Dr. Megan Moreno, SMAHRT principal investigator and interim chair of the department of pediatrics, is lead author on A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a PCP-Delivered Social Media Counseling Intervention. Data was collected as part of the Adolescent Health in Pediatric Practice (AHIPP) research study that was conducted in the AAP-based Pediatric Research in Office […]
Written by: Garrett Waterman After the Using Media to Understand Mechanisms of Behavior Change project ended in 2010, SMAHRT started to investigate and design intervention studies to understand social media and substance use among college students. This led to two new projects: Social Media and Health Information (SMAHI) study and Technology and Young Adult Health […]
Written by: Meisi Li Through an interdisciplinary research approach and collaboration with multiple critical stakeholders, the Social Media and Adolescent Research Team (SMAHRT) is dedicated to evaluating the benefits and risks of adolescent social media use. “SMAHRT was awarded its first R01 grant, Using Media to Understand Mechanisms of Behavior Change, in 2011,” said Dr. […]