Subject: Youth

Academic Publications

Community violence in the HIV risk environment: a qualitative study among youth in Brazil

Cadernos De Saúde Pública, 2026, journal article

Longitudinal neurocognitive trajectories in a large cohort of youth who use cannabis: combining self-report and toxicology

Natasha E. Wade; Ryan M. Sullivan; Alexander L. Wallace; Rachel Visontay; Veronica Szpak [Student]; et al.

Neuropsychopharmacology, 2026, journal article Cited by 4

Cannabis Longitudinal studies Toxicology Youth

Relationality, Overload, and Trust: How Housing-Insecure Youth Navigated Health Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hannah Reynolds [Student]; Alana Lopez [Student]; Renatta Escobedo; Lorilee Chien; Samia Saeb [Student]; et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2026, journal article

COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-) Health education Trust Youth

Addressing Tobacco-Related Disparities Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness by Engaging Youth Collaborators in Intervention Research: Protocol for a Multimethod, Community-Based Participatory Research Study (Preprint)

Alana Lopez [Student]; Andrew C Lim; Renatta Escobedo; Nicole Chung; Lorilee Chien; Jerel P Calzo; Lianne Urada; Benjamín Aceves; Steven Jellá; Sabrina L Smiley; Jennifer K Felner; Andy Lim [Student]

2025, preprint

Community-based research Homelessness Public health Youth

Affirming healthcare encounters catalyze psychological empowerment to drive HIV testing among SGM youth in Florida

Simone J. Skeen; Meardith Pooler-Burgess; Sara K. Shaw Green; J. J. Jackson; Andrew C. Lim; Jordan Purcell; Sylvie Naar; Andy Lim [Student]

International Journal of Lgbtq+ Youth Studies, 2025, journal article Cited by 2

Florida Homosexuality Mental health Youth

Real-time aggression in youth and its connection to region-specific structural brain alterations

Melissa Hatch; Ahria Dominguez [Student]; et al.

Discover Mental Health, 2025, journal article Cited by 1

Adolescence Neuroplasticity Youth

1.1 Association Between Region-Specific Structural Brain Alterations and Real-Time Aggression in Youth

Melissa Hatch; Ahria Dominguez [Student]; et al.

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2023, journal article

Brain Neurology Psychiatry Youth

3.73 Atypical Brain Morphometry in Youth With Elevated PTSD Symptoms

Ahria Dominguez [Student]; et al.

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2023, journal article

Adolescent psychology Mental health Traumatism Youth

A Family-Based Mental Health Navigator Intervention for Youth in the Child Welfare System: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Marina Tolou-Shams; Megan Ramaiya; Jannet Lara Salas; Ifunanya Ezimora [Student]; et al.

Jmir Research Protocols, 2023, journal article Cited by 5

Child and Adolescent Service System Program (National Institute of Mental Health) Family psychotherapy Systemic therapy (Family therapy) Youth

Leveraging Technology to Increase Behavioral Health Services Access for Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems: a Cross-systems Collaboration Model

Marina Tolou-Shams; Evan D. Holloway; Catalina Ordorica; Juliet Yonek; Johanna B. Folk; Emily F. Dauria; Kristiana Lehn; Ifunanya Ezimora [Student]; et al.

The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 2022, journal article Cited by 11

Mental health services Public health Technology Youth

Changes in the time of COVID-19: a quality improvement initiative to maintain services at a youth sexual health clinic

Andy Lim [Student]; Meghana Venkatesh; Danielle L. Lewald; Patricia J. Emmanuel; Lisa Sanders

Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2021, journal article Cited by 2

COVID-19 (Disease) Public health Sexual health Youth

Photovoice and Youth on Violence and Related Topics: A Systematic Review

Yingwei Yang; Andy Lim [Student]; Renee E. Wallace; Stephanie Marhefka-Day; Karen D. Liller

Florida Public Health Review, 2020, journal article Cited by 7

Community-based research Systematic reviews (Medical research) Violence Youth

Conference Presentations

Bridging the gaps in youth sexual health in Florida: Progress and lessons learned since the launch of the FLASH Network

JJ Jackson; Andy Lim [Student]; Michaela Prachthauser; Simone J Skeen

16Th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence, 2021, conference presentation

Florida Health education Sexual health Youth

Tobacco use among youths in urban setting: Exploring motivations for continued smoking amidst tobacco control interventions in Wakiso, Uganda.

Alex Daama [Student]

conference paper

Smoking Tobacco use Uganda Youth