Awards and grants
The following is a list of recently funded research, training and public service grants and contracts that have been awarded to the MU Sinclair School of Nursing faculty within the past five years.
Greg Alexander
Assistant Professor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- Mentored Clinical Scientist Development — Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, $518,782, 2007-2012
- Pilot Project 1: Developing Interfaces to Provide Range of Motion Feedback to Elderly People Using Exercise Equipment — RAND Corporation, $40,000, 2007-2008
- IT Sophistication in Nursing Homes — Research Council, $4,568, 2006-2007
- Measuring IT Sophistication in Nursing Homes — Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center, $12,950, 2006
- Mentoring Grant — Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center, $1,500, 2006-2007
Jane Armer
Professor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Survivorship Education — Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - Mid Missouri Affiliate, $6,602, 2008-2009
- Long-Term Breast Cancer Treatment Effects: Limb Changes — National Institutes of Health, $2,255,597, 2006-2010
- Long-term Breast Cancer Treatment Effects: Limb Changes — MU PRIME, $193,222, 2006-2010
- Breast Cancer Lymphedema: Studying Feasibility of a Preventive Intervention — Lance Armstrong Foundation, $247,500, 2006-2008
- Breast Cancer Lymphedema: Studying Feasibility of a Preventive Intervention — MU PRIME, $52,672, 2006-2008
- Prospective Nursing Study of Breast Cancer Lymphedema — (R01) National Institutes of Health, $1,602,409, 2001-2006
- Prospective Nursing Study of Breast Cancer Lymphedema — MU PRIME, $317,000, 2001-2006
- Prospective Nursing Study of Breast Cancer Lymphedema — (Minority Supplement) National Institutes of Health, $26,188, 2004-2007
Myra Aud
Associate Professor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- Nursing Home Administrator Attrition in Missouri: Why Administrators Make the Career Altering Decision to Leave the Profession — MU Interdisciplinary Center on Aging, $8,000, 2007-2008
- Caregiving Stresses as Experienced by Nursing Staff in Dementia Special Care Units — Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Iota Chapter, $1,000, 2007-2008
Constance Brooks
Adjunct Associate Professor | Full faculty profile
- Continuous Quality Improvement Program — Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, $78,472, 2006-2007
Jane Bostick
Associate Teaching Professor | Full faculty profile
- Post-Master’s Certificate in Child/Family Mental Health — Health Resources and Services Administration, $370,091, 2008-2011
Linda Bullock
Professor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program (DOVE): subcontract with Johns Hopkins University — National Institutes of Health, $1,001,422, 2006-2011
- Missouri Model for Brief Smoking Cessation Training Award to Schools of Medicine and Nursing — Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, $20,000, 2006
- Nursing Support: Better Infant Outcomes in Violent Homes — (R01) National Institutes of Health, $1,977,879, 2005-2009
- Nursing Smoking Cessation Intervention During Pregnancy — (R01) National Institutes of Health, $1,942,148, 2001-2006
Vicki Conn
Associate Dean of Research | Full faculty profile
- Chronic Illness Exercise Interventions: A Meta-Analysis — (R01) National Institutes of Health, $895,930, 2002-2007
- Chronic Illness Exercise Interventions: A Meta-Analysis — (Minority Supplement) National Institutes of Health, $80,661, 2003-2007
- Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Increase Exercise/Physical Activity — (R01) National Institutes of Health, $1,687,439, 2006-2010
Shirley Farrah
Assistant Dean of Nursing Outreach and Assistant Teaching Professor | Full faculty profile
- National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program — Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, $18,687, 2009-2010
- 4th Annual Women’s Health Update for Advanced Practice Nurses: Chronic Disease Management - Office on Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $4,000, 2008-2009
- National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program — Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, $18,681, 2008-2009
- National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program — Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, $18,687, 2007-2008
- MU Leadership Development Academy for Registered Nurses in Long Term Care — Health Resources and Services Administration, $726,499, 2007-2010
- Center for Emergency Response/Terrorism — Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, $4,950, 2006-2007
- School Nurse Achievement Program (SNAP), Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, October 22, 2004, September 30, 2005.
- Maternal Child Health Institute, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, November 1, 2004 - April 30, 2005.
- Breastfeeding Training for Home Visitors and Prenatal Case Managers, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, May 17, 2004 -June 30, 2004.
- Transferring Geriatric Research into Practice, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, September 30, 2003 - September 29, 2004.
- Breastfeeding Educator Workshop #2, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, July 8, 2003 - December 31, 2003. (Subcontract with Louise Miller PhD, RN; MSHSS Contract AOC03380017 Amendment 2 Lactation Management Curriculum-Phase 2/Miller)
- Women’s Health Conference, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, January 1, 2003 - July 1, 2003.
- Breastfeeding Educator Workshop #1, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, October 1, 2002 - April 30, 2003. (Subcontract with Louise Miller PhD, RN)
Deborah Finfgeld Connett
Associate Professor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- Web-based Treatment Program for Female Problem Drinkers — (R15 AREA) National Institutes of Health, $220,500, 2005-2007
Larry Ganong
Professor | Full faculty profile
- Helping Rural Older Adults Develop Plans to Reach Help Quickly in Emergencies — USDA, $320,538, 2009-2010
Debra Gayer
Associate Teaching Professor and Coordinator of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program | Full faculty profile
- Academic Transformation Grant — MU ET@MO, $5,000, 2006-2007
Rebecca Johnson
Millsap Professor of Gerontological Nursing and Public Policy | Full faculty profile
- Research Meets Practice: Human-animal Interaction in Obesity Across the Lifespan — National Institutes of Health, $10,000, 2009-2010
- Ask the Community: Barriers and Facilitators of Physical Activity and Exercise — Missouri Foundation for Health, $36,400, 2007-2008
- Dog Pals: Easing Elder's Relocation Transitions — Research Council, $7,500, 2005-2006
- University of Missouri-Columbia Research Council Grant study of Testing a Dog Visit Protocol with Newly Admitted Nursing Home Residents ($7,500)
- Missouri Foundation for health study on Walking for Healthy Hearts, a.k.a. "Dog Walk" ($134,000)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Key Group Leaders Seed Program Study on Hand and Paw Study: Animal Assisted Therapy and Anxiety among Radiation Therapy patients — An MU Interdisciplinary Randomized, Clinical Trial ($50,000)
- National Institutes of Health Study on Relocation of Ethnic Elders: Decisions and Sequelae ($504,125)
- Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center Study on Ethnic Elders, Pet Attachment, Health and Well-Being ($7,933)
- VPI Skeeter Foundation Study on Neuroenocrine effects of Human Animal Interaction ($130,000)
Roxanne McDaniel
Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Master's Programs | Full faculty profile
- HRSA Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship 2008-2009 — Health Resources and Services Administration, $52,123, 2008-2009
- HRSA Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship 2007-2008 — Health Resources and Services Administration, $49,724, 2007-2008
- HRSA Professional Nurse Traineeship Program — Health Resources and Services Administration, $53,362, 2006-2007
Kristin Metcalf-Wilson
Instructor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- Academic Transformation Grant — MU ET@MO, $5,000, 2006-2007
Judith Fitzgerald Miller
Dean, Professor | Full faculty profile
- Graduate Programs in Nursing for Non Nurses: A National Survey. National Council of State Boards of Nursing, $200,000, Project Director, 2007
- Federal Traineeship. US Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA, Advanced Education in Nursing, $76,000, 2007
- PhD Program Competing Continuation Grant, Teacher-Scholars: Vulnerable Populations. US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration, Advanced Education in Nursing Program, $800,000, Funded, 2006
- Federal Traineeship. US Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA, Advanced Education in Nursing, $76,000, 2006
- Federal Traineeship. US Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA, Advanced Education in Nursing, $72,000, 2005
- Institute for End of Life Lectureship. Slater Foundation, $1500. Funded, 2004
- Federal Traineeship Application. USDHHS, HRSA, Advanced Education in Nursing, $72,000, 2004
- Federal Traineeship Application, DHHS, Health Resources Administration, Advanced Education in Nursing, $72,000, 2003
- Program for Teacher/Scholars: Vulnerable Populations. US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration, Advanced Education Nursing Program, $1,012,747, three years of funding, 2003
Louise Miller
Associate Teaching Professor | Full faculty profile
- Integrated Mental Health Services — Missouri Department of Mental Health, $350,000, 2008-2011
- Planning for Disease Management — Missouri Department of Health and Senior Service, $100,000, 2008-2009
- Academic Transformation Incentive Funds — MU ET@MO, $5,000, 2006-2007
- Community Nursing: Utilizing Information in Practice — National Library of Medicine, $453,337, 2006-2009
- Nurses' Information Literacy: Implementing the Electronic Health Record (EHR) in Nursing Education — American Nurses Foundation, $3,500, 2005-2006
Lorraine Phillips
Assistant Professor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- Effect of TimeSlips on Communication, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, and Quality of Life in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia - MU Interdisciplinary Center on Aging, $8,000
- A Pilot Study of TimeSlips in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia — Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center, $15,000, 2008-2009
- Hartford Post-doc — Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity — American Academy of Nurses, $120,000, 2008-2009
- The Influence of Psychosocial Factors on the Disablement Process in Women with Multiple Sclerosis and Women with Fibromyalgia Syndrome, 2006-2007
- The Personal Impact of Parkinson's Disease, National Institutes of Health, 2003-2005
- Predictors of Self-Rated Health Among Texas Resident, 2004-2005
Lori Popejoy
Assistant Professor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- L. Challenges of Discharging Hospitalized Older Adults — Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Iota Chapter, $2,180, 2008-2009
- Pre-doctoral Geriatric Nursing Scholar Award, John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Scholars Program, $100,000, 2002-2004.
Eileen Porter
Professor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- Old Homebound Women's Intention of Reaching Help Quickly — (R01) National Institutes of Health $856,785, 2003-2007
Marilyn Rantz
Professor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- Technology to Automatically Detect Early Signs of Illness in Senior Housing — National Institutes of Health, $404,592, 2009-2011
- Technology to Automatically Detect Falls and Assess Fall Risk in Senior Housing — Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, $1,989,432, 2009-2013
- Primaris Nursing Home Quality Improvement Consulting Services — Primaris, $92,831, 2009-2010
- Quality Improvement Program for Missouri 2008-2009 — Requests for Proposals — Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, $360,000, 2008-2009
- Dementia Educational Training — Alzheimer's Association Mid-Missouri Chapter, fee for service, 2007-2008
- Quality Improvement Program for Missouri 2007-2008 — Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, $260,000, 2007-2008
- Primaris Nursing Home Quality Improvement Consulting Services — Primaris, $130,200, 2007-2008
- Building Interdisciplinary Geriatric Health Care Research Centers — Rand Health, $200,000, 2006-2008
- Primaris Nursing Home Quality Improvement Consulting Services — Primaris, $125,196, 2006-2007
- Multilevel Intervention to Improve Nursing Home Outcomes — (R01) National Institutes of Health, $2,834,286, 2005-2010
- Quality Improvement Program for Missouri 2006-2007 — Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, $230,000, 2006-2007
- Technology to Enhance Aging in Place at Tiger Place — Administration on Aging, $979,104, 2005-2007
- Technology to Enhance Aging in Place at Tiger Place — MU PRIME, $150,000, 2005-2007
Cynthia Russell
Associate Professor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- Professional Council Research Grant — National Kidney Foundation, $7,500, 2008-2009
- An Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence in Adult Renal Transplant Recipients: A Pilot Study — American Nephrology Nurses Association, $15,000, 2008-2009
- An Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence in Older Renal Transplant Recipients: A Pilot Study — Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center, $15,000, 2008-2009
- Increasing Medication Adherence in Renal Transplant Recipients — MU Research Board, $36,000, 2008-2008
- An Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence in Older Renal Transplant Recipients: A Pilot Study — MU Interdisciplinary Center on Aging, $8,000, 2008-2008
- Medication Compliance in Older Renal Transplant Recipients — American Academy of Nurses , $120,000, 2005-2007
- Medication Noncompliance in Renal Transplant Recipients — National Institutes of Health, $220,500, 2005-2008
- Noncompliance in Adult Renal Transplant Recipients — University of Missouri-Columbia Research Council $7,500, 2003-2004.
- A Description of the Patterns, Predictors and Outcomes of Medication Noncompliance in Adult Renal Transplant Recipients — American Nurses Foundation/Sigma Theta Tau $7,500, 2003-2005.
- A Description of the Patterns, Predictors and Outcomes of Medication Noncompliance in Adult Renal Transplant Recipients — National Kidney Foundation $20,000, 2004-2005.
Patricia Schnitzer
Assistant Professor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- Unintentional Injury in Young Children: Exploring the Role of Adult Supervision — National Institutes of Health, $415,986, 2008-2010
- HURT! (Helping Understand Risks to Toddlers) — MU Research Board, $34,764, 2006-2007
Amy Vogelsmeier
Clinical Research Faculty | Full faculty profile
- Hartford Pre-Doctoral Scholar — American Academy of Nurses , $76,719, 2005-2007
- Nursing Home Consulting/Speaker/Lecturer Agreement — Primaris, $37,011, 2006-2007
Deidre Wipke-Tevis
Associate Professor of Nursing | Full faculty profile
- Impact of Seasonal Variation in Hematocrit Nox, and ET-1 on Vascular Reactivity — National Institutes of Health, $401,127, 2008-2010
- PRIME Grant for NIH R21 — Impact of Seasonal Variation in Hematocrit, Nox, and ET-1 on Vascular Reactivity — MU PRIME, $40,056, 2008-2010
- Seasonal Variation of Hematocrit, Nitric Oxide and Fatigue in Young and Older Men — Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Iota Chapter, $1,000, 2005-2006
- Seasonal Variation of Hematocrit, Nitric Oxide and Fatigue in Young and Older Men — Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center, $15,000, 2005-2007
- Venous Ulcers: Testing Effects of Compression and Position — (R01) National Institutes of Health, $995,898, 2001-2007