Research Projects & Awards

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Recent Projects and Grants

Partnership to Provide Academic Transformational Help for Disadvantaged Nursing Students to Become Primary Care Nurse Practitioners

Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA). Scholarships for Health Professions Students from Disadvantaged Background (SDS) “PATH to PCNP” Partnership to Provide Academic Transformational Help for disadvantaged nursing students to become Primary Care Nurse Practitioners, July 2020 – June 2025. HRSA NOFO # 20-006. Funded for $2,935,477. IM Alexander, PI; N Shook, Co-I; T Van Hoof, Co-I; M Snyder, Co-I.

Primary Care Nurse Practitioners Caring for Underserved Populations

Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA). Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) “PCNP CUPS” Primary Care Nurse Practitioners Caring for Underserved Populations – An Innovative Clinical-Academic Partnership to Enhance NP Preparation for Practice, July 2019 – June 2023. HRSA Grant # T94HP32904. Funded for $2,798,056. IM Alexander, PI; A Jakubisin-Konicki, Co-I; D Bourassa, Co-I; B McNeil, Co-I.

Center for Improving Palliative Care for Vulnerable Adults with MCC (CIPC)

P20NR018072 Stone (PI)

Center for Improving Palliative Care for Vulnerable Adults with MCC (CIPC)

Eileen Carter — Pilot PI

08/08/2018 – Present

Emotion regulation as a primary mechanism of action in yoga interventions for chronic low back pain

R01AT010555; Park/Starkweather (MPI) 06/01/20-05/31/25 Role PI 15%

NIH/NCCIH

Emotion regulation as a primary mechanism of action in yoga interventions for chronic low back pain: An RCT testing biological and psychological pathways

Neurophysiological and transcriptomic predictors of chronic low back pain

R01NR018595; Dorsey/Starkweather (MPI); 9/25/19-8/31/24 Role: PI 15%

NIH/NINR

Neurophysiological and transcriptomic predictors of chronic low back pain: Towards precision pain management (NEAT Study).

Emotion Regulation Intervention for Preventing Collegiate Escalations in Drinking

R34AA027455; Fendrich/Park/Russell (MPI); 9/25/19-8/31/22 Role: Angela Starkweather - Co-Investigator 5%

NIH/National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Emotion Regulation Intervention for Preventing Collegiate Escalations in Drinking: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Establish Acceptability, Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy.

Physiological, Psychological and Genomic Factors that Predict the Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain in Patients with Traumatic Lower Extremity Fracture

R01NR017555 Renn/Griffieon (MPI) 12/01/18-11/30/23 Role: Angela Starkweather - Coinvestigator 5%

NIH/NINR

Physiological, Psychological and Genomic Factors that Predict the Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain in Patients with Traumatic Lower Extremity Fracture

P20 Center for Precision Pain Self-Management

P20NR016605 (Starkweather) PI 08/01/16-04/01/21 Role: PI 20%

NIH/NINR

P20 Center for Precision Pain Self-Management

Changes in Social Attitudes and Behavior in Response to COVID-19

National Science Foundation, Rapid Response Research: Changes in Social Attitudes and Behavior in Response to COVID-19. Shook, Natalie