Dr. Olds is working on projects with three graduate students:
- Crystal Franklin (doctoral student) and he are analyzing KSU alcohol data some of which will be presented at the American Academy of Health Behavior meeting in March, 2008.
- Tanya Robinson (doctoral student) has recently received a positive review from the Journal of Community Health on manuscript examining the role of an ecologic approach to promoting healthy eating among low income African Americans.
- Suzanne Aufdemkampe (Masters) and Jeanine Mincher (doctoral) are helping with data collection and analysis of BMI assessments at Portage county schools.
Faculty grants: Dr. Olds is working on the following grant activities:
- Co-investigator of the Ohio Tobacco Research and Evaluation Center at Case Western Reserve University's Center for Health Promotion Research that is funded by the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation.
- Co-investigator of a School Tobacco-Free Policy project funded by the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation.
- Principal investigator of the KSU Social Norms Drinking project funded by the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services
- Kele Ding, Dennis Thombs and I are working on a paper that is examining the methodological influence of skip patterns on both missing data and prevalence rates of youth substance use.
