of their social support networks (partners, family, friends)
- Social support and communication processes important for well-being
- Social network analysis
- Inflammation and biomarkers of stress
- Interventions for young adult couples coping with cancer
- Role of the neighborhood environment and activity spaces on health and well-being
Current Funding
- NIH/NCI K01CA297648 (PI: Katie Darabos)
Dyadic and social network influences on health and well-being among young adults with cancer
Project Period: 08/07/2025-07/31/2030 - New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research (NJCCR) Pilot Grant (PI: Katie Darabos)
Development of a brief social connectedness and communication intervention among young adult couples with cancer: An application of the ORBIT model
Project Period: 07/01/2025-06/30/2027 - American Institute for Cancer Research, Investigator-Initiated Grant (PI: Katie Darabos)
Real-Time tracking of neighborhood environments and activity spaces on health behaviors, perceived stress, and well-being among young adults with cancer
Project Period: 01/01/2026-01/01/2027
Past Funding
- New Jersey Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Research Center of Excellence Pilot Grant (PI: Katie Darabos)
Assessment of social network change among adolescents and young adults with cancer: Relationships with health and well-being
Project Period: 07/01/2024-06/30/2025 - NIH/NCI F99CA222727 (Hunter College); K00CA22727 (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia) (PI: Katie Darabos)
A biopsychosocial approach to behavioral oncology in young adults
Project Period: F99 (09/14/2017-05/31/2019); K00 (06/01/2019-07/01/2022)