Selected Grants
Duke Primary Care Transformation Fellowship Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Director · Awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration · 2018 - 2024Amigas Latina Motivando el Alma (ALMA); An intervention to address mental health disparites in Latina Immigants
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Washington · 2017 - 2022CTSA UL
ResearchCommunity Liason · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2012Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Entrepreneur Leadership Program ·
January 2024
- September 2024
Director ·
Awarded by: Johnson & Johnson
· $264,000.00
Awareness of Rare Cancers: Hearing and Engaging Rural Communities ·
2023
- 2024
Co-I ·
Awarded by: Duke Cancer Institute
· $50,000.00
Creating Community-Engaged, Patient-Centered Health Care Pathways in Vietnam ·
2021
- 2022
PI ·
Awarded by: Duke Global Health Institute
· $5,000.00
Conduct formative exploratory research in Hanoi and Saigon, Vietnam, via informal key informant interviews, to plan future targeted needs assessment study with community members (current or potential patients of Vietnam’s health systems) to explore in-depth core Patient-Centered Care principles (https://www.oneviewhealthcare.com/the-eight-principles-of-patient-centered-care/) that can be addressed by local health systems/hospitals to facilitate improved PCC and to encourage patients to seek care and treatment locally.
Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program ·
June 2020
- May 2021
Program Director/PI ·
Awarded by: Johnson & Johnson Foundation
· $500,000.00
Redesign, implement and evaluate a leadership training program for advanced practice nurses and their interprofessional health care team members with experience and commitment to community and population health improvement to gain the leadership and management skills necessary to advocate for and direct nurse-led health initiatives in diverse practice setting with a special focus on vulnerable populations.
Assessing Awareness and Knowledge of Inflammatory Breast Cancer Among Primary Care Providers ·
July 2019
- January 2021
Co-PI ·
Awarded by: SOM Core Facility Voucher
· $9,440.00
Explore knowledge of clinical signs and practices of Primary Care Providers (PCP) related to diagnosis and treatment of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Work with the Duke Cancer Institute Behavioral Health and Survey Research (BHSR) core to understand PCP knowledge gap and barriers to diagnosis as an important first step in the process. The second step in the process is to conduct a survey of PCPs in North Carolina to assess information needs across the region.
Duke Outpatient Clinic -Trauma, Depression and Substance Abuse Screening and Treatment Project ·
April 2016
- December 2018
Evaluator ·
Awarded by: Northern Piedmont Community Care
· $290,000.00
Piloted an practice redesigned initiative which ensured that all adult consumers seen at the Duke Outpatient Clinic (DOC) received additional standardized depression, anxiety, chronic trauma and substance abuse screenings if they scored positive on an initial brief universal depression screen established as a standard of care for this clinic. All those with positive screens on any of the follow up mental health evaluation tools were referred to a clinic-based behavioral health specialists, and all team based care providers worked together to coordinate behavioral health integration activities at the DOC.
Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program ·
June 2012
- May 2020
Program Director/PI ·
Awarded by: Johnson & Johnson Foundation
· $4,647,975.00
Developed, piloted, evaluated, sustained and expanded a national leadership development training program for advanced practice nurses with experience and commitment to community health and primary care to gain the leadership and management skills necessary to advocate for and direct nurse-led health practices in community setting, with a special focus on underserved populations.
My Medical Home ·
July 2008
- June 2012
Evaluator ·
Awarded by: The Duke Endowment
· $1,000,000.00
Developed and field tested a pilot for a mix of Medicaid patients and Duke-insured patients, to determine the efficacy and cost of a patient-driven chronic disease service that is integrated with, and builds on, the patient-provider relationship.
External Relationships
- Johnson & Johnson
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