Faculty Funding
National
5/1/2025-4/30/2026: Impact of integrated primary care and mental health models of care on health services utilization and costs for Medicaid beneficiaries with mental illness or substance use disorder
Funding Agency: National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation (NIHCM)
PI: Ann Annis
Funding Amount: $50,000
8/16/2023-7/31/2025: Pilot Testing of a Game-Based Intervention to Promote HPV Vaccination in Families with Unvaccinated Children
Funding agency: NIH-NINR
PI: Angela Chia-Chen Chen
Funding amount: $401,343
7/18/2024-5/31/2027: A Nursing Program for Advancing Training in Health and Social Determinants (N-PATHS)
Funding agency: NIH-NINR
PI: Ashlee Vance HFH + MSU; MSU Co-Is: Krista Walker, Joshua Winowiecki
Funding amount: $804,977
9/13/2024-08/31/2026: Support for bereaved friend and family caregivers of cancer patients
Funding agency: NIH-NCI
PI: Rebecca Lehto
Funding amount: $157,000
8/21/2023-8/31/2028: Food-Body-Mind Intervention: Promote Whole Child Health
Funding agency: NIH-NCCIH
PI: Jiying Ling; co-Is: Lorraine Robbins, Tsui-Sui Kao
Funding amount: $5,827,438
9/30/19-8/31/2025: Guys/Girls Opt for Activities for Life (GOAL)
Funding agency: NIH-NHLBI R61/R33
PI: Lorraine Robbins; co-I: Jiying Ling
Funding amount: $3,861,457
State
01/1/2025-12/31/2026: Patient Advocate
Funding Agency: Michigan Health Endowment Fund (MHEF)
PI: Krista Walker
Funding Amount: $200,000
10/1/2024-09/30/2025: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Recruitment & Retention
Funding Agency: MI Dept of Health & Human Services (MDHHS)
co-PI: Kristen Munyan
Funding Amount: $574,410
10/1/2024-09/30/2025: Clinical Placement Incentive
Funding Agency: MI Dept of Health & Human Services (MDHHS)
PI: Kara Schrader
Funding Amount: $60,226
10/1/2023-9/30/2025: FY24-25 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Long Term Services and Supports
Funding Agency: MI Dept of Health & Human Services (MDHHS)
Co-PI: Ann Annis (PI: Kevin Brooks)
Funding Amount: $90,000
1/1/2023-6/30/2025: Eating My ABC's: Integrate healthy eating into school readiness
Funding Agency: Michigan Health Endowment Fund (MHEF)
PI: Jiying Ling
Funding Amount: $250,000
Foundation Awards
1/1/2025-12/31/2026: Pilot Testing of a Core Set of Quality Indicators for Pediatric Oncology Nursing in Three Resource-Diverse Countries
Funding Agency: Oncology Nursing Foundation (ONF)
PI: Courtney Sullivan
Funding amount: $50,000
1/1/2026-12/31/2027: Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators for Pediatric Cancer: A Pilot Study in Four Chilean Hospitals
Funding Agency: Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses
PI: Courtney Sullivan
Funding amount: $5,000
Collaborative funded grants
9/15/2023-3/31/2028: Evidence-based intervention to improve walking engagement in El Paso, Texas
Funding Agency: University of Texas at El Paso/NIH U01
Co-I: Susan Buchholz (PI: Jennifer Salinas)
Funding Amount: $180,284
10/1/2024-9/30/2026: PURSUIT: An innovative approach to increase access to care for pediatric mental health, pain and substance misuse
Funding Agency: Michigan Health Endowment Fund (MHEF)
Co-I: Angela Chia-Chen Chen (PI: Natoshia Cunningham, Family Medicine)
Funding Amount: $42,999 (total funding $499,986)
1/1/2025-12/31/2025: Advanced Interprofessional Service-Learning Experience (AISLE) in community-academic partnership
Funding Agency: WITH Foundation/Rush University Medical Center
PI: Patricia West
Funding Amount: $46,575
MSU
10/01/24-8/31/2025: Bright light therapy to reduce sleep disturbance and biological aging in Black lung cancer patients
Funding Agency: Henry Ford Health System Michigan State University Health Sciences
PI: Horng-Shiuann Wu
Funding Amount: $5,320
3/1/25-2/28/26: Community engaged research to develop and refine a person-centered, peer-delivered preconception health promotion intervention for sexual and gender minority emerging adults
Funding agency: MSU-Trifecta
PI: Emma Schlegel
Funding Amount: $12,000
6/1/25-11/30/26: A Culturally Tailored Digital Storytelling Intervention to Increase HPV Vaccination Among At-Risk Vietnamese American Youth
Funding agency: MSU-DFI
PI: Angela Chia-Chen Chen
Funding Amount: $25,000
8/15/25-8/14/26: Developing and pilot-testing child-friendly MM-based-MI learning modules in the CIAS platform
Funding agency: MSU-Trifecta
PI: Tsui-Sui Kao
Funding Amount: $12,000
Industry
12/17/2024-12/16/2026: A pilot randomized controlled study to examine feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of game-based interventions in promoting vaccination among vulnerable youth
Funding Agency: Merck Sharp & Dohme
PI: Angela Chia-Chen Chen
Funding Amount: $250,251
Additional Funding for Non-research Initiatives
07/2/2023-06/30/2027: Improving Access to Quality Anesthesia Care Through Traineeship Support
Funding Agency: HRSA
PI: Gayle Lourens
Funding Amount: $57,370
Student Grants
8/1/2024-7/31/2026: Jonas Scholars Program
Funding agency: AACN
Student: Allison Walsh; Mentor: Lorraine Robbins
Funding amount: $12,000
4/1/2025-12/28/2026: The impact of sleep disturbances and gut microbiota on cognitive function in heart failure patients
Funding Agency: Midwest Nursing Research Society
Student: Hesam Varpaei; Mentor: Lorraine Robbins
Funding Amount: $5,000
6/1/2025-4/30/2026: Relationship between physical function in adult post-intensive care unit patients who experienced mechanical ventilation during hospitalization and their family caregiver following discharge to home
Funding agency: Sigma Theta Tau Intl Honor Society of Nursing
Student: Kornkanya Pengpala; Mentor: Susan Buchholz; co-mentor: Fabrice Mowbray
Funding amount: $1,000
6/1/2025-5/31/2026: Sleep, gut microbiota, and cognitive function in heart failure patients
Funding Agency: Sigma Theta Tau Intl Honor Society of Nursing
Student: Hesam Varpaei; Mentor: Lorraine Robbins
Funding Amount: $5,000
8/1/2024-12/31/2025: Intrapersonal and Family Resilience in Preventing Suicidal Ideations Among US High School Adolescents
Funding Agency: Michigan Nurses Foundation
Student: Teresa Ng; Mentor: Jiying Ling
Funding Amount: $5,000