Current Funding

Robert Atkins, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor

  • Adolescents as Health Agents and Consumers, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $350,000.00, September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2011 .

Claudia Beckmann, PhD, RN, Associate Professor

  • Principal Investigator: The Impact of Pregnancy on Peak Flow Values in Women with Asthma; Sigma Theta Tau International, $5000; 2002-04.
  • Principal Investigator: The Impact of Pregnancy on Asthma; Rutgers College of Nursing Office of Research Award, $5000; 2004-05.

Barbara Cannella, PhD, RNC, Clinical AssocateProfessor

  • Principal Investigator: Correlates of Positive Health Practices in Postpartum Women and their Newborn Infants; Rutgers, College of Nursing/Deans Acct. Clinical Track Faculty Award, $3,000; 2004-05

Karen D'Alonzo, PhD, RN, APNC, Assistant Professor

  • Principal Investigator, Summer Research Development Program. Revision of the Hispanic Stress Inventory and the Latina Values Scale Revised for use among Mexican immigrants. Office of Research and Grants, College of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. 7/08 $4,367.
  • Principal Investigator, Summer Research Development Program. A longitudinal investigation of the influence of acculturation on physical activity patterns of immigrant Hispanic women. Office of Research and Grants, College of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. 7/07 $5,167.
  • Principal Investigator, Mentored Research Scientist Development Award No. 1K01NR009381-01A2. Effects of a promotora-mediated physical activity intervention for Latinas. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research. 9/18/06- 7/31/09, $274,104.
  • Principal Investigator, Summer Research Development Program. The influence of marianismo beliefs on physical activity of mid-life immigrant Latinas: A photovoice exploration. Office of Research and Grants, College of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. 7/06. $6411.
  • Principal Investigator, Summer Research Development Program. Pilot testing of field methods to assess aerobic fitness and body composition. Office of Research and Grants, College of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. 7/05. $6608.50.
  • Principal Investigator, Faculty Research Award. An investigation of factors contributing to exercise adherence among Black and Hispanic college-age women. Office of Research and Grants, College of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. 3/03. $5000.
  • Principal Investigator, Research Award. An investigation of factors contributing to exercise adherence among Black and Hispanic college-age women. Sigma Theta Tau International, Alpha Tau Chapter. 7/03. $1000.

Geri Dickson, PhD, RN, Executive Director, NJ Collaborating Center for Nursing

  • Project Director: New Jersey Colleagues in Caring; NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, $100,000; 2003-04.
  • Project Director: The New Jersey Office for Nursing Workforce Development; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $712,213; 2003-04.
  • Co-Investigator: Survey of Actively Licensed New Jersey RNs/LPNs; New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, $345,000; 2004-05.
  • Principal Investigator: Planning Grant to Host the Annual Meeting of the National Forum for State Nursing Workforce Centers in New Jersey; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $49,998; 2005-06.

Lucille Sanzero Eller, PhD, RN, Associate Professor

  • Principal investigator: Intervention to enhance quality of life in men with PCa: Development and testing. DHHS-PHS-NIH-NCI. 1R21CA114547-01A2. (Elise Lev, Ed.D., R.N., co-principal investigator). 02/01/2007-1/31/2009, $339,650.
  • Principal investigator: NY/NJ AIDS Education Training Center Project. DHHS, PHS, HRSA (subcontract from Columbia University School of Public Health). 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009, $49,000.

Linda Flynn, PhD, RN, BC, Assistant Professor and Director of Research, NJ Collaborating Center for Nursing

  • Flynn, L. Principal Investigator. Research Award. A Multifaceted Approach to Reducing Medication Errors. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation INQRI Program Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative). 6/1/07 – 5/31/09. $308,254.
  • Flynn, L. Principal Investigator. Research award. Impact of Nurse Staffing and Work Environment on Outcomes in New Jersey. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 7/1/05 – 6/31/08. $356,955.
  • Flynn, L. Principal Investigator, Research Award. Supplemental: Impact of Nurse Staffing and Work Environment on Outcomes in New Jersey. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 4/1/06 – 3/31/09. $49,911.
  • Thomas-Hawkins, C., & Flynn, L. Principal Investigator, Research Award. Dual Principal Investigators. Research Award. The Work Environment and Nurse-reported Outcomes in Dialysis Centers. The American Nephrology Nurses Association. 7/1/06 – 6/31/07. $75,000.

Rachel Jones, PhD, RN, AssociateProfessor

  • Principal Investigator: Reducing Urban Women’s HIV Risk: Soap Opera Videos on Video-Capable Cell Phones. RO1 funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research 12/2008 to 2012
  • Principal Investigator: Reducing Young Urban Women’s HIV Risk: Soap Opera Videos on Video-Capable Cell Phones. Awarded by the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey 4/08-4/09; $154,400
  • Principal Investigator: A DAA to Assess Urban Women's HIV Sexual Risk Behavior, (1G08LM08349-01A1) $397,779; 2005-08, No cost extension to 12/30/09
  • Principal Investigator: Urban Women and HIV Risk: A Confirmatory Analysis of the Sexual Pressure Scale, and Evaluation of a Computer Based Assessment of HIV Risk; Rutgers University, Busch Biomedical Research Program Award, $20,000; 2004-06.
  • Principal Investigator: Changing Women's HIV Risk: Videos on Hand Held Computers; NIH, NINR, (1 R03 NR009349-01) $155,500; 2004-06.
  • Principal Investigator: Development of a Model of Sexual Pressure, Dyadic, Trust, and HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors in Young, Urban Women with Male Partners; Rutgers University, Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies $750; 2003-04.
  • Summer Research Support Award; Rutgers College of Nursing Dean's Fund; 2002, 2003, 2004.

Felissa R. Lashley, PhD, RN, ACRN, FAAN, FACMG, Professor Emeritus

  • Project Director: Rutgers College of Nursing: Improving Health Care Through Nursing; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $519,657; 2000-04.
  • Project Director: New Jersey Consortium for Health Professional Bioterrorism Preparedness Training; DHHS, PHS, HRSA (subcontract), $640,232; 2003-05.
  • Principal Investigator: prospective Study of Quality of Life of Men Receiving Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer; NJ Comm. On Cancer Research, $49,143; 2003-04.
  • Principal Investigator: CentraState HS Nursing Affiliation Agreement, Robert Wood Johnson Health Network, $20,000; 2003-04.
  • Principal Investigator: CentraState HS Nursing Affiliation Agreement-Robert Wood Johnson Health Network; CentraState Health System, $80,000; 2003-04.
  • Principal Investigator: Bayshore CHS Nursing Affliation Agreement- Robert Wood Johns Health; Bayshore Community Health Services, $50,000; 2004-05.

Elise Lev, EdD, RN, CS, Associate Professor

  • Principal Investigator: Prospective Study of Quality of Life of Men Receiving Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer; NJ Comm. On Cancer Research, $49,143; 2003-04.

Ganga Mahat, EdD, RNBC, Clinical Associate Professor

  • Mahat, G. HIV Peer education intervention. 2008. Rutgers University, College of Nursing, Summer Research Grant. Amount awarded $1,100.00.
  • Principal Investigator: Nepalese Adolescents' Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes of HIV/AIDS; Rutgers University, College of Nursing Dean's Clinical Track Faculty Award, $3000; 2003-04.

Jeanne Ruggiero, PhD, RN, CNS,C, Assistant Professor

  • Principal Investigator: Performance, Sleep, and Depressed Mood in Female Shiftworkers; Rutgers University, Busch Biomedical Research Program Award, $19,666; 2003-05.
  • Summer Research Support Award; Rutgers College of Nursing Dean's Fund; 2004, 2005.

Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, PhD, RN, Associate Professor

  • National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH (RO3) 1-RO3NR010148-01. A theory-based physical activity pilot intervention for elder with end-stage renal disease(ESRD) 09/01/06-08/31/07 (PI) $154,000
  • American Nephrology Nurses’ Association. The dialysis work environment and nurse-reported outcomes. 07/01/06-07/15/07. (PI) $75,000
  • Center for the Study of Health Beliefs and Behaviors, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Pilot Grant. Development and Testing of a Physical Activity Modeling Video for Elders with ESRD 09/01/05 – 07/31/07 (PI) $15,000
  • Project Director: Bridges to the Doctorate; NIH/NIGMS (1R25GM063972-01), $535,902; 2001-04.
  • Principal Investigator: Illness Representation in Elders with ESRD; NIH/NINR (1K01NR007670-01A1), $261,188; 2002-05.

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