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 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
Augmented Reality System for the Education of Clinical Caregivers of Older Adults (SBIR)
Innovative Design Labs/National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging

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

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

137 articles, 47 book chapters, 4 books published FY 19

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

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

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

Evans, Roni
Testing Two Scalable, Veteran-Centric Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Pragmatic, Multisite Trial
Veterans Administration/US Department of Defense

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

Fulkerson, Jayne
NRSA Training Core (TL1)
National Institutes of Health/National Center for Advancing Translational Science

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

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

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

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, Mary
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/US Department of Agriculture

Horning, Melissa
East Side Table Program Evaluation Partnership
Stratis Health

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/US Department of Health & Human Services

10th in NIH funding for schools of nursing (2019)

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

Lovinaria, Danilo
Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program
Health Resources and Services Administration/US Department of Health & Human Services

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

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
Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ODAT)/National Institutes 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 Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

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

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

McMorris, Barbara
Whole School Implementation of Restorative Practices in Saint Paul Public Schools: Relationships as Key to Improvements in School Climate and Student Behavior
Independent School District 625/St. Paul Public School/US 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
BrainAware: Interactive Digital Psychoeduction for Adolescents and Young Adults with Substance Use Disorder (SBIR)
Andamio/National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

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

$8.5 million in FY 19 grants

Mueller, Christine
Nurse Faculty Loan Program
Health Resources and Services Administration/US Department of Health & Human Services

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

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

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

Porta, Carolyn
Strengthening the Nursing/Midwifery Workforce in Afghanistan: A Kabul Medical University and University of Minnesota Collaborative Workforce Development Project
FHI 360/US Agency for International Development

Pruinelli, Lisiane
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/US Department of Health & Human Services

Rajamani, Sripriya
Electronic Case Reporting to Minnesota Electronic Disease Surveillance System
Minnesota Department of Health/State of Minnesota

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

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

Sieving, Renee
Minnesota Personal Responsibility Education Program (MN Prep)
Minnesota Department of Health/US Department of Health & Human Services

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

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

Treat-Jacobson, Diane
Healthy Aging and Mobility Initiative
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

1st in Big Ten for nursing research NIH funding (2019)

Treat-Jacobson, Diane
Low InTensity Exercise Intervention for Peripheral Artery Disease: The LITE Trail (R01)
Northwestern University/National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

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

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

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

Wyman, Jean
University of Pennsylvania + PLUS Clinical Center (PENN + PLUS CC) (U01)
University of Pennsylvania/National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

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

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

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