Research Awards » Penn State Nursing

Rachel Allen

Exten, C.L. (PI), Pinto, C. (Co-I), Anderson, J. (Co-I), Allen, R. (Co-I), Calo Perez, W.A. (Co-I). Frontline Healthcare Worker Survey. Funded by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania / U.S. Department of Health. Grant No. 221950. Total Award $300,000 06/01/2022-03/31/2023.

Jocelyn Anderson

Anderson, J. (PI), Exten, C. (Co-I). Adebayo, O. (Co-I). Text Message Intervention for Alcohol Use and Sexual Violence in College Students. Funded by NIH/NIAAA. Grant No. K23AA027288-01. Total Award $866,696, 09/20/2018–08/31/2023.
Exten, C.L. (PI), Pinto, C. (Co-I), Anderson, J. (Co-I), Allen, R. (Co-I), Calo Perez, W.A. (Co-I). Frontline Healthcare Worker Survey. Funded by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania / U.S. Department of Health. Grant No. 221950. Total Award $300,000 06/01/2022–03/31/2023.
Anderson, J. (PI). Development of a patient-provider decision aid for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis. Funded by NIH/NIMH. Grant No. R34MH129217-01A1. Total Award $706,780, 07/01/2022–06/30/2025.

Sunday Azagba

Azagba, S. (PI). Assessing the Impact of State Preemption Laws. Funded by NIH/NCI. Grant No. R01CA249052. Total Award $2,261,271, 8/1/2021-7/31/2025
Azagba, S. (PI). Assessing the Effects of State Alcohol Exclusion Laws on Alcohol-Related Behaviors and Outcomes. Funded by NIH/NIAAA. Grant No. R01AA02666-05. Total Award $2,208,451, 09/01/2018-06/30/2023

Marie Boltz

Boltz, M. (PI), Mogle, J.A., Belue, R., & Leslie, D.L. Reducing Disability via a Family-centered Intervention for Acutely-ill Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. Funded by NIH/NIA. Grant No. R01AG054425. Total Award $2,814,041, 5/1/2017–4/30/2023.
Resnick, B. (MPI) & Boltz, M. (MPI) Testing the Efficacy of FFC-AC-EIT in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. Funded by NIH/NIA. Grant No. R01AG065338. Total Award $2,360,660, 1/1/2020–12/31/2024 (Subcontract, University of Maryland).
Marcantonio, E. R. (MPI), Fick, D. (MPI), Leslie, D. (Co-I), Boltz, M. (Co-I). READI: Researching efficient approaches to delirium identification. Funded by NIH/NIA. Grant No. 2R01AG030618. Total Award $4,608,062, 07/01/2007–03/31/2023 (Subcontract total $1,006,709, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center).
Hupcey, J.E., Fick, D.M. (MPI), Boltz, M.P.(Co-I), Kitko, L.A. (Co-I), Van Haitsma, K. (Co-I). PA Collaborative for Age and Dementia Friendly Care using the 4 M’s and Telehealth with Rural Communities and in Persons with ADRD. Funded by HRSA. Grant No. U1Q HP33075. Total Award $3,755,000, 07/01/2019–06/30/2024.
Mor, V. (PI), Van Haitsma, K. and Boltz, M.P. (Co-I). NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory. Funded by NIH. Grant No. U54AG063546. Total Award $53,404,993 09/01/2019–06/30/2024 (Subcontract, Brown University).
Jao, Y-L. (PI), Berish, D. (Co-I), Mogle, J.A. (Co-I), Boltz, M. (Co-I). Apathy in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: Impact of Caregiver Communication. Funded by NIH/NIA. Grant No. R21AG062931. Total Award $443,206, 8/15/2019–5/31/2023
Hupcey, J.E., Fick, D.M. (MPI), Boltz, M.P. (Co-I), Berish, D.E. (Co-I). What Matters Most. Funded by Virginia Commonwealth University, HRSA. Grant No. U1QHP28744. Total Award $112,118, 07/01/2021–06/30/2023
Boltz, M.P. Fick, D.M. (MPI). Healthcare in Nursing Homes. Funded by Jewish Healthcare Foundation. Grant No. 250945. Award $100,000, 07/01/2021-06/30/2023
Osevala, N.M. (PI), Ahmad, A.S. (Co-I), Wright, R. (Co-I), Newport, K. (Co-I), Boltz, M.P. Consultant, Whitaker, J.M. COVID-19 Long-Term Care Facility Resiliency Project: South Central PA. Funded by Commonwealth of PA / Department of Health. Grant No. 4100090875. Total Award $6,354,262, 01/01/2022–07/31/2023.
Jao, Y-L., Wang, J., D. (MPI), Boltz, M. (Co-I). Berish, D.E. (Co-I). The Effect of Smart Ambient Bright Light for Nursing Home Residents with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. Funded by NIH/NIA. Grant No. R21AG072152-01A1. Total Award $411,982, 07/01/2022–06/30/2024

Lorah D. Dorn

Wadsworth, M.E.(PI), Dorn, L. (Co-I), Feinberg, M. (Co-I), Brelsford, G. (Co-I), Ahlkvist, J.A. (Co-I) Preventing Internalizing Psychopathology in Preadolescents Exposed to Chronic Stress. Funded by NIH/NIMH. Grant No. R33 MH107631-03. Total Award $3,272,330, 04/11/2016-03/31/2022.
Noll, J.G. and Jackson, Y. (MPIs), Connel, C.M. (Co-I), Lukenheimer, E. (Co-I), Schreier, H.M. (Co-I), Shenk, C.E. (Co-I), Dorn, L. (Faculty), Miyamoto, S. (Faculty), et al. Creating the Next Generation of Scholars in CM Science (CMT32). Funded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Grant No. T32 HD101390-01. Total Award $1,645,286, 5/11/2020-4/30/2025.
Noll, J.G (PI), Fishbein, D.H. (Co-I), Ram, N.(Co-I), Collins, L.M.(Co-I), Allen, B.(Co-I), Frasier, L.D.(Co-I), Kymel, K.(Co-I), Heim, C.M.(Co-I), Shenk, C.E.(Co-I), Shalev, I.(Co-I), Schreier, H.M.(Co-I), Crowley, D.M.(Co-I), Miyamoto, S.(Co-I), Chinchilli, V.M.(Co-I), Dorn, L.D.(Co-I), Rose, E.J.(Co-I), Wang, M.(Co-I), Dias, M.(Co-I), Font, S.A(Co-I). Penn State University’s Translational Center for Child Maltreatment Studies TCCMS. Funded by NIH, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Grant No. P50 HD089922-01. Total Award $7,716,839, 4/20/2017-3/31/2023.
Buss, K.A.(PI), Perez-Edgar, K. (Co-I), Ram, N. (Co-I), Wadsworth, M.E.(Co-I), Dorn, L. (Co-I). Biobehavioral Trajectories of Social Anxiety from Early to Middle Adolescence. Funded by NIH/NIMH. Grant No. R01MH114974. Total Award $3,886,112, 08/17/2018-06/30/2023.
Neiderhiser, J.M. (PI), Dorn, L. (Co-PI), An adoption study of the development of early substance use: the joint roles of genetic influences, prenatal risk, rearing environment, and pubertal maturation. Funded by NIH/NIDA. Grant No. R01DA045108. Total Award $3,323,880, 04/01/2018-01/31/2023.

Cara Exten

Anderson, J. (PI), Exten, C. (Co-I). Adebayo, O. (Co-I) . Text message intervention for alcohol use and sexual violence in college students. Funded by NIH/NIAAA. Grant No. K23AA027288-01. Total Award $866,696 09/20/2018-08/31/2023.
Hayes, J.E. (PI), Exten, C.L. (Co-I). Rapid Olfactory Tools for Telemedicine-Friendly COVID-19 Screening and Surveillance. Funded by University of Florida, NIH. Grant No. U01DC019573. Total Award $132,501 (PSU) 02/01/2022-01/31/2023
Exten, C.L. (PI), Pinto, C. (Co-I), Anderson, J. (Co-I), Allen, R. (Co-I), Calo Perez, W.A. (Co-I). Frontline Healthcare Worker Survey. Funded by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania / U.S. Department of Health. Grant No. 221950. Total Award $300,000 06/01/2022-03/31/2023.

Donna Fick

Marcantonio, E. R. (MPI), Fick, D. (MPI), Leslie, D. (Co-I), Boltz, M. (Co-I). READI: Researching efficient approaches to delirium identification. Funded by NIH/NIA (2R01AG030618-05A1). Total Award $4,608,062, 07/01/2007–03/31/2023 (Subcontract total $1,006,709, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center).
Hupcey, J.E., Fick, D.M. (MPI), Boltz, M.P. (Co-I), Berish, D.E. (Co-I). What Matters Most. Funded by Virginia Commonwealth University, HRSA. Grant No. U1QHP28744. Total Award $112,118, 07/01/2021–06/30/2023
Boltz, M.P. Ficks, D.M. (MPI). Healthcare in Nursing Homes. Funded by Jewish Healthcare Foundation. Grant No. 250945. Award $100,000, 07/01/2021–06/30/2023
Loeb, S. (PI), Walkosz, B. (Co-I), Kitt-Lewis, E. (Co-I), Fick, D.M. (Co-I). Computer-based Learning to Enhance ADRD Care in Prison: Just Care for Dementia. Funded by Klein Buendel, Inc./NIH Total Award $300,000 06/01/2022–05/31/2023.
Hupcey, J.E., Fick, D.M. (MPI), Boltz, M.P.(Co-I), Kitko, L.A. (Co-I), Van Haitsma, K. (Co-I). PA Collaborative for Age and Dementia Friendly Care using the 4 M’s and Telehealth with Rural Communities and in Persons with ADRD. Funded by HRSA. Grant No. U1Q HP33075. Total Award $3,755,000 07/01/2019–06/30/2024.

Kelly Gallagher

Gernand, A., Wang, J. (MPIs), Gallagher, K. (Co-I). Development of Software to Rapidly Assess Placenta Images at Birth. Funded by NIH. Grant No. R01EB030130. Total Award $2,315,421. 09/01/2022–06/30/2026.
Gernand, A. (PI) Gallagher, K. (Co-I). Maternal Nutrition Trials Harmonization. Funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Grant No. INV-022373. Total Award $339,896. 10/15/2020–4/14/2023.

Nikki Hill

Mogle, J.A. (PI), Hill, N. (Co-I), Sliwinski, M.J. (Co-I). Improving assessment of subjective memory impairment for detecting Alzheimer’s disease: A coordinated analysis in two measurement burst studies. Funded by NIH/NIA. Grant No. R01AG062605. Total Award $1,565,824, 08/15/2019-04/30/2023.

Judith Hupcey

Hupcey, J.E., Fick, D.M. (MPI), Boltz, M.P.(Co-I), Kitko, L.A. (Co-I), Van Haitsma, K. (Co-I). PA Collaborative for Age and Dementia Friendly Care using the 4 M’s and Telehealth with Rural Communities and in Persons with ADRD. Funded by HRSA. Grant No. U1Q HP33075. Total Award $3,755,000, 07/01/2019-06/30/2024.
Hupcey, J.E., Fick, D.M. (MPI), Boltz, M.P. (Co-I), Berish, D.E. (Co-I). What Matters Most. Funded by Virginia Commonwealth University, HRSA. Grant No. U1QHP28744. Total Award $112,118, 07/01/2021-06/30/2023

Ying-Ling Jao

Jao, Y-L. (PI), Berish, D. (Co-I), Mogle, J.A. (Co-I), Boltz, M. (Co-I). Apathy in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: Impact of Caregiver Communication. Funded by NIH/NIA. Grant No. R21AG062931. Total Award $443,206, 8/15/2019–5/31/2023.
Jao, Y-L., Wang, J., D. (MPI), Boltz, M. (Co-I). Berish, D.E. (Co-I). The Effect of Smart Ambient Bright Light for Nursing Home Residents with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. Funded by NIH/NIA. Grant No. R21AG072152-01A1. Total Award $411,982, 07/01/2022–06/30/2024

Erin Kitt-Lewis

Loeb, S. (MPI), Walkosz, B. (MPI), & Kitt-Lewis, E. (Co-I). E-Training of Inmate Peer Caregivers For Enhancing Geriatric and End-Of-Life Care In Prisons – Phase II. Total Award $996,991 6/15/2020–3/31/2023.
Kitt-Lewis, E. (PI), & Loeb, S. (Mentor). Academic Consortium for Criminal Justice Health Title: End-of-Life Care Planning in Corrections. Funded by The Regents of the University of California, NIH (1R24AG065175), Total Award $15,000, 06/01/2020–9/01/2023
Loeb, S. (PI), Walkosz, B. (Co-I), Kitt-Lewis, E. (Co-I), Fick, D.M. (Co-I). Computer-based Learning to Enhance ADRD Care in Prison: Just Care for Dementia. Funded by Klein Buendel, Inc./NIH Total Award $300,000 06/01/2022–05/31/2023.

Susan Loeb

Loeb, S. (MPI), Walkosz, B. (MPI), & Kitt-Lewis, E. (Co-I). E-Training of Inmate Peer Caregivers For Enhancing Geriatric and End-Of-Life Care In Prisons – Phase II. Total Award $996,991 6/15/2020–3/31/2023.
Kitt-Lewis, E. (PI), & Loeb, S. (Mentor). Academic Consortium for Criminal Justice Health Title: End-of-Life Care Planning in Corrections. Funded by The Regents of the University of California, NIH (1R24AG065175), Total Award $15,000, 06/01/2020–9/01/2023.
Loeb, S. (PI), Walkosz, B. (Co-I), Kitt-Lewis, E. (Co-I), Fick, D.M. (Co-I). Computer-based Learning to Enhance ADRD Care in Prison: Just Care for Dementia. Funded by Klein Buendel, Inc./NIH Total Award $300,000 06/01/2022–05/31/2023.

Sheridan Miyamoto

Miyamoto, S. (PI). The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center for Advancement of SANE Workforce. Funded by HRSA (T96HP42060), Total Award $1,500,000, 7/1/2021-6/30/2024
Noll, J.G (PI), Fishbein, D.H. (Co-I), Ram, N.(Co-I), Collins, L.M.(Co-I), Allen, B.(Co-I), Frasier, L.D.(Co-I), Kymel, K.(Co-I), Heim, C.M.(Co-I), Shenk, C.E.(Co-I), Shalev, I.(Co-I), Schreier, H.M.(Co-I), Crowley, D.M.(Co-I), Miyamoto, S.(Co-I), Chinchilli, V.M.(Co-I), Dorn, L.D.(Co-I), Rose, E.J.(Co-I), Wang, M.(Co-I), Dias, M.(Co-I), Font, S.A(Co-I). Penn State University’s Translational Center for Child Maltreatment Studies TCCMS. Funded by NIH, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health (P50 HD089922-01), Total Award $7,716,839, 4/20/2017-3/31/2023.
Miyamoto, S. (PI), Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center Campus Community Collaborative. Funded by US Department of Justice (2020-V3-GX-0069), Total Award $500,000 10/01/2020-09/30/2023.
Simmons, Z. (PI), Geronimo, A. (Co-I), Miyamoto, S. (Co-I), Respiratory Health Management in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis through Telemonitoring and Nurse Health Coaching. Funded by The ALS Association. $197,302 01/31/2020 – 07/31/2022
Noll, J.G. and Jackson, Y. (MPIs), Connel, C.M. (Co-I), Lukenheimer, E. (Co-I), Schreier, H.M. (Co-I), Shenk, C.E. (Co-I), Dorn, L. (Faculty), Miyamoto, S. (Faculty), et al. Creating the Next Generation of Scholars in CM Science (CMT32). Funded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Grant No. T32 HD101390-01. Total Award $1,645,286, 5/11/2020-4/30/2025.
Miyamoto, S. (PI), SAFE-T System: Sustaining and Scaling Nurse-Led Sexual Assault Care. Funded by The Regents of the University of California, Moore Foundation. Grant No. A20-2995-S002. Total Award $500,000 07/01/2020-08/01/2023

Kimberly Van Haitsma

Mor, V. (PI), Van Haitsma, K. and Boltz, M.P. (Co-I). NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory. Funded by NIH. Total Award U54AG063546 $53,404,993 09/01/2019 – 06/30/2024 (Subcontract, Brown University)
Van Haitsma, K. (PI) Increasing the Preference-Based Care of People in Ohio’s Nursing Homes with a special Focus on People Living with Dementia. Funded by Miami University / Ohio Medicaid. Award Number G-2021-04-0258. Total Award $136,782. 10/28/2019-6/30/2023
Hupcey, J.E., Fick, D.M. (MPI), Boltz, M.P.(Co-I), Kitko, L.A. (Co-I), Van Haitsma, K. (Co-I). PA Collaborative for Age and Dementia Friendly Care using the 4 M’s and Telehealth with Rural Communities and in Persons with ADRD. Funded by HRSA. Grant No. U1Q HP33075. Total Award $3,755,000, 07/01/2019-06/30/2024.
Van Haitsma, K. (PI) Impact of Person-Centered Care on Nursing Home Quality. Funded by Miami University / Donaghue Foundation. Total Award $30,734 12/1/2020-11/30/2022

Britney Wardecker

Wardecker, B., Matsick, J. (MPI). Person-Centered Care for LGBTQ Older Adults: A Partnership between Penn State and Older Adults in Philadelphia. Funded by Bridges to Translation Grant, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), Penn State. Total Award $50,000 09/01/2020-12/01/2022

Ongoing Awards

Rachel Allen

Jocelyn Anderson

Sunday Azagba

Marie Boltz

Lorah D. Dorn

Cara Exten

Donna Fick

Kelly Gallagher

Nikki Hill

Judith Hupcey

Ying-Ling Jao

Erin Kitt-Lewis

Susan Loeb

Sheridan Miyamoto

Kimberly Van Haitsma

Britney Wardecker