Currently Funded Grants and Contracts
Research Grants
Susie Adams
Integrated Addiction Medicine Project
Meharry Medical College
Health Resources and Services Administration
7/1/19–6/30/24
$213,937
Terrah Akard
Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow
Vanderbilt University
7/1/19–6/30/21
$80,000
Terri Allison
DNP Nurse Practitioner Outcomes and Workforce Implications
American Association of Nurse Practitioners
9/26/18–12/31/19
$3,000
Leanne M. Boehm
Discovery Grant
Vanderbilt University
7/1/19–6/30/21
$100,000
Leanne M. Boehm
Improving ICU Recovery in Survivors of Critical Illness
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
4/1/19–3/31/21
$50,000
Leanne M. Boehm
Vanderbilt Scholars in T4 Translational Research (V-STTaR) Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
National Institutes of Health
9/1/18–8/31/22
$604,514
Catheryne Clouse
Careconekta: Mobile Health for a Mobile Population
National Institute of Mental Health
5/10/19–3/31/22
$630,807
Catheryne Clouse
Population Mobility and Retention in HIV Care among Postpartum Women in South Africa
National Institute of Mental Health
10/1/18–3/31/20
$91,437
Mary Dietrich
Mitigating ACEs in Pediatric Primary Care and a Home Visiting Program
IUPENN
National Institutes of Health
3/1/18–2/28/20
$313,070
Tonya J. Elkins
CMS/Mid-South Practice Transformation Network
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
1/1/19–9/28/19
$26,788
Mary Jo Gilmer
Pilot Study of the Effects of Animal-Assisted Interactions (AAI) on Quality of Life in Children with Life-Threatening Conditions and their Parents
Human Animal Bond Research Institute
1/1/19–12/31/21
$48,819
Jennifer Kim
Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Health Resources and Services Administration
7/1/19–6/30/24
$290,442
Jennifer Kim
Providing Safe Care to Older Hospitalized Patients through Discrete Event Simulation Modeling
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 8/1/19–7/31/23
$52,825
Jennifer Kim
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Deprescribe for Older Patients with Polypharmacy Transferred from the Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facilities
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
National Institute on Aging
11/1/16–4/30/20
$108,136
Kanah M. Lewallen
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Deprescribe for Older Patients with Polypharmacy Transferred from the Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facilities
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
National Institute on Aging
11/1/16–4/30/20
$91,299
Melanie Lutenbacher
Catholic Charities—MIHOW Program Evaluation RCT
Catholic Charities
Tennessee Department of Health Services
1/1/18–9/30/20
$300,000
Shelagh Ann Mulvaney
Increasing HPV Vaccine Uptake in Community-Based Pediatric Practices
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
National Cancer Institute
12/20/16–11/30/19
$44,983
Shelia Ridner
A Randomized Trial Evaluating Bioimpedance Spectoscopy versus Tape Measurement in the Prevention of Lymphedema following Locoregional Treatment for Breast Cancer
ImpediMed, Inc.
6/1/14–6/30/21
$1,802,540
Patricia Scott
Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
7/1/17–6/30/20
$63,802
Deonni Stolldorf
Implementing and Sustaining Complex Interdisciplinary Healthcare Interventions: Learning from Medication Reconciliation
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
9/30/17–9/29/20
$426,835
Nonresearch
Pamela O. Jones
Advanced Nursing Education Nurse Practitioner Residency (ANE-NPR) Program
ANE–Nurse Practitioner Residency Program
Health Resources and Services Administration
7/1/19–6/30/23
$2,443,595
Linda Norman
Nurse Faculty Loan Program
Health Resources and Services Administration
7/1/18–6/30/20
$1,283,679
Bonita A. Pilon
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Behavioral Health Integration into the Mercury Courts Model
Health Resources and Services Administration
7/1/17–6/30/20
$1,497,978
Courtney J. Pitts
The CAP Program: A Collaborative Academic-Practice Program
Advanced Nursing Education Workforce
Health Resources and Services Administration
7/1/19–6/30/23
$2,710,321
Mavis N. Schorn
Vanderbilt Nursing Education Program for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
ANE–Sexual Nurse Assault Examiner Program
Health Resources and Services Administration
9/30/18–9/29/21
$1,435,315
Clinical-Community Partnerships Grants
Leah Branam
Collective Impact through Community Health Initiatives
United Way of Metropolitan Nashville
7/1/19–6/30/20
$89,500
