Drs. Calzo and Felner collaborate in community-engaged research to advance the prevention and cessation of tobacco, nicotine, and cannabis use among underserved and marginalized populations, including LGBTQ+ youth and youth experiencing homelessness and housing instability. For example, in the Puff Break Study, the ARCHES Lab utilizes ecological momentary assessment to measure the impact of stress and socialization experiences on tobacco, nicotine, and cannabis use behaviors among LGBTQ+ adolescents, with the goal of developing adaptive tools to reduce such behaviors. In the TobExA Study (tobacco and cannabis harm reduction through expressive arts), the ARCHES Lab is working alongside San Diego Youth Services to co-design an intervention to reduce tobacco use and co-consumption of cannabis among housing insecure youth. The study will leverage expressive arts and other strengths-based approaches to design an intervention that will promote healthy coping behavior, resource access and utilization, community and peer support, and overall resilience.
Current and Past Funding:
- TRDRP T35DT9430 (PI: Lim, Mentor: Calzo, Co-Mentor: Felner), 2025-2028
- TRDRP T33CR6428 (MPI: Felner & Jellá, Co-I: Calzo), 2023-2025
- TRDRP T32IP4725 (PI: Calzo), 2022-2024
- SDSU Cancer Research Group Pilot (PI: Calzo), 2019-2021
- TRDRP T29FT0265 (PI: Felner), 2019-2021