Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research February 2025

Opportunities to Make Health Mental Research More Impactful:

Now Recruiting for Two Studies

The EA-Avatar Study

We are recruiting young adults ages 18-29 for the EA-Avatar Think Aloud Study.

Our research team has recently developed a new digital health platform to help young adults with alcohol use problems and suicidal thoughts.

We are looking for volunteers who are 18-29, who have struggled with alcohol use or suicidal thoughts, and have visited an emergency room since turning 18. We are asking young adults to participate in an interview on Zoom to provide their opinions on the intervention out loud and in an online survey as part of a paid research study. 

If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Hu, Clinical Research Coordinator III, at nancy.hu@umassmed.edu. 

The How Do YOU Do Community? Study

We are conducting a research study to better understand how young adults with mental health conditions, especially those who have been marginalized, define and experience community participation since COVID-19.

Your unique story is important! It can add to knowledge and understanding, which can lead to improvements in policies, systems, and supports for young adults who have been marginalized.

 We are looking for Young Adults with mental health conditions who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and/or with experience in the justice or child welfare systems.

If you have any questions, please contact Mei Pearlstein, Research Coordinator I, at mei.pearlstein@umassmed.edu. 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Hot Off The Press: Our February Newsletter is now available. Read it Here.

Voice of UMass Chan Podcast featuring Lourah Kelly, PhD: Research explores avatar therapy for alcohol use disorder, suicide prevention

Webinar: Enchaning Community Participation among Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions from Disadvantaged Backgrounds

COULD YOU USE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE?

Technical Assistance activities are an extension of the research and training activities of Transitions ACR. Our TA services can range from simple resource referrals to on-site development of a formal TA plan (including fact finding, goals, responsibilities, timelines and evaluation measures). We are ready to help you develop programs, policies and practices that support the community participation, educational and employment outcomes of youth with mental health conditions.

Please complete the form below for Technical Assistance from Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research. Please note that we do not provide clinical consultation, behavioral services, or referrals.

THINGS WE DO

Adulting Shorts:

Info-Comics

Memes Created by Young Adults for Young Adults

Young Adult Blogs

S.T.A.Y. Tuned

Young Adult Podcast

Tip Sheets for Young Adults/their Supporters

Webinars on Young Adult Mental Health

RESOURCES BY TOPIC

Community Participation — Employment — Education — Life Skills



Select publications are available in Mandarin (普通话出版物 Pǔtōnghuà chūbǎn wù), Portuguese (Português), Spanish (español) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

The Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research (Transitions ACR) promotes the full participation in socially valued roles of transition-age youth and young adults (ages 14-30) with serious mental health conditions. Transitions to ACR is located within the Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center (iSPARC) and houses The CIRC Center and Learning & Working During the Transition to Adulthood Rehabilitation Research & Training Center, among other projects.

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iSPARC As a Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Research Center of Excellence located within the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School, iSPARC aims to improve the mental and behavioral health of all citizens of Massachusetts and beyond.

Some of the contents of this message are supported in part under grants with funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, (NIDILRR), United States Departments of Health and Human Services (NIDILRR grant numbers 90RTEM0005, 90RTCP0010 and 90RTEM0012) and co-funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services. The contents of this message do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, SAMHSA, or HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.