The Ohio State University College of Nursing enters top 15 nationally in NIH grant funding

Jodi Ford, PhD, RN, and Rita Pickler, PhD, RN, FAAN, (PIs) received a $1.1 million, three-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research (NIH/NINR) for their study, “Childhood Adversity, Biopsychosocial Pathways and Telomere Length in Adolescence.” The approach will identify sub-groups of adverse events across childhood and adolescence that increase adolescents’ risk for shorter telomere length as well as the extent to which biological and psychological stress pathways explain these relationships. The findings will inform the development of interventions targeted to specific exposure patterns.

A $2.8 million R01 grant was awarded to Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH/NICHD) to support her study on NICU nursing care enhancement. Tubbs Cooley and her team hope to gain a better understanding of NICU nurse workloads in order to promote the best quality of care and safety for their patients.

Janna Stephens, PhD, RN received a four-year, $1.6 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NIH/NINR) for her study entitled “Reducing Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Black Young Adults.” This study will focus on developing strategies to assist African American community college students in improving their health habits to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease later on in life.

Timiya S. Nolan, PhD, APRN-CNP, ANP-BC received a R03 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI) to accompany a K08 career development grant to improve quality of life in young African American breast cancer survivors. In the R03 study, Nolan and her team will recruit and randomize 40 young African American breast cancer survivors who have completed primary breast cancer treatment to an intervention group. This population is targeted given their general report of poorer quality of life and more negative social determinants of health (e.g., low socioeconomic status, limited access to care, discrimination) than young White survivors.

Lorraine Mion, PhD, RN, FAAN, along with her Co-PI from Vanderbilt University, Nilanjan Sarkar, PhD and their team, received a five-year, $3.13 million grant provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA) to develop socially-assistive robots in extended care facilities to encourage interaction among older adults, especially those with dementia.