Pre-Doctoral Trainee
External Research Projects


Currently Funded
Completed
Pending
Planned
Updated October, 2008
 
Link to faculty-led Mental Health Services Research Projects.

Institutional National Research Service Award: Mental Health Services Pre-doctoral and Post-doctoral Training Program
Enola Proctor, PhD, Director (NIMH - T32 MH19960) Funded 08/95-06/10.


 

A. CMHSR Affiliated Funded Projects (listed in order of most recently funded):

 

Testing a Stress-Coping Model of alcohol Use among Older adults

Paul Sacco, LCSW, PI; Kathleen Bucholz, PhD, faculty sponsor (NIMH - F31).

 

Taking the Edge Off: Testing a Stress-Coping Model of Alcohol use Among Older Adults

Paul Sacco, PhD, PI; Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, sponsor (Hartford Foundation) Funded 05/08-04/10 .

 

Exploring the Differences in MAYSI-2 Scores for African American and Caucasian Juvenile Offenders: A Midwestern Study

Henrika McCoy, MSW, PI; Curtis McMillen, PhD, sponsor (Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation) Funded 01/08-12/08.

 

Exploring the Potential of Aging Network Services to Improve Depression Care for Older Adults
Leslie Hasche, MSW, PI; Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, Sponsor (The Gerontological Society of America, John F. Hartford Foundation). Funded 05/07-04/09.

 

Evaluating a Psycho-Social-Spiritual Intervention with Older Women who are Survivors of Interpersonal Trauma

Sharon Bowland, MSW, PI; Tonya Edmond, PhD, mentor (Hartford Foundation) Funded 10/06-09/08.

 

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B. CMHSR Affiliated Completed Projects (listed in order most recently completed):

 

Young Adult Outcomes of Juvenile Court Involved Girls

Charlotte Bright, MSW, PI; Melissa Jonson-Reid, PhD, Sponsor (Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation) Funded 09/07-05/08.

 

Psychosocial Stressors and Service Needs of Pregnant Latinas in St. Louis

Lisa John, MSW, PI; Luis Zayas, PhD, sponsor (National Perinatal Foundation, Inc.) Funded 01/07-04/08.

 

Community Integration in Homeless People with Developmental Disabilities

Larry Morton, MSW, PI; Renee Cunningham-Williams, PhD, Sponsor (Center for the Study of Ethics & Human Values, Washington University) Funded 05/07-09/07.

 

Evaluating a Psycho-Social-Spiritual Intervention with Older Women Survivors of Interpersonal Trauma

Sharon Bowland, MSW, PI; Tonya Edmond, PhD, Dissertation Committee Chair (Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation) Funded 07/06-12/07.

 

Psychiatric Comorbidities and Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Retention

Brian Perron, MSW, PI; Enola Proctor, PhD, mentor (NIDA - F31 DA022801) Funded 09/06-09/07.

 

HIV Risk and Sexual Identity Development

Colleen Tracey, MSW, PI; Wendy Auslander, PhD, Sponsor (NIMH - F31 MH077529) Funded 06/06-05/07.

 

"Wellness Link" of the Women's Wellness Initiative, Missouri Bootheel Healthy Start
Sarah Kye-Price, PhD, Project Director (SIDS Resources, Inc., Missouri Foundation for Health) Funded 03/03-03/06.

 

Religiosity and Mental Health Services to Older Adults
Joseph Pickard, PhD, PI; Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, sponsor (Hartford Foundation - Doctoral Fellows Program in Geriatric Social Work) Funded 11/03-10/05.

 

Hispanic Immigrants' Intentions to Seek Depression Care 
Leopoldo Cabassa, PhD, PI; Luis Zayas, PhD, sponsor (NIMH - R36 MH072172 Minority Dissertation) Funded 09/04-08/05.

 

Youth Suicidality and Mental Health Service Use
Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, PI; Arlene Stiffman, PhD, sponsor (NIMH - F31 MH074242) Funded 09/04-08/05.

 

The Impact of Mentors on Foster Care Youth in Transition
Michelle Munson, PhD, PI; Curtis McMillen, PhD, sponsor (NIMH - F31 MH07102401) 09/04-08/05.

 

Effects of Genes and Environment on Depression and Panic
Vivia McCutchon, PhD, PI; Andrew Heath, PhD, sponsor (NIMH - F31 MH071039) Funded 8/04-8/05.

 

Women's Wellness Initiative (Perinatal Depression), Missouri Bootheel Healthy Start
Sarah Kye-Price, PhD, Project Director (Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services H78 MC 00014) Funded 06/01-05/05.

 

Culture in Congruence and Substance Treatment Access
Catherine Striley, PhD, PI (NIDA - R03 DA014398) Funded 09/01-08/02.

 

Mental Health Financing-- Components and Consumer Outcome
Jodi Constantine, PhD, PI (NIMH - R03 MH060497) Funded 08/99-2/00.

 

Understanding Risk and Protective Factors in Youth
Diane Elze, PhD, PI (NIMH - R03 MH058982) Funded 07/98-12/99.

 

Aftercare Services Following Intensive FPS
Marlys Staudt, PhD, PI (NIMH - R03 MH056297) Funded 08/96-12/97.

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C. Proposals Awaiting Review or Award Decisions (listed in order submitted, then alphabetical by PI):

 

Toward a Theory of Accreditation Effectiveness in Children’s Mental Healthcare

Madeline Lee, MSW, PI; Curtis McMillen, PhD, sponsor (NIMH - F31).

 

Substance Abuse, Marginalization, and Homelessness: A Bayesian Perspective

Benjamin E. Alexander-Eitzman, PI; Peter Hovmand, PhD, sponsor (NIDA - R36) Funding eminent.

 

Intimate Partner Violence among Mexican Immigrant Women: An Examination of Cultural and Structural Factors

Star Kyriakakis, PhD, PI; Tonya Edmond, PhD, sponsor (Guggenheim Foundation).

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D. Current Mental Health Related Planned Projects (listed in order expected to be submitted to an external funder):

 

Toward a Theory of Accreditation Effectiveness in Children’s Mental Healthcare

Madeline Lee, MSW, PI; Curtis McMillen, PhD, sponsor (Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation).

 

Title TBD

Jing Tan, MSW, PI; Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, sponsor (Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation).

 

Assessing the Patient-Centeredness in Medicare Part D

Melissa Hensley, MSW, PI; Edward Lawlor, PhD, sponsor (NIMH - F31 MH085347).

 

Mental health of Undocumented Mexican Immigrants

Peter Cabrera, MSW, PI; Luis Zayas, PhD, faculty sponsor (NIMH - R36).

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