Currently Funded Grants and Contracts

Research Grants

Jie Deng

Establishing Lymphedema and Fibrosis Measures in Oral Cancer Patients

National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

3/1/2015 – 2/28/2019

$2,408,422

 

Todd Monroe

Age-Related Differences in Psychophysical and Neurobiological Response to Pain

National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Aging

04/1/2014 – 3/31/2016

$431,750

 

Shelagh Mulvaney

Using Social Learning to Improve Adolescent Diabetes Adherence Problem Solving

National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

12/1/2012 – 8/31/2016

$1,798,029

 

Sheila Ridner

A Randomized Trial Evaluating Bioimpedence Spectroscopy versus Tape Measurement in the Prevention of Lymphedema following Locoregional Treatment for Breast Cancer

ImpediMed, Inc.

6/1/2015 – 5/31/2019

$1,431,741

 

Sheila Ridner

Promoting Adherence to Lymphedema Self-Care Breast Cancer Survivors

Supported by the Research Scholar Grant, Number RSG-13-022-01-CPPB, from the American Cancer Society

1/1/2013 – 12/31/2016

$720,000

 

Sheila Ridner

Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Yoga in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

National Institutes of Health-National Cancer Institute

8/1/2013 – 07/31/2015

$367,123

 

Micah Skeens

Adherence in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Patients

Micah Skeens, MS, was supported by a Doctoral Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing, DSCN-14-075-01-SCN from the American Cancer Society

7/1/2014 – 3/30/2016

$30,000

 

Terrah Foster-Akard

Impact of a Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC)-Supported Legacy Interventions in Pediatric Palliative Care

National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Nursing Research

9/26/2014 – 06/30/2018

$1,857,880

 

Clinical-Community Partnerships Grants

 

Bonita Pilon

Clinics at Mercury Courts

The Memorial Foundation, Inc.

1/1/2013 – 12/20/2015

$45,000

 

Bonita Pilon

Inter-professional Collaborative Practice: The Mercury Courts Model

Health Resources & Services Administration-Bureau of Health Professions

9/1/2012 – 9/29/2015

$1,394,204

 

Pam Jones

Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) Program Evaluation

Catholic Charities

10/1/2013 – 9/29/2016

$367,800

 

Tonya Elkins

Maternal Infant Health Outreach Workers

Charles M. and Mary D. Grant Foundation

9/1/2014 – 8/31/2016

$70,000

 

Pam Jones

Nashville After Zone Alliance (NAZA)

Metro Nashville & Davidson County

7/1/2012 – 6/30/2017

$960,000

 

Leah Branam

Communities And Students Together for Learning-Enhanced Service (CASTLES)—Metro Community Enhancement Fund

Metro Nashville & Davidson County

7/1/2015 – 6/30/2016

$60,600

 

Leah Branam

Communities And Students Together for Learning-Enhanced Service (CASTLES)—Building Academic Achievement

United Way

7/1/2015 – 6/30/2016

$18,900

 

Leah Branam

Communities And Students Together for Learning-Enhanced Service (CASTLES)—Community Health Engagement

United Way

7/1/2015 – 6/30/2016

$28,000

 

Leah Branam

Communities And Students Together for Learning-Enhanced Service (CASTLES)—Promoting Youth Physical Activity

United Way

7/1/2015 – 6/30/2016

$30,000