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Leveraging Social Networks to Promote Sexual Assault Recovery and Reduce Drinking to Cope through a Web-Based Intervention

Award Number: K08AA028546
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

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Leveraging Social Networks to Promote Sexual Assault Recovery and Reduce Drinking to Cope through a Web-Based Intervention - PROJECT SUMMARY Sexual assault is a persistent public health problem that affects a substantial proportion of college women and is often associated with increases in heavy drinking to cope with post-assault distress. Survivors often recover within social networks such as sororities where heavy drinking is normative, and recovery alongside heavy drinking peers can exacerbate survivors’ drinking to cope. To address this problem, the current application involves the development of a novel intervention designed to promote effective support of survivors within social networks of sororities. Support behaviors incompatible with heavy drinking are expected to increase perceived support among survivors and reduce alcohol use and related consequences among all intervention recipients. The research plan involves: (1) developing a new web-based intervention in collaboration with community stakeholders, (2) testing the feasibility of the intervention within a pilot cluster randomized trial, and (3) examining network characteristics associated with adoption of support behaviors. This Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) will provide Dr. Anna Jaffe with the research support and training needed to become an independent researcher in the field of alcohol research. Dr. Jaffe has a strong foundation researching the intersection between alcohol use and sexual assault, but requires additional training to become an intervention researcher capable of contributing to broad change by leveraging technology to administer brief interventions within social networks. To facilitate this training, Drs. Mary Larimer, Christine Lee, and Cynthia Stappenbeck will provide mentorship in intervention development and evaluation with relevance to alcohol use, peers, and sexual assault. Additionally, Drs. Nancy Barnett and Tyler McCormick will provide mentorship in social network methodology and related statistical analyses. The University of Washington is an ideal environment for conducting this research and obtaining the content, methodological, and statistical expertise necessary to develop an independent career in alcohol intervention research. The proposed project will provide pilot data to support a R01 submission to test the intervention on a larger scale and evaluate the spread of supportive behaviors through social networks. This highly innovative research plan is consistent with NIAAA strategic goals in the creation of a low-resource technology-based intervention that has the potential to significantly impact public health by improving peer support to survivors of sexual assault and reduce heavy drinking on a broad scale.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $255,304 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	4333 BROOKLYN AVE NE	SEATTLE	WA	98195	KING	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	003	5	9/18/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$75,600
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	4333 BROOKLYN AVE NE	SEATTLE	WA	98195	KING	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	002	5	3/28/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$179,704
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	4333 BROOKLYN AVE NE	SEATTLE	WA	98195	KING	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	001	4	2/8/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$95,801
2024	2022	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	2200 VINE ST # 830861	LINCOLN	NE	68503	LANCASTER	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	2	2/8/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$95,801
														Subtotal = $255,304

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $179,704 )
2023	2023	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	2200 VINE ST BOX 830861	LINCOLN	NE	68503	LANCASTER	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	001	3	9/19/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2023	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	2200 VINE ST BOX 830861	LINCOLN	NE	68503	LANCASTER	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	003	3	9/21/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$179,704
2023	2023	THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON VICE PR	4333 BROOKLYN AVE NE	SEATTLE	WA	98195	KING	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	002	4	9/20/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$179,704
2023	2023	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	2200 VINE ST BOX 830861	LINCOLN	NE	68503	LANCASTER	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	3	3/31/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$179,704
														Subtotal = $179,704

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $179,704 )
2022	2022	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	2200 VINE ST BOX 830861	LINCOLN	NE	68503	LANCASTER	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	2	3/16/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$179,704
														Subtotal = $179,704

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $179,704 )
2021	2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	2200 VINE ST BOX 830861	LINCOLN	NE	68503	LANCASTER	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	1	3/24/2021	NEW	$179,704
														Subtotal = $179,704

Grand Total All Awards = $794,416

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Leveraging Social Networks to Promote Sexual Assault Recovery and Reduce Drinking to Cope through a Web-Based Intervention

Award Number: K08AA028546

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

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