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**Science of Behavior Change: Revision Applications for Use-inspired Research to Optimize Adherence, Behavior Change Interventions, and Outcomes (R01) RFA-RM-17-022**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
CATENACCI, VICTORIA A	UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER	Comparison of Weight Loss Induced by Intermittent Fasting Versus Daily Caloric Restriction in Individuals with Obesity: A 1-Year Randomized Trial
PENEDO, FRANK J (contact) ANTONI, MICHAEL HOWARD	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO	Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Stress and Self-Management (C-CBSM) Intervention for PC

**Science of Behavior Change: Use-inspired Research to Optimize Adherence, Behavior Change Interventions, and Outcomes (R21) RFA-RM-17-028**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
BIRK, JEFFREY LEE	COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES	Investigating fear of recurrence as a modifiable mechanism of behavior change to improve medication adherence in acute coronary syndrome patients
BREWER, JUDSON A (contact) HOGE, ELIZABETH A	UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER	Targeting Worry to Improve Sleep
GORIN, AMY A (contact) LEAHEY, TRICIA M	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS	Is long-term maintenance worth the wait? Using real time data capture to examine delayed discounting as a putative target of physical activity adherence in weight loss maintenance interventions
HARVEY, ALLISON G	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY	Parent-Adolescent Interpersonal Processes in the Science of Behavior Change
HUGHES-HALBERT, CHANITA A	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Science of Behavior Change in African American Breast Cancer Survivors
MACKIEWICZ SEGHETE, KRISTEN L	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	Mechanisms of Action of MBCT-PD: A Pilot Study
MCHUGH, REBECCA KATHRYN	MCLEAN HOSPITAL	Behavioral Strategies to Reduce Stress Reactivity in Opioid Use Disorder
OTTO, MICHAEL W	BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS)	Engaging Working Memory and Distress Tolerance to Aid Smoking Cessation
SCIOLI, ERICA ROSE	BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS	Neurobiological Mediators of Self-Regulatory and Reward-Based Motivational Predictors of Exercise Maintenance in Chronic Pain and PTSD
STEIN, JEFFREY SCOTT	VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV	A Remotely Delivered Episodic Future Thinking Intervention to Improve Management of Type 2 Diabetes
WILSON, TRACEY ELIZABETH	SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER	Positive affect promotion to empower optimal adherence to HIV therapy

**Science of Behavior Change: Use-inspired Basic Research to Optimize Behavior Change Interventions and Outcomes (Admin Supp) PA-16-334**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
AUDRAIN-MCGOVERN, JANET E	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	Behavioral Activation for Smoking Cessation and the Prevention of Post-Cessation Weight Gain
CARROLL, KATHLEEN M	YALE UNIVERSITY	Psychotherapy Research Center: SOBC Admin Supplement: Targeting self-regulatory deficits
CHRONIS-TUSCANO, ANDREA	UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	Behavioral Activation to Reduce Problem Alcohol Use in College Students with ADHD
COOPER, DAN M	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE	Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
MARSCH, LISA A.	DARTMOUTH COLLEGE	Applying novel technologies and methods to inform the ontology of self-regulation
PELHAM, WILLIAM E	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	Mechanisms of Response to Substance Use Prevention Intervention for Adolescents with ADHD
ROBINSON, LEAH ELIZABETH	UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	A PATH (Promoting Activity and Trajectories of Health) for Children
SLEP, AMY MICHELE SMITH	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	Targeting Corrosive Couple Conflict and Parent-Child Coercion to Impact Health Behaviors and Regimen Adherence

**NIH Science of Behavior Change Resource and Coordinating Center (U24) RFA-RM-14-017**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
DAVIDSON, KARINA W. (contact) EDMONDSON, DONALD	COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES	Columbia University Science of Behavior Change Resource and Coordinating Center

**Science of Behavior Change: Assay Development and Validation for Interpersonal and Social Processes Targets (UH2/UH3) RFA-RM-14-018**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
SLEP, AMY MICHELE SMITH (contact) BEAUCHAINE, THEODORE PATRICK HEYMAN, RICHARD ELIOT LEVENSON, ROBERT WAYNE SCHOENTHALER, ANTOINETTE M WEST, TESSA VICTORIA	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	Targeting Corrosive Couple Conflict and Parent-Child Coercion to Impact Health Behaviors and Regimen Adherence

**Science of Behavior Change: Assay Development and Validation for Stress Reactivity and Stress Resilience Targets (UH2/UH3) RFA-RM-14-019**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
ALMEIDA, DAVID M. (contact) SMYTH, JOSHUA M	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK	Everyday Stress Response Targets in the Science of Behavior Change
HAUSHOFER, JOHANNES A	PRINCETON UNIVERSITY	How Does Stress Affect Health Behaviors: Preferences, Beliefs, or Constraints?

**Science of Behavior Change: Assay Development and Validation for Self-Regulation Targets (UH2/UH3) RFA-RM-14-020**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
EPSTEIN, LEONARD H (contact) BICKEL, WARREN K	STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO	Delay discounting as a target for self-regulation in prediabetes
LOUCKS, ERIC (contact) BRITTON, WILLOUGHBY KING, JEAN A	BROWN UNIVERSITY	Mindfulness Influences on Self-Regulation: Mental and Physical Health Implications
MA, JUN (contact) WILLIAMS, LEANNE	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO	Engaging self-regulation targets to understand the mechanisms of behavior change and improve mood and weight outcomes
MARSCH, LISA A. (contact) POLDRACK, RUSSELL A	DARTMOUTH COLLEGE	Applying novel technologies and methods to inform the ontology of self-regulation
MILLER, ALISON L	UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	Targeting Self-Regulation to Promote Adherence and Health Behaviors in Children

**Use-Oriented Basic Research: Change Mechanisms of Behavioral Social Interventions (Admin Supp)**
**PA-12-119**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
BARLOW, DAVID H.	BOSTON UNIVERSITY	EFFICACY EVALUATION OF A UNIFIED TRANSDIAGNOSTIC TREATMENT FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS
FREDRICKSON, BARBARA LEE	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL	AFFECTIVE AND GENOMIC MEDIATORS OF SUSTAINED BEHAVIOR CHANGE
GOTLIB, IAN	STANFORD UNIVERSITY	RISK FOR DEPRESSION:IDENTIFYING AND ALTERING PSYCHOBIOLOGICAl MECHANISMS
HARVEY, ALLISON G.	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY	IMPROVING DEPRESSION OUTCOME BY ENHANCING MEMORY FOR COGNITIVE THERAPY
HOELSCHER, DEANNA	UNIVERSITY OF OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON	LUNCH IN THE BAG: PACKING MORE FRUIT, VEGETABLES, GRAIN IN PRESCHOOL SACK LUNCHES
MACPHERSON, LAURA	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND	STAGE II TRIAL OF NOVEL BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION INTERVENTION FOR SMOKING CESSATION
SHINN, EILEEN H.	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	ADHERENCE TO SWALLOWING REHABILITATION EXERCISES IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER
SILVERSTEIN, MICHAEL	BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER	PREVENTING MATERNAL DEPRESSION IN HEAD START

**Science of Behavior Change: Finding Mechanisms of Change in the Laboratory and the Field (R01)**
**RFA-RM-10-002**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
FREDRICKSON, BARBARA LEE	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL	Affective and Genomic Mediators of Sustained Behavior Change
HALPERN, SCOTT DAVID	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	Comparative Efficacy, Acceptance and Effectiveness of Health Incentive Structures
HAUSHOFER, JOHANNES (contact) FEHR, ERNST	UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH	Poverty, Stress, and Discounting: A potential micro-mechanism for behavior change
HUDZIAK, JAMES J	UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE	Determinants of Adolescent Exercise Behavior; towards Evidence-Based Intervention
LUMENG, JULIE C. (contact) MILLER, ALISON L	UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR	Self-Regulation as a Biological Mechanism for Excess Weight Gain in Toddlers
MORENO, MEGAN ANDREAS	UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON	Using media to explore mechanisms of behavior change among college students
OCHSNER, KEVIN N	COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE	The Development of Emotion Regulation Mechanisms Impacting Health
PHELPS, ELIZABETH ANYA	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	Emotions and Choice: Mechanisms of Behavior Change
SAFFER, HENRY	NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH	Neuroeconomics and Alcohol Control Policy
STRAUMAN, TIMOTHY J (contact) HARIRI, AHMAD R	DUKE UNIVERSITY	Self-Regulation Failure: Identifying and Modifying a Risk Phenotype

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