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Research Initiatives

School of Health and Applied Human Sciences

A table showing of research initiative projects of the school of health and applied human sciences.
Principal Investigator(s) Project Title Sponsor Amount
Candace Ashton-Forrester, PhD. Program Coordinator & Professor, SHAHS, Recreation Therapy Project SOAR Department of Veteran Affairs $60,000
Sue Combs, PhD. Program Coordinator & Professor, SHAHS, Healthful Living and Fitness Education Innovative strategies for high impact practices: Access, success, and the CAA student-athlete Colonial Academic Alliance $5,500
James Herstine, PhD. Program Coordinator & Professor, SHAHS, Recreation, Sport Leadership & Tourism Management Understanding access and visitor use on North Carolina's Coastal Reserve System North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (NCDENR) $55,612
Laura Morris, EdD. Assistant Professor, SHAHS, Recreation, Sport Leadership & Tourism Management Multi-institutional assessment of the relationship between campus recreation participation and psychological well-being (happiness) National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association $2,000
Justine Reel, PhD. Associate Dean for Research and Innovation & Professor, SHAHS and Jennifer McCall, PhD. Assistant Professor, SON, Clinical Research STTR: Development of user-friendly fluorescence based assays for marine toxins NIH National institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) $355,321
Justine Reel, PhD. Associate Dean for Research and Innovation & Professor, SHAHS

Leah Mayo, Center for Healthy Communities Coordinator
Regional Public Health Training Centers (PHTC) Program Community-Based Training Partnership Emory University $25,000
Eric Richardson, PhD.& Assistant Professor, SHAHS, Public Health Deciphering competency assessment in online courses: Individualized-student experience, assessment, and development plan integration Academic Partnership Grant $4,500
Kerry Whipple, PhD. Associate Professor, SHAHS, Public Health Tobacco free UNCW American Cancer Society $20,000
Kerry Whipple, PhD. Associate Professor, SHAHS, Public Health

Jorge Figueroa, PhD. Lecturer, SHAHS, Public Health.

Lenis Chen-Edinboro, PhD. Assistant Professor, SHAHS, Public Health
Public Health Sessions at Camp Lejeune DOD USMC Camp Lejeune $4,450

School of Nursing

A table showing of research initiative projects of the school of nursing.
Principal Investigator(s) Project Title Sponsor Amount
Julie Hinkle, PhD. Assistant Professor, SON Adapting an online Pathophysiology course to increase student engagement Academic Partnership Grant $11,000
Julie Hinkle, PhD. Assistant Professor, SON

Chris Lantz, EdD. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & SHAHS

Mark Forbes. Student Success Center Advisor
Fostering belonging and institutional affinity in the adult on-line learner Academic Partnership Grant $7,797
Debra Hrelic, PhD, RNC. RN-BSN Program Coordinator & Assistant Professor, SON Knowledge of environmental and global health concerns and the impact if any on RN-BSN students Academic Partnership Grant $5,000
Barbara Lutz, PhD. McNeill Distinguished Professor, SON Early supported discharge for improving functional outcomes after stroke: A pragmatic trial Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) $132,692
Barbara Lutz, PhD. McNeill Distinguished Professor, SON Implementation of an evidence-based chronic disease care model: Identifying individual, organizational, and community facilitators Wake Forest Baptists Medical Center Clinical and Translational Science Institute $15,665
April Matthias, PhD. Associate Professor, SON Early 20th century correspondence courses in nursing: Questionable or quality education? American Association for the History of Nursing $3,240
April Matthias, PhD. Associate Professor, SON Early 20th century correspondence courses in nursing: Questionable or quality education? Karyn and Terrance Holm Visiting Scholar Award-UIC College of Nursing $1,500
Jennifer McCall, PhD. Assistant Professor, SON, Clinical Research Partnership for workforce development in the Biopharmaceutical industry Department of Commerce $282,939
Penny Sauer, PhD. Assistant Professor, SON Workplace violence in nursing The Foundation of the National Student Nursing Association $2,500
Stephanie Smith, PhD. Assistant Professor, SON Building a research partnership with federally qualified community heath centers to address chronic conditions in vulnerable populations Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) $46,602
Stephanie Turrise, PhD. Assistant Professor, SON

Elise Thompson, PhD. Assistant Professor, SON

Martha Hepler, Lecturer, SON
The effect of virtual simulation on critical thinking and student satisfaction with learning in accelerated online RN-BSN students Academic Partnership Grant $7,618
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