Uma Rao

Director of Behavioral Research · University of California

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History

Effects of Early Life Adversity on Substance Use Problems in Adolescents: Biobehavioral Risk Mechanisms
National Institute on Drug Abuse · R01
Contact PI · $1.4M · University of California-Irvine
2023–2029
Racial/Ethnic Influences on Early Vascular Aging and Cardiac Strain: Role of Cumulative Stress, Inflammatory and Metabolic Burden
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2.7M · University of California-Irvine
2022–2027
Ethnic Influences on Stress, Energy Balance and Obesity in Adolescents
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities · R01
Contact PI · $3.9M · University of California-Irvine
2017–2026
Prevention of Adolescent Risky Behaviors: Neural Markers of Intervention Effects
National Institute on Drug Abuse · R01
Contact PI · $3.3M · University of California-Irvine
2017–2025