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Cara Young is a family nurse practitioner and nurse researcher, currently serving as an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Graduate Doctoral Education at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Nursing. Her diverse research program seeks to improve behavioral and psychosocial transitions in vulnerable populations across the life course. Dr. Young's primary research line focuses on enhancing mental health for children, adolescents, and young adults through mindfulness-based interventions. She is leading several current projects, including a NIDA-funded study testing the augmentative effects of isradipine using virtual reality to expose cigarette craving, and a NINR-funded pilot study evaluating mindfulness-based healthy lifestyle programs for young women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Additionally, she is involved in a project funded by the Center for Youth Mental Health at Dell Medical School that utilizes an innovative mobile-sensing platform to detect and treat depression in vulnerable transition-age youth.
The University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX
Teaching and leading doctoral education in nursing.
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