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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 Nursings), and the The Dr. Bernett L. Johnson Jr. Sayre Health Center

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 and 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 and 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