PDIA - SWLDA Grants
  Cohorts I & II
 
   

 

Liz Arnold, Ph.D., MSW

2001, Principal Investigator, A Needs Assessment of Social Work in End of Life Care, grant to fund a national needs assessment of social work practice end-of-life care in education, training, & research. (Under review, Duke Institute for Improving Care at the End of Life)

2001, Principal Investigator, Social Work National Summit Conference Proposal, grant to fund a social work summit conference on end-of-life care that would be held at Duke University, Durham, NC.(Under review, Duke Institute for Improving  Care at the End of Life)

2001, Principal Investigator, ADE Project, grant to develop a case management/street  outreach intervention for women with HIV/AIDS involved in prostitution. (Under review, Foundation for the Carolinas)

 

 Joan Berzoff, Ph.D. 

2001, Principal Investigator, The Clinical Research Institute Grant, Smith College SSW, to support a Smith College SSW Doctoral student in evaluating the initial year of the End-of-Life Care Program. (Received,) 

2001, Principal Investigator, The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, Grant funds to support the Social Work Certificate Program in End-of-Life Care for the years 2001-2003. (Received,) 

 

Grace Christ , DSW and Susan Blacker, MSW 

2001, Co-principal Investigators, Provider Education Committee, Last Acts Campaign of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Develop a Planning meeting for a Consensus Conference (Received) 

2001, Co-Principal Investigators, Provider Education Committee, Last Acts Campaign of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Evaluate existing ELNEC and EPEC curriculum to develop a proposal for a  Social Work curriculum (Received)

 

 Grace Christ, DSW

2001, Recipient, NHPCO, 2001 Research Award for Exemplary Research in the area of Hospice and Palliative Care. (Received)

 Iris Cohen, MSW 

2001, Melbourne/Boston Exchange: Social Work in Bone Marrow Transplant and Palliative Care, sponsored as an international scholar to study social work practices in Melbourne, Australia for 1 month, (Received) 

 

Norma del Rio, MSW

2000, Principal Investigator, VanLoben Sels Foundation, to support ongoing work of Access to End of Life Care, a program to conduct educational outreach in underserved communities and to train Bay Area health care and social service providers in multicultural elements of end-of-life care.. 

2000, Principal Investigator, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, to support ongoing work of Access to End of Life Care 

2000, Principal Investigator, Friedman Family Fund, to support ongoing work of Access to End of Life Care. 

 

Jim Kerezstury, MSW, MBA 

2000-2002, Project Manager, RWJ Community-State Partnership Program (Received)           

2000, Project Manager, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, Grant to establish palliative care teams in six communities in West Virginia.(Received) 

2000, Project Manager, West Virginia Humanities Council, Grant to promote critical thinking on the part ofhealth care professionals and the public with regard to how the health care system in their community could better meet patient and family needs at the end of life, and to create a public that is more aware of the issues related to end-of-life care.(Received) 

2001, Project Manager, West Virginia Humanities Council, for three projects 1) Minority focus groups of primarily African Americans: 2) Short story interactive discussion groups; 3) Advance care planning speaker's bureau. (Received) 

2001-2002, Project Manager, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

2001, Project manager, Center to advance Palliative Care

Both grants will be used to establish a West Virginia Palliative Care Rural Network that will help hospitals, nursing homes, and home health care agencies throughout the state, with a focus on small rural institutions, to start or strengthen palliative care teams and/or committees. (Received) 

 

John F. Linder, MSW 

1999-2001, Co-Investigator, Promoting excellence in End-of-Life Care, Three projects: Prison hospices for women, Rural Outreach in Northern California, Simultaneous Care.  ( Received ) 

2001-2003, Principal Investigator, Simultaneous Care Collaboration, Provision of simultaneous disease-directed therapy and palliative care to participants in Phase I and II chemotherapy clinical trials using a nurse and social worker for home visits and care coordination. (to be submitted 6/2001 in collaboration with City of Hope, UCD and Johns Hopkins)

 

June Simmons, LCSW 

2000,  Co-Principal Investigator, Garfield Fund, Grant to collect and analyze data to compare quality of life and service utilization of those receiving the Kaiser Permanente Palliative Care Program to patients receiving traditional care. (Received) 

2000, Principal Investigator, Partners I Care Foundation, Grant to expand "I Count Too", support groups for children who have a parent or relative facing a terminal illness. (Received) 

2001, Evaluation Coordinator, UniHealth foundation and the Center for Humane and Ethical Care, Grant to coordinate the evaluation of a project centered on the problem of inappropriate transfers of frail elderly in nursing homes to emergency rooms and hospitals.(Received) 

2001, Principal Investigator, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Hispanic Bereavement: Development of latino specific bereavement support program in Pasadena, CA in conjunction with Hospice of Pasadena. (Under review) 

2001, Principal Investigator, Sisters of St. Joseph, Hispanic Bereavement: Development of latino specific bereavement support program in Pasadena, CA in conjunction with Hospice of Pasadena. (Under review) 

 

Mary Sormanti, Ph.D. 

  2000-2003  Co-investigator, Partner Abuse and HIV in Women  
  Receiving Emergency Care. NIH, (Received)

2001-2002    Principal Investigator: HIV Prevention among drug-involved women

and their main sex partners. NIDA (#DA14001) (Received) 

2001-2003  Principal Investigator: HIV risk among older abused women seeking emergency services. NIMH (#MH61691-01A1) (Under review) 

2001-2003 Principal Investigator: HIV Prevention with older minority women and their sex partners. NIMH, (Under review)

 

Gary L. Stein, MSW, JD

2000, Principal Investigator, Johnson and Johnson Foundation, 1 year grant to support Gary's ongoing work with the New Jersey Comfort Care Coalition and New Jersey Health Decisions. (Received) 

2000, Principal Investigator, State of New Jersey, 2 year grant to promote the policy and practice environment for end-of-life care in New Jersey. (Received) 

2001, Principal Investigator, The Prudential Foundation, Living Well at the End of Life: Expanding Our Vision Conference. (Received) 

2001, Principal Investigator, The Purdue Frederick Company, Living Well at the End of Life: Expanding Our Vision Conference. (Received),  

2001, Principal Investigator, First Union Bank - The Hoffman Family Foundation, Living Well at the End of Life: Expanding Our Vision Conference. (Received) 

2001, Principal Investigator, Knoll Pharmaceuticals, Living Well at the End of Life: Expanding Our Vision Conference. (Received, 2001) 

2001, Principal Investigator, Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, Disability Ethics Network, community/staff education, development of hospice service model for people with developmental disabilities. (Under review)

 

 Susan Taylor-Brown, Ph.D.  

2000-2004, Principal Investigator, Abandoned Infants Assistance Program, Children's Bureau, HHS, 4 year grant to create a Consortium to Provide experiential and recreational services for HIV affected and infected Youth in western upstate New York. (Received)

 

 Katherine Walsh-Burke, Ph.D., MSW

2001, Principal Investigator, Dynamic Learning Online, Grant to deliver EOL course free to AOSW members for the first six months and to promote course to social workers outside of AOSW, approximately 180,000 nation wide (Received) 

2001, Principal Investigator, American Cancer Society, Grant to offer challenge course program to cancer survivors (Received) 

2001 Principal Investigator, AOSW matching grant to contribute to contract with online courseware provider, Dynamic Learning Online (Received) 

2001, Principal Investigator, New England American Cancer Society, Grant to develop an education program for community service provider entitled: The psychosocial impact of cancer on children, adults, and families: building skills and connecting with resources. (Under review) 

2001, Recipient, CPEN Gold Star Award, National Cancer Institute, for the development of the Cancer Survival Toolbox. (Received)