Recently Funded Dissertation Grants

Fiscal Years 2006, 2007, & 2008

Principal Investigator	Grant Number	Institution	Title	Status
Allen, Norrina	R03 HS16959	Yale University	Geographic Patterns in Recurrent Stroke Rates by Gender and Race	Anticipated Completion 2/2009
Bellebaum, Katherine	R03 HS17381	Ohio State University	The Relationship between Nurses Work Hours, Fatigue, and Medication Administration	Anticipated Completion 9/2008
Chen, Wendy	R36 HS15580	University of North Carolina	State Community Benefit Laws and Hospital Response	Successfully Completed 1/2007
Cleo, Richard	R36 HS16826	University of Texas Health Science Center	Living with Arerio-venus Fistula for Hemodialysis	Anticipated Completion 5/2008
Conwell, Leslie J.	R36 HS16219	Johns Hopkins University	Association Between Quality of Care for Diabetes and Medically Complex Conditions	Successfully Completed 5/2007
Elbel, Brian D.	R36 HS16345	Yale University	Choice Sets and Consumer Selection of Health Plans	Successfully Completed 8/2007
Fix, Gemmae M.	R36 HS16063	SUNY Buffalo	When the Patient Goes Home: Understanding Recovery from Heart Surgery	Successfully Completed 6/2008
Flynn, Kathryn E.	R36 HS15544	University of Wisconsin	Health Care Decision Making in Older Adults	Successfully Completed 8/2005
Frasso-Jaramillo, Rosemary	R36 HS17471	University of Pennsylvania	Low Maternal Health Literacy: An Obstacle to Pediatric Health Care Utilization	Anticipated Completion 1/2009
Ganesh, Chandrakala	R36 HS16331	Pennsylvania State University	Diffusion of Prescription Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease Among Older Adults	Successfully Completed 5/2008
Golberstein, Ezra	R36 HS17379	University of Michigan	Essays on Long-term Care Dynamics	Anticipated Completion 9/2008
Gurses, Ayse Pinar	R03 HS14517	University of Wisconsin	ICU Nursing Workload Causes and Consequences	Successfully Completed 5/2005
Hanmer, Jane	R36 HS16574	University of Wisconsin	Health Utility Estimates and Co-Occurring Conditions	Successfully Completed 12/2007
Herald, Larry	R36 HS17739	University of Michigan	Integration, Service Diversity, and Preventable Hospitalization	Anticipated Completion 9/2009
High, Patrick M.	R36 HS16583	Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine	HIV Risk Assessment Practices of Primary Care Providers: A National Survey	Successfully Completed 7/2007
Holland, Margaret	R36 HS17737	University of Rochester	Mechanisms Linking Child Health Care Use and Maternal Depression	Anticipated Completion 2/2010
Hooper, Vallire	R36 HS17386	Medical College of Georgia	The Relationship of Type of Healthcare Provider to Clinical Practice Guideline Ad	Anticipated Completion 9/2007
Jegier, Briana	R36 HS16012	St. Louis University	The Economics of Mother's Milk Feedings in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit	Successfully Completed 6/2007
Jones, James B.	R36 HS16228	Johns Hopkins University	Evaluation of an Electronic Patient Portal for Chronically Ill Patients	Successfully Completed 12/2006
Kash, Bita A	R36 HS16229	TAMUS College Station, Texas	Nursing Homes: Measuring Care Orientation and Quality	Successfully Completed 12/2006
Keuffel, Eric	R36 HS169351	University of Pennsylvania	The Economics of Physical Activity	Anticipated Completion 9/2008
Kietzman, Kathryn	R36 HS16572	University of California, Los Angeles	Motivation To Assume a Paid Family Caregiver Role and Correlates to Well-Being	Anticipated Completion 10/2008
Kruse, Gregory B	R03 HS17481	University of Pennsylvania	The Effects of Formularies and Pharmaceutical Promotion on Physicians' Prescribing	Anticipated Completion 1/2009
Leach, Corinne R.	R36 HS16347	University of Kentucky	The Development of Cancer Beliefs in Older Rural Appalachian Women	Successfully Completed 11/2007
Lemus, Frank	R36 HS16381	University of Texas Medical Branch	Community Correlates of Pneumonia Hospitalization and Mortality	Successfully Completed 8/2007
Lynch, Sean	R36 HS17749	University of California, Los Angeles	Translating Cultures of Care: Integrating Behavioral Health Services in Pediatrics	Anticipated Completion 6/2009
McDermott, Kelly	R36 HS17557	University of Washington	Do Guidelines Represent Quality Care for Patients Ineligible for Clinical Trials?	Anticipated Completion 11/2009
McMorrow, Stacey	R36 HS17384	University of Pennsylvania	The Impact of Local Uninsurance Rates on Quality of Care for Medicare Beneficiary	Anticipated Completion 6/2009
Moloney, Kevin P	R36 HS15682	Georgia Tech	HCI Evaluation of Medication Use HITs in Pediatric Care	Successfully Completed
Newman, Susan	R36 HS16941	Medical University of South Carolina	Community Integration after Spinal Cord Injury: Using Photovoice to Identify Barriers	Anticipated Completion 5/2008
Nicholas, Lauren	R36 HS16836	Columbia University	Medicare Advantage?	Anticipated Completion 9/2008
Nicholson, Lisa M.	R36 HS16568	Ohio State University	Racial and Ethnic Variation in Adolescent Obesity: A Multilevel Study of Neighbor	Anticipated Completion 11/2007
Novak, Jennifer	R36 HS17531	Rand Corporation	Methods To Differentiate Non-Citizen Immigrants & Analysis of Health Insurance	Anticipated Completion 9/2009
Phillips, Laura L.	R36 HS16218	University of Alabama	Aged Prisoner Treatment Selection: APT (dissertation)	Anticipated Completion 12/2006
Reich, Leah	R36 HS17860	University of California, Irvine	Dissertation Research: The Physician Experience of EHR System Implementation	Anticipated Completion 9/2009
Ryvicker, Miriam	R36 HS16207	New York University	Organizational Culture and Quality of Life in Nursing Homes : A Qualitative Study	Successfully Completed 4/2007
Samia, Linda	R36 HS16224	University of Massachusetts	The Work Environment and Job-related Stress among Home Healthcare Nurses	Successfully Completed 11/2006
Sandler, Melinda	R36 HS17375	University of Maryland	The Effects of Maternal Labor Supply on Child Health	Successfully Completed 9/2008
Schussler-Fiorenza, Chris	R03 HS17028	University of Wisconsin	Improving Women's Health by Using an Electronic Pelvic Floor Questionnaire	Anticipated Completion 8/2009
Shelton, Emily	R36 HS16939	University of Michigan	Payment Systems, Market Factors and Long-term Care Hospitals	Anticipated Completion 7/2008
Smith, Laura	R36 HS17382	Brown University	Home Health Agency Quality: Profit Orientation, Competition and Rehospitalization	Anticipated Completion 9/2008
Stellefson, Michael	R36 HS17387	Texas A&M University	Efficacy of DVD Technology in COPD Self-Management Education of Rural Patients	Successfully Completed 10/2008
Vila-Parrish, Ana	R36 HS17756	North Carolina State University	Improving Patient Outcomes by Dynamic Inventory Management of Drugs Within Hospital	Anticipated Completion 8/2009
Waddimba, Anthony	R36 HS16832	Boston University Medical Campus	Provider Attitudes and Performance: Responses to Pay-for-Quality Incentives	Anticipated Completion 9/2008
Yoon, Jean	R36 HS16815	University of California Los Angeles	Adherence to Prescription Drugs and Adverse Health Events	Anticipated Completion 7/2008
Ziegenfuss, Jeanette	R36 HS16565	University of Minnesota	Encouraging Eligible Children's Participation in Public Health Insurance	Anticipated Completion 5/2008
Ziller, Erica	R36 HS17389	University of Southern Maine	Impact of Health Declines on the Financial Well-Being of Families	Anticipated Completion 6/2009

Reflects dissertation grants funded through 9/30/2008.

Current as of November 2008

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Internet Citation:

AHRQ Funded Dissertation Grants. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. November 2008. http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/disgrants.htm

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