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Externally Funded CRRVP Investigators

The principal investigators are listed in alphabetical order with their externally funded research projects.

Burgener | Collins | Corte | Dancy | Ferrans | Giurgescu | Hacker | Hughes |Kavanaugh | Lee| Menon| McElmurry | Norr | Penckofer |Piano | Quinn |Ryan | Wilkie | Zenk

Sandra Burgener, PhD, RN, FAAN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Examining Perceived Stigma in Persons with Dementia
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
04/01/08 - 03/31/10
Eileen Collins, PhD, RN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Innovative Methods to Augment Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Department of Veteran Affairs, Rehab R&D
10/01/05 - 09/30/08
Weaning from Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
08/01/04 - 04/30/09
Polestriding versus Walking for PAD Rehabilitation
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
06/01/05 - 03/31/10
Colleen Corte , PhD, RN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Identity Impairment: The Cognitive Foundation of Risk Behaviors in Hispanic Women
University of Michigan

05/14/07 - 03/31/12
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

01/01/08 - 12/31/10
Barbara Dancy, PhD, RN, FAAN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Mother/Daughter HIV Risk Reduction Intervention
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
02/11/02 - 01/31/09
Reducing Disparities in Underserved Populations
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
07/01/07 - 06/30/12
Carol Ferrans, PhD, RN, FAAN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Quality of Life of African American Cancer Survivors
NIH/National Cancer Institute
09/01/01 - 08/31/08
Breast Cancer Delay in Black, Hispanic, and White Women
NIH/National Cancer Institute
04/01/03 - 08/31/08
Carmen Giurgescu , PhD, RN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Comparison of Prenatal Coping Strategies, Coritsol and Anit-inflammatory Cytokines between Low-risk and High-risk African American Women
American Nurses Foundation

10/20/06 - 10/20/08
Eileen Hacker, PhD, RN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Exercise in Cancer Patients Receiving Intensive Therapy
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
05/16/05 - 04/30/09
Tonda Hughes, PhD, RN, FAAN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Sexual Orientation, Substance Use and Mental Health
University of Michigan
09/30/07 - 08/31/09
Examining Health Risks Across Sexual Identity Groups
Lesbian Health Fund
03/01/08 - 09/01/09
Karen Kavanaugh, PhD, RN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Life Support Decisions for Extremely Premature Infants
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
09/30/04 - 06/30/09
Eunice Lee, PhD, RN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Korean Immigrants & Mammography- Culture Specific Intervention (KIM-CHI)
NIH/National Cancer Institute
07/01/07 - 05/31/11
Usha Menon, PhD, RN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Increasing CRC Screening in Primary Care Settings
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
05/01/04 - 01/31/09
Telephone Linked Care: An IT Enabled Integrated System for Cancer Symptom Relief
University of Utah
09/24/07 - 08/31/08
Beverly McElmurry, PhD, RN, FAAN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
LSNA Community Initiative
Illinois Health Education Consortium
11/01/03 - 10/31/08
China Nursing Leadership Initiative for HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction
Catholic Medical Mission
04/06/04 – 04/05/09
UIC AIDS International Training and Research Program
Fogarty International Center
06/01/06 – 05/31/11
Kathleen Norr, PhD
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Mobilizing Health Workers for Community HIV Prevention in Chile
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
07/17/04 - 06/30/08
Mobilizing Health Workers for HIV Prevention in Malawi
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
09/30/01 - 06/30/08
Susan Penckofer , PhD, RN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Psychoeducational Intervention for Women with Diabetes
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research

05/01/06 - 04/30/09
Mariann Piano , PhD, RN, FAAN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Binge Drinking & Cigarette Smoking: A Rodent Model
NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
09/30/06 - 08/31/08
Lauretta Quinn, PhD, RN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Training in Biobehavioral Nursing Research
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
08/01/04 - 05/31/09
Catherine Ryan, PhD, RN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Prediction of Mortality in Advanced Heart Failure Patients Using Symptom Clusters
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
02/15/08 - 02/14/11
Diana Wilkie, PhD, RN, FAAN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Computerized PAINRelieveIt Protocol for Cancer Pain
NIH/National Cancer Institute
09/15/03 - 08/31/08
Effects & Costs of Massage in Hospice Cancer Patients
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
09/30/05 - 06/30/09
Center for End-of-Life Transition Research
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
09/01/07 - 06/30/12
Computerized PAINRelieveIt for Adult Sickle Cell Disease
NIH/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
07/01/06 - 06/30/10
Shannon Zenk, PhD, RN
Title
Funding Agency
Dates of Project
Obesity and the Built Environment
University of Michigan
07/01/06 - 08/31/11
Activity Space Envirnoments, Behaviors, and Body Weight Status in Urban Adults
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
09/28/07 - 05/31/09
Environment & Weight-Related Behaviors in Urban Latinos
Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS)
04/01/08 - 05/31/09
Fruit & Vegetable Availability Among WIC Vendors
Northern Illinois University
09/01/07 - 12/31/08
Socioeconomic Status, Activity-Space Environments, and Obesity Risk in Urban Adults
University of Chicago
10/25/07 - 09/29/08