Research Interests

Dr. Carswell has knowledge and experience regarding community and environmental factors and their relationship to the incidence and prevalence of youth and adult involvement in health-compromising behaviors in urban communities.  He has assisted in the development and evaluation of preventive intervention programs aimed at preventing and/or reducing the involvement of urban African American youth in risky behaviors and delinquent activities.  He has also initiated, developed, and submitted methodologically rigorous grant applications for independent research, published in peer-reviewed journals, presented at scientific conferences, conducted NIH grant reviews and peer reviews for journals, and collaborated with other investigators on research studies. Currently, he is a recipient of a NIH K Award (K99/R00), funded by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), that examines the extent to which specific risk and protective factors predict both perceptions of HIV risk and participation in risky sexual behaviors among high-risk African American youth. In addition, he is a two-time recipient of a NIH Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Award (also funded by NCMHD) and he is a former recipient of a NIH Minority Investigator Fellowship Award.

In his position as Vice President, and in collaboration with the President, Chief Operating Officer, and Medical Director, Dr. Carswell is responsible for the oversight and management of FRI. He assists in the development of short and long-term strategic plans, proposes and promotes actions necessary to improve FRI infrastructure development to support research activities, and interfaces with FRI East and West Coast investigators and clinical staff.

Selected Publications

Carswell, S. B., Hanlon, T. E., O’Grady, K. E., Watts, A., & Pothong, P. (2009). A preventive intervention program for urban African American youth attending an alternative education program: Background, implementation, and feasibility. Education and Treatment of Children, 32(3), 445-469. Abstract

Hanlon, T. E., Simon, B. D., O'Grady, K. E., Carswell, S. B., & Callaman, J. M. (2009). The effectiveness of an after-school program targeting urban African American youth. Education and Urban Society, 42(1), 96-118. Abstract

Carswell, S. B., & Carswell, M. A. (2007). Meeting the physical, psychological, and social needs of African Americans following a disaster. In A. Marsella, J. Johnson, P. Watson, & J. Gryczynski (Eds.), Ethnocultural Perspectives on Disaster and Trauma: Foundations, Issues, and Applications. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, pp. 39-71.

Carswell, S. B. (2007). Delinquency among African American youth: Parental attachment, socioeconomic status, and peer relationships. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC.

Hanlon, T. E., Carswell, S. B., & Rose, M. (2007). Research on the caretaking of children of incarcerated parents: Findings and their service delivery implications. Children and Youth Services Review, 29(3), 348-362. Abstract

Hanlon, T. E., Bateman, R. W., O’Grady, K. E., Simon, B. D., & Carswell, S. B. (2004). Antecedents and correlates of deviant activity in urban youth manifesting behavioral problems. Journal of Primary Prevention, 24, 285-310. Abstract

Battjes, R. J. & Carswell, S. B. (2002). Federal drug abuse treatment research priorities. In C. Leukfield, F. Tims, & D. Farabee (Eds.), Clinical and Policy Responses to Drug Offenders (pp. 348-361). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Hanlon, T. E., Bateman, R. W., Simon, B. D., O’Grady, K. E., & Carswell, S. B. (2002). An early community-based intervention for the prevention of substance abuse and other delinquent behavior. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 31, 459-471. Abstract