Institutional Research Training Grants
Pitt Nursing is known for its many and diverse research programs, supported by grants from very prestigious funding agencies and organizations.
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Technology: Research in Chronic and Critical Illness (T32 NR008857) Training Grant Goals and Objectives. The overarching goal of this training program remains to provide rigorous research training and interdisciplinary culturalization to build the nursing science aimed at promoting health, managing illness, reducing disability, and enhancing quality of life through the aid of technology. Learn More. |
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Targeted Research and Academic Training Program for Nurses in Genomics (T32NR009759) The goal of this National Institute of Nursing Research funded training program is to prepare pre-doctoral and post-doctoral nurse scientists at the beginning stages of their careers to develop their research trajectories related to the application and evaluation of genomics in preventing and improving patient outcomes. Learn More. |
Active Grants
| Funding Agency | Principal Investigator | Grant Title | Federal Grant Type |
| NIH / NIA | Alexander, Sheila | Epigenetic Changes and Delirium After Intensive Care Unit Admission | R21 |
| NHLBI | Al-Zaiti, Salah | Electrocardiographic Detection of Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Events for Accelerated Classification of Chest Pain Encounters (ECG-SMART 2) | R01 |
| NIH/NINR | Al-Zaiti, Salah | Predicting Patient Instability Noninvasively for Nursing Care-Two (PPINNC-3) | R01 |
| NIH / NINR | Belcher, Sarah | Understanding Oral Anticancer Medication Adherence Among Patients with Multiple Myeloma | K23 |
| NIH/NCI | Bender, Catherine | Influence of Exercise on Neurocognitive Function in Breast Cancer | R01 |
| Pitt/SOM | Bender, Catherine | P01 Pilot Program | R01 |
| Magee/Hillman | Bender, Catherine (w/ Conley, Y. and Rosenzweig, M.) | Financial distress, symptoms/side effects and adherence to combination CDK4/6 inhibitor + endocrine therapy in women with breast cancer | |
| NIH | Bender, Catherine (w/ Conley, Y.) | Epigenomics of Neurocognitive Function in Breast Cancer | R01 |
| Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence | Bowser, Amy | Development of Competency-based Performance Rubrics Assessing Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Clinical Judgment in High-Fidelity Simulation | |
| NIH | Baxter, Betty | Preconception and prenatal stress effects on cardiovascular disease risk in black women | R01 |
| Pitt Momentum Seed Fund | Baxter, Betty | A Pilot Exploring Self-Advocacy as a Health Inequity Factor in Maternal Mortality/Morbidity in Pregnant Black Women | |
| NIH/NHLBI | Burke, Lora | Post Partum Weight Retention and Cardiometabolic Disparities: The Effects of Contextual, Psychosocial, and Behavioral Factors | R01 |
| NIH/NHLBI | Burke, Lora | Promoting Lifestyle Change via Tailored mHealth to Improve Health | R01 |
| NIH / NIDDK | Burke, Lora | A Human-Mimetic AI System for Automatic, Passive, and Objective Dietary Assessment | R01 |
| CMRF | Cai, Yurun | Quantifying Multiscale Dynamics of Accelerometer-Derived Physical Activity in Relation to Risk of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia | |
| NIH/NINR | Conley, Yvette | Targeted Research and Academic Training of Nurses in Genomics | T32 |
| NIH/NINR | Conley, Yvette (co-PI:Bender,C.) | Epigenomics of Neurocognitive Function in Breast Cancer | R01 |
| NIH/NINR | Crago, Beth | Sex Steroids and IGF1 in the CNS Following aSAH and Their Relationship to Patient Outcomes | R01 |
| NIH/NINR | Dabbs, Annette Devito | Technology: Research in Chronic and Critical Illness | T32 |
| NIH/NINR | Dabbs, Annette Devito | Lung Transplant Go (LTGO): Improving Self-Management of Exercise After Lung Transplantation | R01 |
| NIH /NICHD | Demirci, Jill | Effect of Antenatal Milk Expression on Breastfeeding Outcomes Among Overweight and Obese Women | R01 |
| Alex and Rita Hillman Fnd | Dierkes, Andrew | Precision Matching of Nurses with Vulnerable Populations in Low-Resource Settings for Optimal Outcomes | |
| NIH | Donovan, Heidi | A Mobile Sensing System to Monitor Symptom During Chemotherapy | R37 (MERIT) |
| Clovis Oncology | Donovan, Heidi | Family Caregiver Resource Development | |
| Hillman Family Fnd | Donovan, Heidi | The State of Aging, Disability and Family Caregiving in Allegheny County | |
| NIH/NICHD | Founds, Sandra | Relating Pregnancy Phenotype with Chromosome Copy Number in Placentation Cells from the Endocervix | R21 |
| NSF | Gallagher, John | Automated Debriefing in Simulation-based Training of Paramedics: Comparing Self-guided to Agent Facilitated Debriefing | |
| HRSA | Kameg, Brayden | Enhancing Nursing Students Ability to Address Underserved Populations Through Interprofessional, Public Health Simulation | U4 |
| NIH / NHLBI | Kariuki, Jacob | Efficacy of a Novel Web-based Physical Activity Intervention Designed to Promote Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines in Adults with Obesity | R56 |
| NIH /NINR | Koleck, Theresa | Advancing Chronic Condition Symptom Cluster Science Through Use of Electronic Health Records and Data Science Techniques | R00 |
| NIH / LM | Lee, Young Ji | Development and Implementation of a Health e-Librarian with Personalized Recommender (HELPeR) | R01 |
| NSF | Li, Dan | New Machine Learning Framework to Conduct Anesthesia Risk Stratification and Decision Support for Precision Health | NSF 18-541 |
| NIH/NIA | Lingler, Jennifer | Recruitment Innovations to Enhance Diversity in AD Research | R01 |
| NIH/NIA | Lingler, Jennifer | The Impact of Post Acute Care Payment Changes on Access and Outcomes | R01 |
| Adira Foundation | Lingler, Jennifer | Narrative as a Tool to Enhance Diversity in Research on Late Life Neurodegenerative Disorders | |
| NIH/NIA | Lingler, Jennifer | ADRC REC | P30 |
| NIH/NHLBI | Luyster, Faith | Improving Asthma Control Using Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia | R01 |
| Breathe Pennsylvania | Morris, Jonna | Facilitators and Barriers to Positive Airway Pressure Treatment Adherence in Women With Obstructive Sleep Apnea | |
| HRSA | Niemczyk, Nancy | Group-based trajectory analysis of the first stage of labor | R40 |
| NIH | Nilsen, Marci | Sympathetic Modulation of Head and Neck Cancer Pain | R01 |
| HRSA | O'Donnell, John | Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships | |
| NIH / NIA | Ren, Dianxu | Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Risk of Dementia | R03 |
| NIH/NCI | Rosenzweig, Margaret | Advanced Practice Provider Oncology Web Educational Resources (AP POWER) | R25 |
| NIH/NIMHD | Rosenzweig, Margaret | The Symptom Experience, Management, and Outcomes According to Race and Social Determinants of Health (SEMOARS) During Breast Cancer Chemotherapy | R01 |
| NIH | Seaman, Jennifer | Randomized Trial of Specialty Palliative Care Integrated with Critical Care (PROPAC) | |
| NIH | Seaman, Jennifer | Randomized Trial of Scalable, Interactive Tools to Support Surrogate Decision Makers of Elderly Critically Ill Patients | |
| NIH | Seaman, Jennifer | The Maximizing Extubation Outcomes through Educational and organizational research trial (METEOR) | U01 |
| McElhattan Fnd | Seamann, Jennifer and Nilsein, Marci | Equipping Frontline Providers to Deliver High-Quality End-of-Life Care: Interprofessional Certificate and Continuing Education Program for End-of-Life Care and Communication. | |
| Jewish Healthcare Foundation | Schlenk, Elizabeth | Teaching Nursing Home Collaborative | |
| NIH /NCI | Thomas, Teresa | Efficacy of a Self-Advocacy Serious Game Intervention for Women With Advanced Cancer | R37 (MERIT) |
| Oncology Nursing Foundation | Wesmiller, Susan | Symptoms Experienced by Women One-Year Following Surgery for Breast Cancer: A Multi-omics Approach to the Development of Individual Biosignatures | |
| NIH / NIMH | Zelazny, Jamie | The Role of Sleep Health in Proximal Suicide Risk Among Ultra-High Risk Adolescents | R01 |
| NIH / NIMH | Zelazny, Jamie | Social Media as a Predictor of Proximal Risk in Youth Suicide Attempt Study | R21 |
| NIH/ NIGMS | Zhang, Fei | Synthesizing Intraoperative Multivariate Time Series with Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks | K08 |