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Marie Bakitas, D.N.Sc.

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iHEAL : Improving HEalth Across the Lifespan

National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
Co-Is: Frank Puga, Ph.D., Pariya Wheeler, Ph.D.
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Ryan Coute, D.O.

Funded Projects

Adapting a Telecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Protocol to Improve Bystander Engagement in the Deep South

American Heart Association
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Improving Community-level Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Underserved Populations

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
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Shena Gazaway, Ph.D.

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An Optimization Trial of a Stakeholder-Enhanced Intervention to Improve the Decisional Partnership of Chronic Kidney Disease Dyads Using the Multiphase Optimization strategy: Project ImPart.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
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Chao-Hui Sylvia Huang, Ph.D.

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Psychosocial Oncology Training Academy

Women's Breast Health Fund
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Emily Johnston, M.D.

Funded Projects

Quality of End-of-Life Care for Children with Cancer: Can We Measure It Across Diverse Populations

American Cancer Society, Inc.

Video Inspired Discussions about Ethical Outcomes in Pediatrics (VIDEO-PEDS)

Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic

Exploring the Feasibility, Validity, and Reliability of the Collection of End-of-Life Quality Measure Data in Children with Serious Illness

Seattle Children's Hospital

Children with Cancer and COVID-19: Critical Data and Clinical Guidelines

St. Baldrick's Foundation
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James Nicholas Odom, Ph.D.

Funded Projects

Accelerating Development of Cancer Family Caregiver Support

National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
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Rachel Skains, M.D.

Funded Projects

Growing the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR 1.1) Network - Expanding and Sustaining an Emergency Care Aging Study Infrastructure

New York University

Expansion of Telesitter Program into the Geriatric Emergency Department

The University of Alabama, Health Services Foundation
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Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research Standardization Study (GEARSS)

Yale University


Rachel Wells, Ph.D.

Funded Projects

Optimizing an Early Palliative Care Intervention for Advanced HF Patients

National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
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Ronit Elk, Ph.D.

Funded Projects

A Community-Developed, Culturally-Based PC Tele-Consult Program for African American and White Rural Southern Elders with a Life-limiting Illness

National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
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