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Diakon Child, Family and Community Ministries

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.

Community Prevention Partnership — Nurse Family Partnership of Schuylkill County

Grand View Health

Altoona Mobile Emergency Department Authority (AMED)

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Mechanicsburg

Schuylkill Center

Union Community Care

Rosewood Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

Chestnut Ridge Counseling Services

Morristown Medical Center

Part of Atlantic Health System (AHS)

Overlook Medical Center

Part of Atlantic Health System (AHS)

Newton Medical Center

Part of Atlantic Health System (AHS)

Chilton Medical Center

Part of Atlantic Health System (AHS)

Hackettstown Medical Center

Part of Atlantic Health System (AHS)

Atlantic Health System

This agreement covers AHS Medical Facilities in Morris, Union, Sussex and Warren Counties

Penn Highlands – Elk

Penn Highlands – Dubois

Penn Highlands – Clearfield

Penn Highlands – Brookville (Jefferson Manor)

Scranton Counseling Center

The Cleveland Clinic

Tan and Garcia Pediatrics

VA Medical Center – Temple, Texas

This agreement is specific to MSN Students only.

Marian Dental Clinic (SCL Health)

Caritas Clinic d/b/a Duchesne Clinic (SCL Health)

Caritas Clinic d/b/a Saint Vincent Clinic (SCL Health)

Holy Rosary Healthcare (SCL Health)

St. James Healthcare (SCL Health)

St. Vincent Healthcare (SCL Health)

St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center (SCL Health)

Platte Valley Medical Center (SCL Health)

Saint Joseph Hospital (SCL Health)

Lutheran Medical Center (SCL Health)

Good Samaritan Medical Center (SCL Health)

Fresenius Medical Care (Corporate Office)

This agreement encompasses all Fresenius clinics nationwide.

Penn Highlands Internal Medicine

Family Medical Care Of Lawrence County

Eastern University

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Reading Dermatology

Fort LeBoeuf School District

Conemaugh Nason Medical Center

Pennsylvania couple makes transformational gift to name College of Nursing

Board of Trustees renames college as “The Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing” in honor of $27.125 million gift pledge. Read more >>

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.

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.

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), 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.

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.

Lisa Kitko

  • Kitko, L. (MPI), Wray, L. (MPI). Improving Access to Research and Training” (IMPACT). Funded by NIH/NHLBI. Grant No. R25HL147668. Total Award $615,375 09/01/2019 – 08/31/2024.
  • 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.

Erin Kitt-Lewis

  • Loeb, S. (PI), Kitt-Lewis, E. (Co-I) & Myers, V.A. 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. (Co-I), 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), 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. (PI), Kitt-Lewis, E. (Co-I) & Myers, V.A. 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. (Co-I), 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), 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

Interim Healthcare of Erie

Chambers Pointe Health Care Center (Menno Haven)

Menno Haven Rehabilitation Center  (Menno Haven)

Brookview Health Care Center (Menno Haven)

Spring 2021