INSPIRED Lab

Innovative and Strategic Prevention in Racial and Ethnic Disparities (INSPIRED) Lab

Dr. Trenette Clark Goings’ overarching goal is to use rigorous research to prevent racial/ethnic health disparities. To achieve this goal, Dr. Trenette founded the INSPIRED Lab, an interdisciplinary and multi-university research team.

 The INSPIRED Lab aims to:

1. Understand the mechanisms contributing to health disparities (i.e., preventable differences in the ability to achieve optimal health based on race, ethnicity, social, and economic status), particularly behavioral health disparities (i.e., differences in mental health and substance misuse outcomes);
2. Use this knowledge to develop interventions that improve population health and reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in North Carolina, the U.S., and globally;
3. Share our findings with the public, and
4. Mentor and train the next generation of prevention scientists and racial and ethnic health disparity researchers.