Darius Tandon

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Research Interests

My research focuses on the prevention of mental disorders and promotion of positive well-being among vulnerable populations. Much of my mental health research is with perinatal populations, including intervention studies aimed at the prevention of postpartum depression. Our Mothers and Babies stress management and postpartum depression preventive intervention is an evidence-based intervention that is being implemented by home visiting programs and other early childhood providers across the United States. Our research studies are currently examining various aspects of the Mothers and Babies intervention, including 1) a comparative effectiveness study examining delivery by mental health clinicians vs. paraprofessional home visitors; 2) an effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial examining the rollout of Mothers and Babies across the entire state of Florida; 3) the use of text messages to enhance engagement with core intervention components; and 4) the development of an ancillary Fathers and Babies curriculum aimed at supporting the partners of women receiving the Mothers and Babies intervention. I also have considerable expertise in the science and practice of community-engaged research. I am currently the Co-Director of Northwestern's Center for Community Health, which aims to promote patient and stakeholder engagement among clinical and translational research across the institution. From 2011-2018 I was the editor-in-chief of the only peer-reviewed journal solely focused on publishing community-engaged research: Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, & Action. I also served as co-chair of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) Patient Engagement Advisory Panel from 2013-2017. I was recently an Aspen Ascend fellow, allowing me to work alongside other national leaders in promoting two-generation strategies that support children and parents together to create an intergenerational cycle of opportunity.

Maternal depression, community-engaged research, preventive interventions

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago

… → 2000

Research interests

Adolescent Health
Depression
Maternal-Child Health
Mental Health
Public Health

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Grants

13 Active
35 Finished

Supporting the Scale-up of Mothers and Babies

Tandon, D.

Perigee Fund

7/1/20 → 6/30/21

Project: Research project

Mothers and Babies Training and Implementation Consultation

Tandon, D.

Vermont Department for Children and Families

2/1/20 → 1/31/21

Project: Research project

Mothers and Babies Training and Implementation Consultation

Tandon, D.

Prevent Child Abuse Virginia

9/15/19 → 9/14/20

Project: Research project

Effects of a Prenatal Depression Preventive Intervention on Parenting and Young Children's Self-Regulation and Functioning (EPIC)

Ciolino, J. D., Petitclerc, A., Tandon, D. & Wakschlag, L. S.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

8/7/19 → 5/31/24

Project: Research project

CTR Core

Tandon, D.

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

7/15/19 → 6/30/24

Project: Research project

Research Output

1265 Citations
63 Article
5 Review article
3 Comment/debate
2 Editorial
2 More
- 1 Chapter
- 1 Conference contribution

Acceptability and appropriateness of a perinatal depression preventive group intervention: A qualitative analysis

Diebold, A., Segovia, M., Johnson, J. K., Degillio, A., Zakieh, D., Park, H. J., Lim, K. & Tandon, S. D., Mar 7 2020, In : BMC health services research. 20, 1, 189.