Call for community-based pilot grants
The Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network (TBCCN) plans to award 2-3 pilot grants for community-based projects addressing cancer health disparities in Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties.
The Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network (TBCCN) plans to award 2-3 pilot grants for community-based projects addressing cancer health disparities in Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties.
University of South Florida College of Public Health researcher Wei Wang, PhD, is a co-investigator and lead statistician on a recently funded grant from the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI). He will evaluate the effectiveness of the Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) treatment program with Kathleen Ferreira, PhD and Sharon […]
Dr. Daniel Mendoza of EOH received an internal funding from the Sunshine ERC for a pilot project titled ”Qualifying Variations in Exposure to PM10 and NOx for Road Construction Workers”.
From left, Dr. Tom Massey, Dr. Julie Baldwin, Dr. Bruce Lubotsky Levin, and Donna Burton USF graduate students and community professionals will gain stronger research skills for addressing drug abuse and other behavioral health problems in children and adolescents with the help of a $1.72 million grant from the National […]
Stephanie Marhefka, PhD is one of four recipients of the first annual Research that Matters Faculty Grant, sponsored by the USF Office of Community Engagement. Her research project is titled “Assessing potential barriers and facilitators to establishing community-based videoconferencing HIV intervention stations throughout Florida.” Dr. Marhefka is an assistant professor […]
The Florida Covering Kids & Families (FL-CKF) Program at the Lawton Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies, was awarded a two-year, $1 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on August 18th, 2011. This proposal entitled Increasing CHIP and Medicaid Enrollment Through a School-Based Systemic Approach aims to maximize existing opportunities and structures currently in place with the statewide FL-CKF Coalition and its network of regional collaborative partnerships to increase enrollment and retention in the Florida KidCare Program, which includes […]
Dr. Dennis Kyle (Global Health) and Dr. Roman Manetsch (Chemistry) have been awarded a new multiple PI five year R01 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The project entitled “Validation of New Antimalarial Leads” was awarded under the RFA for NIAID Partnerships with Product Development Public-Private Partnerships. The total award of $6.2 M has been made to a consortium including PIs Kyle and Manetsch at USF, Dr David Waterson at the Medicines for Malaria Venture (Geneva, Switzerland), Dr. Kip Guy at St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, […]
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