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Northern Plains Center for Behavioral Research
Dedicated in 2008, the Northern Plains Center for Behavioral Research is one of the first in the nation built with National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to facilitate the work of scientists in nursing and psychology partnering with interdisciplinary colleagues in the behavioral sciences (C06RR022088, G. Lindseth, PI).
Behavioral research is based on the actions of human participants. The new facility is set up to work with individuals, families and groups to gain insight into human behavior and to help people recognize and alter their behaviors.
The Center is used by multidisciplinary faculty to explore conditions such as reintegration needs of rural national guard members and families post-deployment; nutritional effects of mood and cognitive flight performance; and cultural preservation of American Indians in the face of waterway conflicts. These research initiatives build on current studies with vulnerable populations in the state and region, including the elderly, American Indians, children, pregnant women, and their families.
The Northern Plains Center for Behavioral Research provides support for research with state-of-the-art behavioral research space, offices for funded researchers and doctoral students in nursing and psychology.
Current programs of research include studies focusing on:
- Nutrition & Cognition
- Nutrition and Prostate Cancer
- Vitamin D and Genetics in Cardiovascular Disease
- Cardiovascular disease & nutrition in American Indians
- American Indian Cultural Preservation
- Well being and vitality in the elderly
- Skin and Wound Care
- Hypertension in Pregnancy
- Vitamin D status during preeclampsia
- Genetic influences of Childhood Obesity
- Obesity in pre-school children
- Public Health Nursing and Intimate Partner Violence
- Community Development Post Disaster
- Pesticides and Health Effects
- Nurses' Oral History
- Nurse Education
For more information: Dr. Cindy Anderson, Associate Dean of Research, 701-777-4354 or cindy.anderson@und.edu