Interested in participating in one of our current or future research projects?

Click the button below to fill out a CYDI Registry Form that allows us to contact you with more information on our studies!

We are actively recruiting for the following studies:

EASE Program

The Emotion Awareness and Skills Enhancement (EASE) study is actively recruiting children with autism spectrum disorder aged 12-21 who experience difficulties managing their emotions!

PI: Dr. Susan White


FAST Study

The Facial Affective and Sensitivity Training is conducting a research study to evaluate a new computerized treatment for children 6 – 11 years old with certain difficulties, including low empathy or concern for others, which are difficulties that can put them at risk for developing behavioral problems.

PI: Dr. Bradley White

SENSE Theatre Program

SENSE is an intervention designed to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder using musical theatre techniques. The project is actively recruiting children aged 10-16 with and without ASD!

PI: Dr. Susan White​

Teens and Social Anxiety Study

The Teens and Social Anxiety study is currently recruiting adolescents (12-16 years old and free of current learning disorders) who have concerns about social relationships (social anxiety)!

PIs: Dr. Susan White and Nicole Capriola-Hall

Other studies being conducted at the CYDI include:

Improving Family Well-Being and
Child School Readiness
This project is a Power PATH Dual Generation Intervention with Head Start preschoolers and their parents funded by the Administration for Children and Families.

Co-PIs: Dr. Ansley Gilpin, Dr. Caroline Boxmeyer, and Dr. Jason DeCaro

Integrative Data Analysis of Coping Power:
Effects on Adolescent Suicidality

This new R01 grant from the NIMH will use integrative data analysis of individual patient outcomes from 10 trials of the Coping Power (CP) program to test its effects on suicidality and related outcomes. It will be one of the first such studies to 1) assess suicide prevention effects from an externalizing focused intervention, 2) test for gender-specificity in pathways to preventing suicidality, and 3) examine the combinations of CP’s delivery conditions with individual youth characteristics to identify optimal conditions for CP.

Co-PIs: Dr. Antonio  Morgan-Lopez, Dr. Anna Yaros, and Dr. John Lochman

Coping Power

The Coping Power Program is a preventative intervention delivered to students in late elementary to middle school using skills-based training. See our page for more information!

PI: Dr. John Lochman

Juvenile Victims of Human Trafficking in Alabama: Developing and Implementing a Uniform Integrated Response Protocol

This project if funded by the Department of Justice. 

PI: Dr. Javonda Williams

Testing the Efficacy of a Developmentally-Informed Coping Power Program in Middle Schools

This project is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences. 

PI: Dr. Catherine Bradshaw (University of Virginia)

E2S Selma/Dallas County Expansion

This project is funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. 

Co-PIs: Dr. Ansley Gilpin and Dr. Nicole Powell
Natural Disaster Effects on Aggressive Children and Their Caretakers: Outcomes Across Time 
This project is funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 

​PI: Dr. John Lochman

Recovery from Injury: Examining the Long-Term Effects of Injury on Youth Wellbeing

Co-PIs: Dr. Andrea Glenn and Brandon McCormick
If you are interested in any of the current studies, please fill out a Center Registry Form to be contacted by our staff or contact us directly by email (cydi@ua.edu) or phone (205-348-6551)!