Targeting Neurobiological and Behavioral Mechanisms of Self-Regulation in High-Risk Families Funding period: 2015–2019 PIs: Drs. Elizabeth Skowron, Phil Fisher Funded by: National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant number: R01 DA036533 This clinical trial is testing the effects of Parent–Child Interaction Therapy for maltreating families and identifying biobehavioral pathways to positive change in parenting practices and child outcomes.
Using Online Learning and Coaching to Increase the Competency of Early Childhood Teachers to Impact School Readiness for Children Exposed to Trauma Funding period: 2015–2019 PIs: Drs. Phil Fisher, Melanie Berry; Ore. State Univ. MPIs: Drs. Shannon Lipscomb, Bridget Hatfield Funded by: Institute of Education Sciences Grant number: R305A150107 An online course and coaching program is being developed to help early childhood teachers implement practices to improve academic and social-behavioral outcomes for young children who have experienced trauma.
Closed Grants
Harvard Frontiers of Innovation Funding period: 2014–2017 PI: Dr. Philip Fisher Funded by: Subawards from Harvard University This collaboration of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers is developing prevention and intervention programs to improve child outcomes and build caregiver capabilities.
KEEP-P: Prevention Intervention for Foster Preschoolers Funding period: 2013–2018 PI: Dr. Philip Fisher Funded by: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant number: R01 HD075716 A group-based intervention for foster preschoolers and their caregivers aims to improve parenting, reduce disrupted placements, and improve child outcomes.
Translational Drug Abuse Prevention Center (TDAP) Funding period: 2013–2018 Subaward PIs: Drs. Phil Fisher, Leslie Leve, David DeGarmo; OSLC MPI: Dr. Patricia Chamberlain Funded by: National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant number: P50 DA035763 TDAP seeks to improve outcomes for child welfare system–involved children and families, including those with high early life adversity and risky decision making during early adolescence and high rates of drug use and HIV-risk behaviors.
Hemera Frontiers of Innovation Funding period: 2015–2016 PI: Philip Fisher, PhD Frontiers of Innovation initiative, Harvard Center on the Developing Child This award supports the Fisher Stress Neurobiology and Prevention Lab’s work with the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University to develop and test intervention programs to improve the lives of children facing adversity, to develop and scale a model for supporting intervention development and implementation for new center sites, and to continue to develop a centralized database library.
