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Research Initiatives

College of Health & Human Services Research Initiatives

A table showing of research initiative projects of the College of Health & Human Services.
Principal Investigator(s) Project Title Sponsor Amount

Tamatha Arms, SON

Fall Prevention Clinic for Older Adults in the Lower Cape Fear Region

Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association

$4,550

Michelle Cathorall, SHAHS

Expanding Study Abroad in Uganda through Collaborative Online International Interdisciplinary Courses

World Learning, Inc.

$34,671

Michelle Chyatte, SHAHS

Southeastern North Carolina Public Health Preparedness Workforce Accelerator

UNC Department of Health Sciences/Novant Health

$10,000

David Conley, SSW

The UNCW Political Social Work Initiative

Common Cause

$5,000

Hayley Estrem, SON

Establishing the Center for Feeding Ethics

Feeding Matters

$33,220

Matt Gallek, SON

UNC System Health Care Workforce Program Expansion

UNC System Office

$2,302,149

Elizabeth Gazza, SON

Mentoring Graduate Nursing Students to Pursue Careers as PhD-Prepared Academic Nurse Educators

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

$5,000

Brent Hawkins, SHAHS

Outcome and Programmatic Evaluation of Higher Ground Adaptive Sports Program Higher Ground, Inc. $45,349

Brent Hawkins, SHAHS

Examining the Ongoing Effects of the Higher Ground Veteran Programs on Military Veterans and Supporters Higher Ground, Inc. $29,908

Sara Hubbell, SON 

Implementing Group Traumatic Event Protocol (G-TEP) with Registered Nurses in Hospital Settings to Mitigate Burnout, PTSD, Depression, Moral Injury, and Enhance Resilience EMDRIA Research Foundation $25,000
John Lothes, SHAHS Online Module-Based Wellness Program: 12 Dimensions of Wellness UNC Department of Health Sciences/Novant Health $10,000  
Barbara Lutz, SON Comprehensive, Multimodal Outcome Assessment after Severe Acute Brain Injury (COMA_SABI) University of Washington $215,362  

Leah Mayo, CHHS

Rural Interprofessional Health Initiative UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine $272,989 

Laurie Minns, SON

Revision and Validation of Preparedness Assessment for the Transition Home (PATH) Instrument for Caregivers of Patients with Glioblastoma National Brain Tumor Society $200,000
Melanie Pate, SHAHS Enhancing Dementia Care & Geriatric Excellence (EDGE-Southeast NC) UNC Department of Health Sciences/Novant Health $10,000

Lindsey Schroeder, SHAHS; Alexander McDaniel, SHAHS

Neck Strength Assessment Device with Broad Military and Sports Application NC Innovation (NCI)

$850,644 

Shamatree Shakya, SON

Using a Smart Speaker for Self-Management of Cardiometabolic Disease among Older Adults in the Lower Cape Fear Region Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association

$4,940

Shaila Strayhorn-Carter, SHAHS

VR Training of Personally Held Beliefs About Others for Local Providers UNC Department of Health Sciences/Novant Health

$9,916

Stephanie Turrise, SON

Readiness for Heart Failure Self-Care: The REST-HF Measurement: Psychometric Testing in a National Sample American Heart Association

$75,564

Deborah Tyndall, SON

School Nurse Screening Intervention for Suicide Risk in Two Rural K-12 Public School Districts; A Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

$49,766

Charlotte Weiss, SON

SLOWART Connections: A Social Prescription for Dementia-Care Dyads in Southeastern North Carolina Renée Fleming Foundation

$25,000

Contact CHHS Research & Faculty Affairs

Dr. Kristin Mapson, Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Affairs

Veterans Hall 2005

chhsrfa@uncw.edu