1. Danielle M. Dick, Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth University Departments of Psychology, African American Studies, and Human & Molecular Genetics Bringing Research to the Community

2.  4 cohorts incoming freshmen (2011-2015)  Surveys, fall and spring  DNA collection  ~70% participation, 9890 students  Registry  Opportunity to feedback to prevention/programming

3. S4S in Numbers  34 faculty from 13 departments  26 trainees  >130 undergraduate students  15 departments  4 NIH grants funded  6 additional grants in prep/under review  6 spin-off projects  2 under development  >30 outreach activities

4. Basic Research Identify how individual predispositions and environmental factors create different pathways of risk Culturally Sensitive Research Focus on the unique risk/protective factors associated with racially and ethnically diverse populations Prevention/Intervention Integrate basic research findings to develop tailored prevention/intervention and test effectiveness Academic Performance and Retention Ability to link research findings with student performance and to do future research on how implemented prevention/intervention affects these outcomes Spit for Science Spin-off Projects Registry of S4S participants Can be selected based on phenotypic/genotypic information for additional study Creates resource for faculty across the university University Policy and Programming Ability to use research findings to inform university policies on substance use and mental health and follow-up with research to evaluate policy effectiveness AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO COLLEGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

5. Behavioral and Emotional Health as the Foundation for Student Success

6. When Science doesn’t feel like Science  Mass Communications  Arts  ALTlab

8. Engaging the Community  YouTube channel: Spit4Science@VCU  Spit4Science Blog: http://rampages.us/spit4science/spit-chat/

11. Dose.com

13. Thank you!