Cancer
Incarceration and Cancer-Related Outcomes (ICRO), Funded by the National Cancer Institute (2019-2024)
Research@The Health Justice Lab
Here is our Health Justice Lab team enjoying a nice picnic and park day in East Rock to celebrate some of the work we have been able to do over the past year.
The Health Justice Lab leads the research activities of the SEICHE Center. The Lab investigates the health-harming effects of incarceration by employing a positive deviance framework to identify existing assets in communities most impacted by mass incarceration. Our research aims to tackle the top drivers of mortality following incarceration.
Cancer
Cardiovascular Disease
Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the JUSTice Involved Individuals Study of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology (JUSTICE) study is the first longitudinal observational study of individuals released from a correctional facility focused on cardiovascular disease (CVD).
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing and Prevention in Correctional Settings, Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (2020-2023)
Gun Violence
The Building Resilient Neighborhoods and Positive Social Networks to Prevent Gun Violence study aims to identify data-driven targets and asset-based strategies for interventions to mitigate the effects of gun violence in New Haven, CT.
Health Informatics
Personal Health Libraries for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals (PerHL), Funded by the National Library of Medicine (2020-2024)
Opioid Use Disorder
Funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, the Transitions Clinic Network: Post Incarceration Addiction Treatment, Healthcare, and Social Support (TCN PATHS) study aims to assess whether follow-up care in the Transitions Clinic Network (TCN), which provides opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and enhanced primary care for people released from incarceration, improves key measures in the opioid treatment cascade after release from jail.
Sleep
Role of Sleep Deficiency and Environment on Medications for OUD (MOUD) Treatment Retention among People Recently Released from Jail
Vaccinations
Our long-term goal is to reduce morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 amongst people who are detained in and work in correctional facilities.