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CAREER: The Geography of Mental Health: Understanding contextual, compositional, and external stressors

May 1, 2021
– October 31, 2027

Project Details

Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF)

(External Funding)

Administrative Unit

Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics (RIEEE)

Research Theme

Project Team Members

Dr. Margaret "Maggie" Sugg

Department Honors Director
Associate Professor

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