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Funded Grants 2006-2007


Fund Begin	Fund End		P I or Project Director				Co-Invest-igator		Project Title	Funding Source	Amount Awarded

NIH or Other Federal Research Grants Awarded
2007	2009		A. Hill Professor						Feeding of the ELBW and VLBW Preterm Infants After Hospital Discharge	NIH NINR R03	$100,000
2005	2008		J. Ruiz Associate Professor						Preterm Birth: Psychoneuroimmunology in Hispanics	NIH NINR R01	$1,600,000
2007	2008		J. Ruiz Associate Professor						Preterm Birth: Psychoneuroimmunology in Hispanics	NIH NINR R56	$549,866
2007	2008		K. Brykczynski						Articulating the Nursing Dimensions of Nurse Practitioner Education	NLN Nursing Education Research Grant	$5,000
2005	2006		D. Heliker Professor						Ameliorating Stress in Residents Newly Admitted to a Nursing Home or Assisted Care Facility	NIH NIA R21 Pilot	$18,154
2005	2006		R. Fleschler Assistant Professor						Effects of coping, Family, Spiritual Well-being, and Social Support on the Physiologic Stress Response in Pregnant Hispanic Women	NIH NIA R21 Mind Body Seed Grant	$7,369
2005	2006		R. Lederman Professor						Prenatal Support Groups Mind-Body Relaxation for Low Income Women	NIH NIA R21 Mind Body Seed Grant	$7,499
2005	2006		K. Sandor Associate Professor						Walking The Labyrinth; Effects on Mind Body Spirit	NIH NIA R21 Mind Body Seed Grant	$7,490
2005	2007		J. Drew (Core Director) Associate Professor						Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center	NIH NIA	$15,815
2005	2007		K. Lucke Associate Professor						Computer Assisted Intervention with Spinal Cord Injured Individuals Following Rehabilitation in South Texas	NIH, NINR P20 Center for Health Disparities, sub contract to UTHSCSA	$7,500
2004	2006		J. Goodwin Professor				J. Drew Associate Professor		Cognitive Screening in Elderly Mexican Americans	NIH NIA T32	$28,752
2004	2006		*M. Clark Associate Professor						Testing the Diathesis Stress Model with Lay Caregivers	NIH AHRQ R03	$97,541
2003	2006		D. Heliker Professor						Story Sharing: Enriching Nurse Aide-Resident Relations	NIH NINR RO1	$730,100
2002	2007		D. Martin Associate Professor						Nurses, Physicians and Resistance During the Holocaust	NLM	$148,169
Non-Federal Extramural Grants Awarded
2007		2008		P. Watson Professor, Rebecca Sealy Distinguished Centennial Chair				Multipurpose Interdisciplinary Research Activities		The University of Texas System Enrich Nursing Through Exceptional Recruitment (ENTER) Grant	$500,000
2007		2008		K. Brykczynski Associate Professor				Articulating the Nursing Dimensions of Nurse Practitioner Education		National League for Nursing	$5,000
2006		2007		P. Watson Professor, Rebecca Sealy Distinguished Centennial Chair				Center for nursing Research and Evaluation		The University of Texas System Enrich Nursing Through Exceptional Recruitment (ENTER) Grant	$500,000
2005		2009		K. Sandor Associate Professor				Spirituality and Medicine Curricular Awards		George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health	$50,000
Intramural Grants Awarded
2007		2008		J. Ruiz Associate Professor				A Feasibility Study: Recruitment of High-Risk and Acculturated Hispanic Pregnant Women at 15 to 17 Weeks Gestation		John Sealy Memorial Endowment Fund for Biomedical Research Bridging Grant	$50,000
2006		2008		E. Reifsnider Professor				Stopping the Spread of Hepatitis C in Galveston County		UTMB President’s Cabinet Award	$50,000
2005		2007		L. Lacy Instructor				Providing Preventive Care through Service Learning		UTMB President’s Cabinet Award	$49,750
2004		2006		K. Brykczynski Associate Professor		*E. Anderson		Evaluating a Computer approach for Collecting Narrative Data		UTMB SON Seed Grant	$2,110
2004		2006		*B. Camune Associate Professor				Urinary Incontinence Questionnaire Pilot Study		UTMB SON Seed Grant	$2,000
2004		2006		R. Lederman Professor				Psychosocial Adaptive Processes in Mexican Women During Pregnancy and Early Parenthood		UTMB SON Seed Grant	$2,000
2004		2006		L. Rath Assistant Professor				Intercessory Prayer as an Intervention for Stress in Critically-ill Neonates as Measured by Salivary Cortisol Levels		UTMB SON Seed Grant	$3,000
Education Grants Awarded
2006	2009		A. Hill Professor					Grant Assistance in Areas of National Need		US DOE	$553,957
2005		2008			N. Mendias Associate Professor			Community Preparedness		Subcontract to UTHSC-H, HRSA	$27,500
2005		2007			T. Richard Associate Professor	V. Brooke Associate Professor		Regional Innovations in Nursing Education		Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Grant	$300,000
2005		2008			N. Mendias Associate Professor			Texas BCE		Subcontract to UTHSC-H, HRSA	$149,988
2005		2008			N. Mendias Associate Professor & K. Hand Assistant Professor			Texas Statewide Bioterrorism Continuing Education Project		Subcontract to UTHSC-H, HRSA	$310,884
2004		2008			N. Mendias Associate Professor & K. Hand Assistant Professor			Two Hour Nursing CE Web course		Subcontract to UTHSC-H HRSA	$100,468
2004		2008			N. Mendias Associate Professor & K. Hand Assistant Professor			Texas Statewide Bioterrorism CE Project		Subcontract to UTHSC-H, HRSA	$321,125
2004		2006			L. Rounds Associate Professor			Program for Education and Leadership in Geriatrics		HRSA	$355,745
2004		2006			K. Lucke Associate professor			Advance Education Nurse Traineeship		HRSA	$65,653
2002		2006			C. Boodley Associate Professor			Web-based Pediatric Primary NP Program		HRSA	$432,076
* Former Faculty Member