University Of New Mexico Awarded $7 Million

Researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) were awarded a five-year $7 million grant that establishes a new center to develop more effective behavioral health interventions for the state. Funding was awarded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, which is a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Research teams will study how social determinants affect behavioral health, and those social determinants include historical trauma, adverse childhood experiences, poverty, and discrimination. In the state of New Mexico, Native American youth are at a high risk for suicide and immigrants are afraid to seek . . .