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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; co-I: Dawn Goldstein

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: Dawn Goldstein, Jackeline Iseler, Krista Walker, Joshua Winowiecki
Funding Amount:  $804,977

 

09/13/2024-08/31/2026: Support for bereaved friend and family caregivers of cancer patients

Funding Agency: NIH-NCI
PI: Rebecca Lehto; Co-I: Dawn Goldstein
Funding Amount:  $157,000

 

08/21/2023-08/31/2028: 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

 

09/30/19-08/31/2025: 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

 

07/1/2021-06/30/2025: Advancing Nursing Education – Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program
Funding Agency: Department of Health and Human Services: Health Resources and Services Administration
PD: Katherine Dontje
Funding Amount: $1,902,912

 

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)
PI: Dawn Goldstein
Funding Amount:  $574,410
 

10/1/2024-09/30/2025: Clinical Placement Incentive
Funding Agency: MI Dept of Health & Human Services (MDHHS)
PI: Dawn Goldstein; Co-I: Kara Schrader
Funding Amount:  $60,226

 

10/1/2023-09/30/2025: 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

 

01/1/2023-06/30/2025: 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

 

01/1/2025-12/31/2026: 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

 

MSU

 

02/1/2025-04/30/2025: Performance Evaluation of a Wearable Electrocardiogram Device for Continuous Cardiac Monitoring in Human Subjects

Funding Agency: MSU-TSGTD

Co-I: Pallav Deka 

Funding Amount: $6,575 ($26,301)

 

10/01/24 - 08/31/2025: 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

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

 

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

 

08/1/2024-7/31/2026: Jonas Scholars Program
Funding agency: AACN
Student: Allison Walsh; Mentor: Lorraine Robbins
Funding amount: $12,000

 

04/1/2025-02/28/2026: 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
 

06/1/2025-05/31/2026: 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
 

08/1/2024-12/31/2025: 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
 

06/1/2024-05/31/2025: Examining Relationships Between Social Determinants of Health and Mental Health Symptoms Among Palliative & End-of-life Family Caregivers in Rural Areas: A Mixed Methods Study
Funding Agency: BCBS of Michigan Foundation Student Award Program
Student: Arienne Patano
Funding Amount: $3,000
 

07/1/2023-03/31/2025: Intrapersonal and Family Resilience in Preventing Suicidal Ideations Among US High School Adolescents
Funding Agency: BCBS of Michigan Foundation Student Award Program
Student: Teresa Ng
Funding Amount: $3,000

 

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