Dr. Christopher Kepley (Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering) received new funding from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine/Prime: National Institutes of Health for the project “A Role for Glycolipids and Unconventional T Cell Subsets in Alpha-Gal Allergy.” The overall goal of this application is to determine if glycolipid and unconventional… Continue reading…
Dr. Kenneth Gruber (Center for Housing and Community Studies) received new funding from the Cone Health Foundation for the project “Access to Integrated Care by the Uninsured in Greater Greensboro.” The project will involve the following evaluation activities: New Patient Enrollment & Patient Outcome TrackingAssemble a set of service data… Continue reading…
Dr. Melissa Floyd-Pickard (Social Work) received new funding from Guilford County Department of Public Health for the project “2019 GC DPH Post-Overdose Response Team Staffing Sustainment Funding.” The Local Health Department Grant: Rapid Response to Opioid Overdose project seeks to enhance services in responding to opioid overdose through a model… Continue reading…
Dr. Jeremy Bray (Economics) received new funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for the project “Alcohol consumption and related comorbid conditions: health state utilities for economic evaluation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.” The COVID-19 pandemic has created a social and health environment that is… Continue reading…
Dr. Kara Baldwin (Office of TRiO Programs) received new funding from the U.S. Department of Education for the project “Student Support Services STEM-H Program.” The SSS-STEM Health Sciences (STEM-H) program will identify and provide academic support to 120 undergraduate students who are first-generation, low-income, and/or have a disability, and are… Continue reading…
Dr. Stephen Sills (Center for Housing and Community Studies) received new funding from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation for the project “CHCS Cottage Gardens Resource Center – Afterschool Reading Enrichment Program.” Dr. Kenneth Gruber is co-principal investigator on the project. The low socio-economic status in the Cottage Grove neighborhood has… Continue reading…
Dr. Seth Armah (Nutrition) received new funding from Wake forest University for the project “Effect of almond consumption on iron regulation in a mouse model of aging.” Dr. Steven Fordahl is co-principal investigator on the project. Intellectual merit: Anemia, a condition marked by inadequate healthy red blood cells (RBCs), affects… Continue reading…
Dr. Ryoko Yamaguchi (Office of Research and Engagement) received new funding from the National Science Foundation for the project “BRIGHT-CS PD: Building Student Retention through Individuated Guided coHort Training in Computer Science Professional Development Research-Practitioner Partnership.” BRIGHT-CS PD (Building Student Retention through Individuated Guided coHort Training in Computer Science Professional… Continue reading…
Dr. Sharon Morrison (Public Health Education) received new funding from the Black Child Development Institute of Greensboro, Inc., for the project “Covid-19 Community Health Outreach and Education.” BCDI-G will be working in collaboration with Dr. Sharon Morrison, professor in the Public Health Department at UNCG, whose work for decades has… Continue reading…
Dr. Diya Abdo (Center for New North Carolinians) received new funding from the North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service for the project “AmeriCorps ACCESS Project.” Khouan Rodriguez and Cynthia Mejia are co-principal investigators on the project. The purpose of this project is to help immigrants and refugees gain… Continue reading…
