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IMPACT Lab Mission - We are dedicated to:

• Understanding how developmental transition periods affect adolescent and young adult (AYA) well-being 

• Developing insights into the intersectionality of social, cultural, and individual factors during these transition periods

• Translating research findings into evidence-based interventions for mental health support

• Tailoring interventions to address specific identities and experiences, including AYAs of color, LGBTQIA+ youth, first-generation college students, and student athletes

• Collaborating with community members to understand and address psychosocial strengths, needs, influences, and values

• Promoting open dialogues, empowered choice, and destigmatization around mental health

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Our research explores topics related to:​​

• Trajectories of wellbeing risk and resilience across development (e.g., transition to adolescence, emerging adulthood, and college)

• Adolescent and young adult adjustment, mental health challenges, and promotion, and links with systemically marginalized identities and lived experiences (e.g., sex, gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, SES, first-generation status)

• Technology (e.g., mobile app, social media) use, and associations with mental health, physical health, health behaviors, and academic outcomes

• Developing and testing the effectiveness of mental-health-related prevention, promotion, and treatment interventions for adolescents and emerging adults, including college students. These programs include classroom-based and technology-delivered programs, led by peers, paraprofessional staff, and clinicians

• Promoting accessible and scalable wellness-promoting interventions that address treatment gaps from structural and systemic barriers to accessing mental health care