Congratulations to Drs. Judy Dye (SON), Eileen Pitpitan (SSW), Tianying Wu (SPH), and Tracy Finlayson (SPH) on their recent JumpStart! pilot grant funding from the College of Health and Human Services. This is the inaugural year for the JumpStart! program. The purpose of this pilot grant program is to develop and support interdisciplinary research collaboration within and external to CHHS, generate pilot data for subsequent grant proposal submissions for external research funding, and to help provide solutions to the most pressing health problems facing society today (e.g., health disparities, obesity epidemic, sedentary lifestyles, substance use and abuse, access to healthcare, health equity, etc.).
2020 JumpStart! Pilot Grant Awardees:
Dr. Judy Dye (Principal Investigator—School of Nursing)
Dr. Emily Schmeid (Co-Principal Investigator—School of Public Health)
Proposal Title: Investigating Health Related Quality of Life and Access to Healthcare in Women Veterans
Dr. Eileen Pitpitan (Principal Investigator—School of Social Work)
Dr. Heather Pines (Co-Principal Investigator—UCSD, Department of Medicine)
Proposal Title: HIV Co-Infection with STIs among Transgender Women in Mexico
Dr. Tracy Finlayson (Principal Investigator—School of Public Health)
Co-PI: Scott Kelley (Co-Principal Investigator—Biology)
Proposal Title: Oral Health Intervention for Latino Adolescents
Dr. Tianying Wu (Principal Investigator—School of Public Health)
Dr. Meeyoung Hong (Co-Principal Investigator—School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences)
Proposal Title: Proton Pump Inhibitors, Red Meat Intake, and Nitrate Metabolism
