Currently Funded Grants and Contracts
Research Grants
Michelle Collins
Use of Nitrous Oxide During Labor and Birth & Perinatal Outcomes, Development of a U.S. Repository of Nitrous Use
Porter Instrument Division — Parker Hannifin Corporation
1/14–10/18
$44,100
Michelle Collins
Use of Nitrous Oxide During Labor and Birth & Perinatal Outcomes, Development of a U.S. Repository of Nitrous Use
American College of Nurse Midwives
May 2017
$1,000
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
Jie Deng
Self-Care for Head and Neck Cancer Survivors with Lymphedema and Fibrosis
Supported by the Research Scholar Grant Number, RSG-16-207-01-PCSM, from the American Cancer Society
1/1/2017–12/31/2020
$789,000
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
9/26/2014–6/30/2018
$1,857,880
Mary Jo Gilmer
Canines and Childhood Cancer: Examining the Effects of Therapy Dogs
American Humane Association
10/3/2013–12/31/17
$120,000
Cathy Ivory
Quantifying the Impact of Health Information Technology on Intrapartum Nurses in the United States
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
7/1/17–6/30/18
$10,000
Ruth Kleinpell
Demonstrating the Outcomes of NP Care Using a National Collaborative
American Association of Nurse Practitioners
8/1/17–12/31/18
$3,000
Todd Monroe
Brain Activation and Pain Reports in People with Alzheimer’s Disease
K23 (Career Award)
National Institutes of Health — National Institute on Aging
9/30/15–5/31/19
$607,716
Todd Monroe
Differences in Pain Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Vascular Dementia in Older Females
National Institutes of Health — National Institute on Aging
9/30/16–4/30/18
$431,750
Julia Phillippi
Interpersonal Perinatal Consults to Improve Communication Quality, Satisfaction and Team Cohesion
Health and Human Services Administration — Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
4/1/17–3/31/18
$140,341
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
Deonni Stolldorf
Implementing and Sustaining Complex Interdisciplinary Healthcare Interventions:
Learning from Medication Reconciliation
Health and Human Services Administration — Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
9/30/2017–9/29/2018
$138,059
Nonresearch
Linda Norman
Nurse Faculty Loan Program (EO1)
Health and Human Services Administration — Health Resources and Services Administration
7/1/17–6/30/18
$1,221,359
Bonita Pilon
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Behavioral Health Integration into the Mercury Courts Model
Health and Human Services Administration — Health Resources and Services Administration
7/1/17–6/30/19
$999,201
Mavis Schorn
Summer Professional Immersion in Nursing (SPIN)
Promise of Nursing Grant Program
Foundation of the National Student Nurses’ Association and Tennessee Hospital Association
12/14/17–12/31/18
$20,000
Clinical-Community Partnerships Grants
Susie Adams
“Healthcare Trust” Scales for Use in Adult Women at The Next Door — a Community-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Program
Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core
7/1/17–6/30/18
$10,000
Leah Branam
Communities and Students Together for Learning-Enhanced Service (CASTLES) — Metro Community Enhancement Fund, Metro Nashville & Davidson County
7/1/2017–6/30/2018
$31,900
Leah Branam
Collective Impact through Community Health Initiatives
United Way of Metro Nashville
7/1/2017–6/30/2018
$89,500
Sharon Jones
Smoke-Free Trevecca Towers
Tennessee Department of Health
January 2017
$10,000
Natasha McClure
Home Visits Using Academic Practice Partnerships to Enhance Pediatric Asthma Care Program
Cumberland Pediatric Foundation
7/1/2017–6/30/2018
$1,754
Melanie Morris
Investigating the Relationship between Nurse-Navigated Mobile Messaging Support and Primiparous Women’s Postpartum Symptom Experience
Tennessee Nurses Foundation — Nursing Research Grant Program
October 2017
$3,459
Carrie Plummer
Medical-Legal Partnership: Counseling and Assistance to Seniors about Advance Care Plans and Powers of Attorney
West End Home Foundation
1/05/18–12/31/18
$49,000
