Current Grants and Contracts
“Genetic/Epigenetic Markers, Social Contexts, Life-course and Risky Health Behavior.” (challenge Grant RC1 DA029425-01) National Institutes of Health October 2009 – September 2011. Principal Investigator.
- This grants support efforts that investigates how genetic, epigenetic, and social contextual influences affect risky health behaviors. One major goal of this project is to develop (in collaboration with Haipeng Shen of Statistics Department UNC-CH) statistical methods addressing multiple testing, one of the most difficult issues in similar types of analysis. Another main goal is to investigate (in collaboration with Moshe Szyf of McGill) the feasibility of saliva DNA in methylation analysis in large-scale social science studies.
“Gene by Social-Control Interactions for Delinquency and Crime,” National Science Foundation October 2008 – September 2011. Principal Investigator.
“Genetic Predispositions, Social Contexts, and Longitudinal Binge Drinking.” Supplement to the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. 3 P01 HD031921, NIAAA. July 2008-June 2010. Co-Principal Investigator.
“A Study of Peer Impacts on Health Behaviors and Attitudes.” William T. Grant Foundation. September 2007-August 2009. Principal Investigator.
- This study used a study design of randomly-assigned roommates on a college campus (N=2,500) to study peer influences on risky health behaviors such as binge drinking and smoking. Saliva DNA was collected and 384 SNPs were genotyped to investigate the potential interactions between genetic propensities for risky health behaviors and exogenous peer influences.
“Society, Human Behavior, and Genomics.” a course (upper-level undergraduate and lower-level graduate) development grant awarded to Guang Guo by the College of Arts and Sciences of UNC-CH.
“Age at First Sex, Genes, Religion, and Other Social and Demographic Context.” NICHD/NIH 1 R03 HD053385-01. September 2006- August 2008. Principal Investigator.
“High-Risk Heterosexual Partnering in the Age of AIDS: A Multilevel Analysis.” NIH 1 R21 HD054293-01A1. May 2007-April 2009. Co-investigator.
NIMH F31 Dissertation Fellowship, NIH. Fall 2006-Spring 2007 Principal Investigator for Daniel Adkins.