Funded Projects

Funded Projects

Our faculty members are actively engaged in the advancement of nursing science and health care research. The following are currently funded projects organized by PI's / faculty members' last name.

Project Name

Principal Investigator(s)

Funder

Award Start Date

Award End Date

Listening to Lived Experiences: Building Kidney Supportive Care Resources from the "I Hate Dialysis" and Nephrology Nursing Community

Christine Corbett

American Nephrology Nurses Association

03/26/26

02/23/27

Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity: RWJF Nurse Fellow

Ashley Darcy-Mahoney

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

07/01/23

06/30/26

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) - Workforce Expansion Program (WEP)

Ashley Darcy-Mahoney

Health and Human Services (HHS)

09/30/25

09/29/29

Modifying Adiposity Through Behavioral Strategies to Improve COVID-19 Rehabilitation

 

Kathleen Griffith

and Alice Ryan (UMB)

Department of Veterans Affairs

4/1/24

3/31/29

Peripheral Neuropathy

Kathleen Griffith

University of Vermont

05/06/21

05/30/26

Implementation of Competency-based Education to Scaffold Evidence-based Practice Competencies in a Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

 

Karen Kesten and Karen Whitt

Sigma Theta Tau Phi Epsilon Chapter

5/30/23

5/30/26

Reducing disparities in chronic pain with a tailored psychosocial education intervention for an underrepresented population

 

Hee Jun Kim

National Institute of Nursing Research

5/14/24

10/31/26

A Technology-enhanced and Multilevel Approach to Promote Cervical Cancer Prevention Among Women Living with HIV

Daisy Le

National Institute of Health (NIH)

09/150/23

08/31/28

Expanding and Promoting Alternative Care and Knowledge in Decision-making (ExPAND) Trial

 

Dale Lupu

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

7/1/23

9/30/29

Assessing Nurse Practitioner Competency across Clinical and Virtual Simulation Settings

 

Christine Pintz

National Council of State Boards of Nursing

08/01/25

06/30/26

Designing a Caregiver Support Program for Effective Communication and Responsive Engagement in DSD Care at home settings

Priyanka Shrestha

Hebrew Rehabilitation Center

09/01/25

06/30/26

Advancing Social Determinants of Health Research through A CBPR Lens: A Short Course

 

Sherrie Wallington

National Institute of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

7/18/24

5/31/27

Breast Density and Me

 

Sherrie Wallington

Prevent Cancer Foundation

1/15/24

7/14/26

M-PACT (Men’s Prostate Awareness through Community Talk)

Sherrie Wallington and Billy Mullins

ZERO Prostate Cancer for the Bayer Community Innovation Grant

4/1/26

3/31/27

Severe Burn Nursing Care in Large Scale Combat Operations

 

Catherine Wilson Cox

Geneva Foundation:  (TSNRP) 

12/1/23

05/30/26

The Prevalence and Culture of Horizontal Violence among Healthcare Professionals Serving at a Large Military Treatment Facility

Catherine Wilson Cox

Geneva Foundation:  (TSNRP)

10/01/22

06/30/26

Health as a Bridge: Amplifying Taiwanʼs Global Voice Through Medical Diplomacy

Tony Yang

Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation

07/01/25

06/30/26

Tobacco use trajectories and related mechanisms among US adults and youth representing minority and intersecting minority identities

 

Dr. Yan Wang and Tony Yang

National Institute of Health (NIH)

04/01/25

03/31/27

Effects of State Preemption of Local Tobacco Control Legislation on Disparities in Tobacco Use, Exposure and Retail

 

Y. Tony Yang and Carla Berg (GWU-SPH)

National Cancer Institute

4/15/23

3/31/27

Recreational Marijuana Marketing and Young Adult Consumer Behavior

 

Y. Tony YangCarla Berg (GWU-SPH) and Patricia A. Cavazos-Rehg (Washington University)

National Institute on Drug Abuse

9/14/23

2/28/27

Nurses Health

Qiuping Pearl Zhou

University of Pennsylvania

05/05/22

02/28/27