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

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

Enhancing Measurement and Characterization of Roles and Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Caregivers of Persons living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

Maritza Dowling

University of Nevada Las Vegas

08/01/23

04/30/26

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

4/30/26

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

02/28/26

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

1/14/26

Severe Burn Nursing Care in Large Scale Combat Operations

 

Catherine Wilson Cox

Geneva Foundation:  (TSNRP)

12/1/23

01/30/26

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

Strengthening Hepatitis B Birth Dose Immunization in DC Area Birthing Hospitals and Lessons for RSV Prevention

 

Y. Tony Yang

Merck

7/1/24

12/31/25

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