Affiliated Centers for Mentorship

The Center of Population Sciences for Health Equity


Our Mission 

To lead and implement community-engaged, scientific, operational research and practice using principles and tools of population sciences that promote health equity among marginalized, underserved, and vulnerable populations both nationally and internationally.

FIRST Faculty Mentees

FIRST Faculty

Tenured Home

Research Area

Dr. Victor Buitron

 Department of Psychology
Mental Health 

Suicide prevention in youth, including youth populations who are underserved 
Dr. Carli Culjat College of Nursing 
Chronic Disease Prevention

Health literacy and policy in underserved populations, she has a specialized interest in advancing health literacy through improved communication and application strategies in rural Hispanic/Latino and rural populations.
Dr. Rasheda Haughbrook Department of Psychology
Chronic Disease Prevention

Examining the interplay of the environment and biology on academic and developmental outcomes within African American children and also evaluate developmental differences within historically excluded groups as a consequence of biological and environmental factors. 
Dr. Artur Luz Nunes Queiroz College of Nursing
Chronic Disease Prevention 

HIV prevention for Men who have sex with men, with a focus on how chemsex (sexualized substance use) affects HIV prevention and sexual health on the LGBTQ+ population.

Center for Translational Behavioral Science

Our Mission 

The mission of the Center for Translational Behavioral Science at Florida State University is to promote public
health and health justice using a sustainable team science approach for the development and
wide spread implementation of behavioral and biobehavioral interventions across the translational spectrum.

CTBScience relies on a continuous cycle of interaction between basic behavioral and biomedical scientists,
translational researchers, treatment providers, and communities to develop interventions
reaching diverse and under-served populations in local communities and beyond.

EST. 2018

FIRST Faculty Mentees

FIRST Faculty

Tenured Home

 Research Area

Dr. Julia Sheffler

 College of Medicine
Chronic Disease Prevention

Focuses on developing scalable lifestyle interventions for Alzheimer’s disease and other late-life health problems
Dr. Sherelle Harmon Department of Psychology
Mental Health

Examining factors associated with the development and treatment of emotional dysregulation and irritability in children

 

Center for Translational Behavioral Science
2010 Levy Ave Building B
Suite B0266
Tallahassee, FL 32310

CTBScience Suite:
850-644-2334

FSU Behavioral Health Clinic:
850-644-6543

Questions/Broken Links
ctbscience@med.fsu.edu