The Child & Behavioral Health Research Innovations Lab (CABHRI Lab) conducts and translates research to enhance the social and behavioral health of children and families. The lab’s work emphasizes preventive interventions and dissemination strategies to improve overall well-being and disrupt intergenerational cycles of childhood trauma, violence, and abuse.
Goals
Teaching parents, pediatricians, any professionals or people in general who interact with children how they can improve the social and behavioral health
Primary prevention of childhood trauma and violence prevention
Stopping intergenerational cycles of childhood trauma, violence, neglect, abuse
The Team
The CABHRI Lab team is an interdisciplinary group spanning multiple institutions, united by a shared passion for carrying out the mission of the CABHRI lab. The team includes undergraduate and graduate students, doctoral trainees, faculty, and researchers across social work, public health, psychology, pediatrics, and neuroscience. Alumni and trainees apply key findings from the CABHRI lab across clinical and academic settings.
News
Researchers, fellows, and students at CAHBRI are at the forefront of advancing knowledge and practice in children’s behavioral health.
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Dr. Bai Awarded Grant from WT Grant Foundation
Dr. Rong Bai has been awarded a grant from the William T. Grant Foundation titled, "Does Permanent Supportive Housing Address Racial Disparity? Assessing the Long-term Impacts on Homeless Families with Children in Foster Care?"
Through this grant, Dr. Bai will examine the long-term impacts of Permanent Supportive Housing as it relates to child welfare involvement, educational outcomes, and housing stability, among other key outcomes. Dr. Bai will also examine if race moderates these relationships.
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Sophia Eisenberg Passes her Area Statement
In April 2025, Sophia successfully defended her area statement—a key milestone in the BCSSW doctoral program. Her area statement, titled The Dynamic Relationship between Community Violence and Youth (Aged 0–24) with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Disabilities in the United States, included a comprehensive scoping review examining existing literature on this complex topic.
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Three Members of CABHRI Presented at SSWR 2025
Dr. Taylor, Dr. Bai, and Sophia Eisenberg presented as part of a symposium titled, Parenting Support for Mothers with High Exposure to Violence: Socio-Ecological Contexts Can Promote or Hinder Nurturing, Non-Violent Parenting, at SSWR 2025 in Seattle, Washington.
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