Extramural grant awards

The University of Minnesota School of Nursing is a research-intensive school of nursing. The school’s four research areas of focus are health promotion among vulnerable populations, prevention and management of chronic health conditions, symptom management, and health/nursing informatics and systems innovation.

Avery, Melissa
ACNM-ACOG Maternity Care Education and Practice Redesign
American College of Nurse Midwives / Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

Avery, Melissa
National Improvement Challenge
Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care

Bhimani, Rozina
Effects of Mobilization Patterns on Spasticity Symptom Cluster: Understanding Functional Outcomes
Association of Rehabilitation Nursing

Bliss, Donna
A Wearable Health Simulator (SBIR)
Innovative Design Labs / National Institutes of Health

Bliss, Donna
Augmented Reality System for the Education of Clinical Caregivers of Older Adults (SBIR)
Innovative Design Labs / National Institutes of Health

Bliss, Donna
Development and Pilot Testing of a mHealth Application Supporting Self Management of Accidental Bowel Leakage: “I”M ABLe” (R21)
National Institute of Nursing Research / National Institutes of Health

Bliss, Donna
Development of a Bariatric Mannequin System to Enable Realistic Examination Simulations of Obese Patients (SBIR)
Innovative Design Labs / National Institutes of Health

Bradley, Cynthia
Measuring the Impact of Training on the Use of Debriefling for Meaningful Learning: Faculty and Student Outcomes
National League of Nursing

Chi, Chih-Lin
Personalized Statin Treatment Plan to Optimize Clinical Outcomes Using Big Data (R01)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute / National Institutes of Health

Donnelly, Joanne
Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program
Health Resources and Services Administration / U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Fulkerson, Jayne
Innovation in Measurement for Diet-Related Disease Research: Optimizing Utility and Reach to Reduce Health Disparities (R01)
National Cancer Institute / National Institutes of Health

Fulkerson, Jayne
School Nurse-Directed Secondary Obesity Prevention for Elementary School-Aged Children (R01)
Temple University / National Institutes of Health

Fulkerson, Jayne
New Ulm at HOME (NU-HOME) (R01)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute / National Institutes of Health

Fulkerson, Jayne
Univeristy of Minnestoa CTSI: Research Education, Training, and Career Development (TL1)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences / National Institutes of Health

Fulkerson, Jayne
Future of Nursing Scholars 2017-2021
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Fulkerson, Jayne (CoPI)
Jonas Scholars 2018-2020
Jonas Nursing and Veterans Healthcare

Hoffman, Sarah
Interrupting Trauma: Addressing the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma between Women Refugees who have Survived Torture and their Adolescent Children
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health / National Institutes of Health

Hooke, Casey
Physical Activity in Children Completing Treatment for Leukemia: How Does it Relate to Other Symptoms?
University of Minnesota Foundation / Olofson Trust

Horning, Melissa
Twin Cities Mobile Market Expansion
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation / U.S Department of Agriculture

Kaas, Merrie
Enhancing PMHNP and FNP DNP Student Readiness to Provide Integrated Care to Persons with Mental Illness and Complex Medical Needs who are Typically Underserved in Urban and Rural Communities
Health Resources and Services Administration / U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Kaas, Merrie
Creative Collaborations
Minnesota Department of Health

Lee, Jiwoo
Reducing the Summer Health Gap: Evaluation and Enhancement of a Community-based Child Nutrition Assistance Program (KL2)
University of Minnesota CTSI / National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences / National Institues of Health

Martin, Lauren
EAGER ISN: Modeling Human Trafficking Supply Networks to Identify Effective Interdiction Methods: Operations, Organizational Features, Spatial Dynamics and Transit
National Science Foundation

Martin, Lauren
Estimating the Prevalence of Sexual Exploitation
Women’s Foundation of Minnesota

Martin, Lauren
Estimating the Prevalence of Sexual Exploitation Among Adolescents in Minnesota: Implications for Prevention and Early Intervention
University of Minnesota Foundation / Carlson Family Foundation

Martin, Lauren
The Northside Healing Space Collective
Liberty Community Church / NoVo Foundation

Mays, Ryan
Community-based Exercise to Improve Physical Functioning and Cardiovascular Health Following Revascularization for Peripheral Artery Disease
University of Minnesota Foundation / Olofson Trust

McKechnie, Anne
Extending an eHealth Enhanced Care Approach: Development of Nurse-Guided Patient Engagement Content to Support Human Milk Feeding of Infants with Complex Congenital Heart Disease (ODAT Translational Grant Program)
University of Minnesota CTSI / National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences / National Institues of Health

McKechnie, Anne
Preparing Heart and Mind: A Mobile and Web Application for Parents and Clinicians After Fetal/Infant Heart Disease Diagnosis
MN-Reach / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute / National Institutes of Health

McMahon, Siobhan
Community-based Intervention Effects on Older Adults’ Physical Activity and Falls (R01)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute / National Institutes of Health

McMahon, Siobhan
Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Fall Injury Prevention Strategy
Brigham & Women’s Hospital / National Institute on Aging / National Institutes of Health

McMorris, Barbara
Whole School Implementation of Restorative Practices in Saint Paul Public Schools: Relationships as Key to Improvements in School Climat and Student Behavior
Independent School District 625 / St. Paul Public School / U.S. Department of Education

McMorris, Barbara
Evaluation of Re-entry for Juveniles Using Restorative Family Group Conferencing at Schools
Legal Rights Center / State of Minnesota

Michalowski, Martin
Interactive Digital Psychoeducation for Adolescents and Young Adults with Substance Use Disorders (SBIR)
Andamio Games / National Institutes of Health

O’Conner-Von, Susan
Advance Care Planning and Goals of Care for Represented and Unrepresented Older Prisoners
Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation

Pechacek, Judith (CoPI)
Jonas Scholars 2018-2020
Jonas Nursing and Veterans Healthcare

Peden-McAlpine, Cynthia
Learning How Expert Critical Care Nurses Think: An Action Approach
American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Peden-McAlpine, Cynthia
Learning How to Think from Expert Nurses: The Power of Practice Narratives
Minnesota Nurses Association Foundation

Porta, Carolyn
USAID Advancing Higher Education for Afghanistan’s Development (AHEAD)
FHI 360 / U.S. Agency for International Development

Pruinelli, Lisiane (CoPI)
SCH: EXP: Collaborative Research: Group-Specific Learning to Personalize Evidence-Based Medicine
National Science Foundation

Rajamani, Sripriya
Health Informatics and Electronic Laboratory Reporting Support Services
Minnesota Department of Health / U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Schorr, Erica
Wearable and Mobile Technologies to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
University of Minnesota Foundation / Olofson Trust

Sieving, Renee
Leadership Education in Adolescent Health
Health Resources and Services Administration / U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Sieving, Renee
State Adolescent and Young Adult Health Capacity Building Program
University of California San Francisco / Health Resources and Services Administration / U.S. Department of Health & Human Service

Sieving, Renee
Developing Tools for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
National Opinion Research Center / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sieving, Renee
Minnesota Personal Responsibility Education Program (MN Prep)
Minnesota Department of Health / State of Minnesota

Sieving, Renee
Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tracy, Mary Fran (CoPI)
Efficacy of Self-management of Sedative Therapy by Ventilated ICU Patients
Mayo Clinic Rochester / National Institutes of Health

Treat-Jacobson, Diane
Low In Tensity Exercise Intervention for Peripheral Artery Disease: The LITE Trial (R01)
Northwestern University / National Institutes of Health

Treat-Jacobson, Diane
PROmote Weight Loss in Obese PAD Patients to PreVEnt Mobility Loss: The PROVE Trial (R01)
Northwestern University / National Institutes of Health

Wyman, Jean
University of Pennsylvania + PLUS Clinical Center (PENN + PLUS CC) (U01)
University of Pennsylvania / National Institutes of Health

Wyman, Jean
National Survey of Continence and Pelvic Floor Specialist
Society of Urologic Nurses and Associate

Wyman, Jean (CoPI)
University of Minnesota Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) (K12)
Institute of Child Health and Human Development / National Institutes of Health

Yu, Fang
Aerobic Exercise in Alzheimer’s Disease: Cognition and Hippocampal Volume Effects (R01)
National lnstitute on Aging / National Institutes of Health

Yu, Fang (CoPI)
Efficacy and Mechanisms of Combined Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Training in MCI (The ACT Trial) (R01)
National lnstitute on Aging / National Institutes of Health

Yu, Fang
Concurrent Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Training to Prevent Alzheimer’s in at At-Risk Older Adults (SBIR)
Moai Technologies / National Institute on Aging / National Institutes of Health

Center for Spirituality & Healing Principal Investigators Calendar Year 2020

Bronfort, Gert
Spinal Manipulation and Patient Self-Management to Prevent Back Pain Chronicity (PACBACK)
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health / National Institutes of Health

Bronfort, Gert (CoPI)
Cost Effectiveness of Manipulation for Spine Pain Using Individual Patient Data (K01)
National Center for Complementary and
Integrative / National Institutes of Health

Evans, Roni
Mindful Movement for Physical Activity and Wellbeing in Older Adults (R33)
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health / National Institutes of Health

Evans, Roni
Testing Two Scalable, Veteran-centric Mindfulness-based Interventions for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Pragmatic, Multisite Trial
Veteran’s Affairs / U.S. Army Medical Research & Material Command

Lawson, Karen
A System and Porcess to Improve the Satisfactio with Hearing Health Products
Innovative Design Labs / National Institutes of Health

Leininger, Brent (CoPI)
Cost Effectiveness of Manipulation for Spine Pain Using Individual Patient Data (K01)
National Center for Complementary and Integrative / National Institutes of Health