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).
Community Engaged Research Resources Community-engaged research involves partnership-building between community members and academic researchers.
COVID-19 COVID-19 Testing and Prevention in Correctional Settings, Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (2020-2023)
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.
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.
Mental Health SEICHE undertakes several studies on the mental health of people who have been involved in the criminal legal system. In partnership with the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at the University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Sentencing Commission, Dr. Ben Howell and Dr. Kathryn Thomas are evaluating the use of mental health and substance use treatment for people released from incarceration or on community supervision in Connecticut.
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.
Health Informatics Personal Health Libraries for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals (PerHL), Funded by the National Library of Medicine (2020-2024)
Sleep Role of Sleep Deficiency and Environment on Medications for OUD (MOUD) Treatment Retention among People Recently Released from Jail