Dr. Peter Hovmand and Dr. Laura Brennan are leading this study in collaboration with the West End Mount Carmel FBG Church (Dr. Bishop George White, Pastor, http://www.westendmtcarmelfgbc.org). The study is funded by the National Institutes of Health/Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (NNSN276200900017C) as part of the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) Envison Comparative Modeling (CompMod) Network (http://www.nccor.org/index.html). The study aims to understand the role of social determinants on childhood obesity trends in the West End by developing a system dynamics model using participatory group model building methods.
Dr. Peter Hovmand, Dr. Ken Carson, and Dr. Graham Colditz lead this study as part of the Washington University Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) Center (http://www.obesity-cancer.wustl.edu/) supported the National Cancer Institute. The project is developing a computational model of obesity across the life course and generations incorporating biologic, clinical and social determinants of risk and mortality, which can be applied to different cancer outcomes using non-Hodgkin's lymphoma as the initial platform.
Dr. Lauran Brennan (Transtria, LLC, http://www.transtria.com) is leading a 50-community evaluation project for childhood obesity prevention strategies funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As part of this project, the Social System Design Lab is involved with the design, training, and evaluation of a scalable group model building workshop to identify resources and strategies in communities, and developing statistical methods for analyzing community data to identify cases for subsequent system dynamics modeling.
Dr. Peter Hovmand and Dr. Monica Matthieu lead this study as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded Brown Center for Violence Injury and Prevention (Dr. Jonson-Reid, PI; 1 R49 CE001510, http://cvip.wustl.edu). This project develops and pilots participatory group model building “scripts” to design a violence prevention strategy for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury using system dynamics modeling.
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Dr. Peter Hovmand and Dr. David Gillespie lead this National Science Foundation Study (SES-0724577) to understand the dynamics of implementing evidence-based practice innovations on organizational performance. The study draws on 40 non-profit mental health organizations in the St. Louis metropolitan area using key informant interviews, participatory group model building sessions, and secondary data to develop a system dynamics model of implementation and organizational performance.