2012

• Experience of Recovery from a Mental Illness
  • Nancy Hanrahan, PhD; Phyllis Solomon, PhD; Matthew McHugh, PhD, JD, MPH
  • In collaboration with Penn School of Nursing, School of Social Policy and Practice

  Community-Driven Research Day Grants:

• Youth Court: Does Participation Enhance School Attendance, Connectedness, and Behavior?
  • Keith Bailey; Julie Becker, PHD, MPH; Joel Fein, MD, MPH
  • In collaboration with The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility

2011

• Linking Metropolitan Agriculture to Healthful Food Relief
  • Domenic Vitiello, PhD, JA Grisso, MD MSc, Steveanna Wynn, Michael Nairn
  • In collaboration with Penn (School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Design), and the SHARE Fod Program
• Evaluation of a Novel Nonprofit Supermarket in Chester, PA
  • Amy Hillier, MSW PhD, Marina Barnett, MSW DSW, Latifah Griffin, Nicole Thomas, MBA
  • In collaboration with Penn (School of Medicine, School of Design), and Philabundance
• Increasing Activity in the Community: Dance for Health
  • Terri H. Lipman, PhD CRNP FAAN, Carolyn C. Cannuscio, ScD, Gillian Bazelon, PhD, Joseph R. Libonati, PhD, Alexandra L Hanlon, PhD
  • In collaboration with Penn (School of Medicine, School of Nursing), and the The Dr. Bernett L. Johnson Jr. Sayre Health Center

  Community-Driven Research Day Grants:

• The Contribution of the Built Environment & Social Interventions to Reduce Violence and Enhance Health in Low Income At-Risk Urban Families
  • Terry Guerra, MS; Terry Richmond, PhD CRNP FAAN
  • In collaboration with AchieveAbility
• Money Power Respect
  • Shelah Harper, MBA; Anne Teitelman, PhD CRNP FAANP; Susan Sorenson, PhD; Ellen Volpe, PhD MSN
  • In collaboration with the Asia Adams Foundation

2010

• Public Opinion about Paying People to Quit Smoking
  • David Asch, MD MBA; James Park, MD, MPH
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Wharton School of Business
• The Role of a University/School Partnership and Undergraduate Student Support in Developing an Effective Recess Program
  • Matthew Hartley, EdD; Caroline Watts, EdD; Stella Volpe, PhD; Mary Summers, MA, MS; Stephen Leff, PhD; Sigal Ben-Porath, PhD
  • Graduate School of Education, School of Nursing, School of Arts and Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Unmet Needs of Asian and Pacific Islander Cancer Survivors
  • Giang Nguyen, MD, MPH, MSCE; Frances K. Barg, PhD; Mai-Nhung Le, DrPH, MPH; Roxanna Bautista, MPH, CHES; Fidelia Butt, MD
  • In collaboration with Penn (School of Medicine, School of Arts and Sciences), and the Asian & Pacific Islander National Cancer Survivors Network

2009

• Developing Adolescent RADAR to Screen for Adolescent Dating Violence
  • Joel Fein, MD, MPH; Peter Cronholm, MD, MSCE; Christine M Forke, MSN, CRNP; JA Grisso, MD, MSc
  • In collaboration with Penn (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the School of Medicine), and the Institute for Safe Families
• The PREVENT Project
  • Peter F Cronholm, MD MSCE; Frances Barg, PhD; Christine M Forke, MSN RN CRNP; Jeffrey Draine, PhD
  • In collaboration with Penn (SAS, SOM, SP2, CHOP, Advanced Center for Interventions and Services Research, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research), Neighborhood Youth Achievement Program (NYAP); Congreso de Latinos Unidos; Institute for Safe Families; Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR); the Philadelphia Dept of Human Services; the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Community Services Fatherhood Initiative; PDPH (Division of Maternal, Child, and Family Health); WHYY (learning lab)
• Innovative Methods to Evaluate Impacts of Urban Community Gardens
  • Domenic Vitiello, PhD MCP; JA Grisso, MD MSc
  • In collaboration with Penn (Design, SOM, SON), Isles, and the Camden City Garden Club
• The Use of Mobile Telemedicine for Remote Diagnosis in HIV Infected Patients in Botswana
  • Carrie Kovarik, MD; Rahat Azfar, MD; Doreen Ramogola-Masire MD; Martin S. Greenberg DDS; Joel Gelfand MD MSCE; Gordana Cavric, MD PhD; Ann Steiner, MD; Zsofia Szep MD; Sarah Ratcliffe PhD; Leslie Castelo-Soccio MD PhD; Robert Lee MD PhD; Rachel Gormley, MSIV; Ivy Lee Keltner, MD; Jennifer Wienberg MSIV; Kelly Quinley MSI
  • In collaboration with Penn (CCEB, Dental, SOM, Botswana-UPenn Partnership), Philadelphia VA, Princess Marina Hospital, 14 community clinics and district hospitals in Botswana
• A pilot study of substance abuse, trafficking, and everyday violence as the downstream products of political violence and civil war
  • Frances Barg, PhD; Philippe Bourgois, PhD; Charles Branas, PhD
  • In collaboration with Penn (SAS, SOM, Cartographic Modeling Lab, IUR, LDI, Firearm and Injury Center) and Universidad Francisco Morroquin

2008

• Barriers to Health and Education for the Children of Women with Low Literacy
  • I. Bennett, MD, PhD; S. Wortham, PhD; V. Gladsden, PhD
  • In collaboration with Penn (School of Medicine and Graduate School of Education), The Center for Literacy, Acción Comunal Latinoamericana de Montgomery County and The Maternity Care Coalition
  • Visit the SNAPPS guide, a project funded in part by this grant to help families in the Norristown area get their children into quality preschool and pediatric services
• Evaluating Access to Healthy Foods for Women, Infants and Children
  • A Hillier, PhD; J. McLauglin, MS, RD; M. Chilton, PhD; C. Cannuscio, ScD; A. Karpyn, PhD; L. Kilby, MS, RD, LDN; K. Gross, MPH
  • In collaboration with Penn (School of Design and School of Medicine), Drexel University School of Public Health, the Food Trust and N.O.R.T.H