Seed Grant Information
The intent of the Seed Grant offering is to develop faculty research collaboration across USF Health and other USF colleges on a subject related to Women's Health. The review committee considers criteria including new study collaborations across colleges, strong interdisciplinary teams, junior faculty with strong senior faculty mentoring, articulated plans for further research and publishing in basic science and/or psycho-social behavioral studies. The seed grant awards are not large, but, hopefully, will assist the groups as they aspire toward their research goals!
2021 WHC Foundation Faculty Seed Grants
| Important Dates | |
| Guidelines and Application: | 2021 WHC Application |
| Proposal Deadline: | Sunday, April 11, 2021 |
| Awardees Announced: |
by May 11, 2021 |
The Women’s Health Collaborative is pleased to announce the recipients of the Spring 2016 seed grants funded from July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017. We received 13 outstanding applications but unfortunately could not award to all! Congratulations to our four awardees!
$10,000 Emerging risk factors for high risk pregnancy: Prediabetes
- Nicholas Carris, PharmD, BCPS, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy
- Ronee’ Wilson, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, College of Public Health
- Ronald Magness, PhD, Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Judette Louis, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
Description:
Eighty-six million Americans have pre-diabetes. While diabetes is a well-established risk factor for complications during pregnancy, pre-diabetes’ effects are ill defined. Our retrospective study will assess the risk pre-diabetes poses to pregnant women. Our long-term goal is to increase awareness of and intervention for pre-diabetes, leading to improved pregnancy-related outcomes.
$10,000 Supportive care needs of African American women diagnosed with cervical cancer.
- Alicia L. Best, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, College of Public Health
- Lawrence Berk, MD, PhD, Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Clement K. Gwede, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor, Moffitt Cancer Center
Description:
The goal of this study is to identify factors that influence quality of life among African American women diagnosed with cervical cancer. Findings will assist in the development of culturally-targeted health services and resources to assist African American women cope with cervical cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship.
$10,000 Lower Extremity Injury Risk Factor Identification in Adolescent High School Female Athletes
- Amanda J. Tritsch, PhD, ATC, CSCS, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Patricia Teran-Yengle, PT, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences
- Candi D. Ashley, PhD, Professor, College of Education
Description:
Our investigation aims to identify risk factors for injury in young female athletes. Females experience 4 to 6 times greater risk of ACL injuries than males, and this disparate risk emerges during maturation. By prospectively identifying risk factors, injury prevention programs can be tailored to decrease injury, long-term effects like osteoarthritis, and health care costs.
$15,000 Automated Neonatal Pain Assessment
- Terri L. Ashmeade, MD, John and Aliese Price Associate Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Denise J. Maguire, PhD, RN, CNL, Associate Professor, College of Nursing
- Yu Sun, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Engineering
- Dmitry Goldgof, PhD, Professor, College of Engineering
- Rangachar Kasturi, PhD, Professor, College of Engineering
- Branko Miladinovic, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
Description:
Hospitalized infants may experience hundreds of procedures resulting in repeated or prolonged exposure to pain. This exposure may lead to permanent behavioral and developmental disabilities. Assessing infant’s pain is difficult because their responses are nonspecific and variable. We propose the development and assessment of a multimodal computer-aided infant pain assessment tool to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of pain, resulting in improved outcomes.
The Women’s Health Collaborative is pleased to announce the recipients of the Spring 2015 seed grants funded July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016:
$15,000 (Women’s Health Collaborative Grant funded by USF Foundation Fund #310026) An intervention to Improve Feeding Success in Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
- Denise Maguire, PhD, RN, CNL, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
- Kathleen Armstrong, PhD, NCSP, Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Rita DeBate, PhD, MPH, FAED, Professor, College of Public Health
- Emily Shaffer-Hudkins, PhD, NCSP, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
Description:
Infants born to women with narcotic addiction are difficult to feed because of their withdrawal symptoms. We will use video from expert nurses to teach new mothers how to be successful in feeding, which will serve public health goals by optimizing parenting skills in this high risk population.
$15,000 (Women’s Health Collaborative Grant funded by Dr. Phil Marty’s USF Health Office of Research) The Role of a Comprehensive Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Program in Women with Breast Cancer Receiving Cardiotoxic Chemotherapy
- Michael Fradley, MD, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Roohi Ismail-Khan, MD, Assistant Professor, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
- Marcus Kilpatrick, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Education
- Theresa Beckie, PhD, MN, RN, FAHA, Professor, College of Nursing
Description:
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and many treatment modalities have cardiovascular toxicities which can prevent completion of therapy. We have proposed a multidisciplinary cardiovascular risk reduction program for women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer. The goals of this study are to prevent the serious cardiotoxic side-effects of chemotherapy and improve quality of life.
$20,000 _(Women’s Health Collaborative Grant funded by USF Foundation Fund #310026)
Therapeutic Induction of Progesterone Receptor B in Term Decidual Cells using Microspheres Technology_
- Ozlem Guzeloglu-Kayisli, MSc., PhD, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Yashwant Pathak, MPharm, EMBA, MS, PhD, Professor, College of Pharmacy
- Vijaykumar Sutariya, MPharm, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy
- Kirpal Bisht, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences Description:
Preterm birth (PTB) is the most frequent cause of neonatal death and the second leading cause of mortality worldwide. We purpose to develop a novel microspheres-mediated method to delivery of a progesterone receptor-expressing vector to term decidual cells for use as potential therapy in preventing inflammation-induced PTB.
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Round 2 - 2014
Women's Health Collaborative Seed Grant Recipients
The Women’s Health Collaborative was pleased to review the second round of applications for seed grant money being offered for Fall 2014 for cross-collaborative research on women’s health topics. Most of those who applied followed the objective of interdisciplinary teams with strong junior faculty / senior faculty mentorship pursuing new research in womens’ health. We had six interesting grant applications that included researchers not only from all areas of USF Health but also several main campus faculty members as well. We were impressed with various topics submitted and have awarded the remaining funding available for 2014. As you can see by the scope of the products funded a wide range of interests were funded.
Congratulations to those chosen for a funding amount!
The three awards to be funded for the period January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, are:
$5,000 Emergency contraception knowledge, attitudes, and practices among obstetrics and gynecology and family medicine residents
- Rachel B. Rapkin, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Cheryl A. Vamos, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, College of Public Health
- Ellen Daley, PhD, MPH, Professor, College of Public Health
- Melissa M. Shelton, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
$8,000 Clinical Correlations and Treatment Outcomes Associated with Comorbid ADHD and Bring Eating
- Lauri Wright, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Public Health
- Rita DeBate, PhD, Professor, College of Public Health
- Denise Edwards, MD, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Angela Hill, PharmD, Professor, College of Pharmacy
- Brian Knox, MD, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
$12,000 Formative work towards developing an innovative STI and unintended pregnancy risk reduction intervention among young, high-risk women
- Stephanie Marhefka, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Public Health
- Cheryl Vamos, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, College of Public Health
- Diane Straub, MD, MPH, Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Nancy Romero-Daza, PhD, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
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Round 1 - 2014
Women's Health Collaborative Seed Grant Recipients
The Women’s Health Collaborative was pleased to review the applications for seed grant money being offered for Fall 2014 for cross-collaborative research on women’s health topics. Most of those who applied followed the objective of interdisciplinary teams with strong junior faculty / senior faculty mentorship pursuing new research in womens’ health. We had eight very interesting grant applications that included researchers not only from all areas of USF Health but also several main campus faculty members as well. We were impressed with various topics submitted but for a variety of reasons the review committee decided to fund only two of the projects, leaving the opportunity for an additional seed grant call later in the fiscal year! As you can see by the scope of the products funded a wide range of interests were funded.
Congratulations to those chosen for a funding amount!
The two awards to be funded for the period January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, are:
$12,452 Investigating the Expression of IL-17 in lesional skin of Hidradenitis Suppurative
- Nishit Patel, MD, FAAD, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Yashwant Pathak, M.Pharm, EMBA, MS, PhD, Professor, College of Pharmacy
- Azliyati Azizan, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Public Health
$10,123 Breastfeeding Status and Epigenetic Changes in Genes Related to Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease: A Pilot Study
- Stephanie Romero, MD, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Adetola Louis-Jacques, MD, Fellow/Instructor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Anders Berglund, PhD, Cancer Informatics Core Manager, Moffitt Cancer Center
- Maureen Wimberly Groer, Professor, College of Nursing
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Spring 2014-2015
Women's Health Collaborative Seed Grant Recipients
Women's Health Collaborative was pleased to review the applications for seed grant money being offered for 2014/2015 for cross-collaborative research on women's health topics. Thank you all who applied as all the applications were very strong and followed the objective of interdisciplinary new teams on womens' health. As you can see by the scope of the products funded a wide range of interests were funded. We only wish we had an unlimited budget but alas we had to work to make our funding stretch to as many teams as possible. We hope those that we did not fund will apply again next year.
Congratulations to those chosen for a funding amount!
The six awards to be funded for the period May 1, 2014, through April 30, 2015, are:
$7,928 Assessment of Cancer Patients' Satisfaction and Experience with Fertility Preservation
- Melissa Shelton, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
- Anthony N. Imudia, MD, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Heide Castaneda, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
- Gwendolyn P. Quinn, PhD, Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
$9,593 Formative Development of an Oral Health Literacy Instrument among Pregnant Patients
- Cheryl A. Vamos, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, College of Public Health
- Judette Louis, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Rasheet Chandler, PhD, MS, ARNP, FNP-BC, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
- Ellen Daley, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, College of Public Health
- Linda Detman, Research Associate, College of Public Health
$7,833 Knee Biomechanics and Muscle Activation Patterns during Gait in Female Dancers
- Patricia Teran-Yengle, PT, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences
- Stephanie Carey, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
- Merry Lynn Morris, Instructor, School of Theatre & Dance
- William Quillen, PT, DPT, PhD, FACSM, Associate Dean, Professor School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences
- Seok Hun Kim, PT, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences
- Douglas Haladay, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, CSCS, Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences
$7,600 Quantitative analysis of core performance following autologous breast reconstruction
- Deniz Dayicioglu, MD, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- John Mayer, DC, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences
- Douglas Haladay, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, CSCS, Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences
- Susan Lai-Yuen, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Engineering
- Grisselle Centeno, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Engineering
- Paul Smith, MD, Associate Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
$10,696 A Pilot Study of postpartum weight loss in obese women using a sleep intervention in a group prenatal care setting
- Jessica Brumley, CNM, PhD, Instructor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Cheryl A. Vamos, PhD, MPH, Research Assistant Professor, College of Public Health
- Marilyn Stern, PhD, Professor, College of Behavioral and Community Science
- Judette Louis, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Mary Ashley Cain, MD, Fellow/Instructor,Morsani College of Medicine
$6,350 Maternal Health among mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder: The effect of PCIT on reducing maternal stress and symptoms of anxiety and depression
- Heather Agazzi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Julia Ogg, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Education
- Kathleen Armstrong, PhD, Professor, Morsani College of Medicine
- Russell Kirby, PhD, MS, Professor, College of Public Health
Congratulations!
2014/15 Awards Totaling $50,000. -
Spring 2013-2014
Women's Health Collaborative Seed Grant Recipients
Women's Health was pleased to review ten applications for seed grant money being offered for 2013/2014. Thank you all who applied, and we encourage all to apply next year. Congratulations to those chosen for a funding amount!
The four awards to be funded for the period May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014, are:
$8,740: Identification of human serum miRNAs for the early detection of ovarian cancer
- Feng Cheng, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy
- Patricia Kruk, Professor, College of Medicine
- Hsiao-Lan Wang, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
$6,700: Exploratory Study Examining Variables Related to the Outcomes within an Interdisciplinary Tertiary Eating Disorder Program
- Sadaf Aslam, Assistant Professor, College of Medicine
- Kevin Thompson, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
- Henian Chen, Associate Professor, College of Public Health
- Denise Edwards, Assistant Professor, College of Medicine
$9,627: A Pilot Study Investigating Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease in Female Minority
- Maj-Linda Selenica, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy and Byrd Alzheimer's Institute
- Angela Hill, Professor, College of Pharmacy
- Nancy Teten, Social Worker, College of Medicine
- Amanda Smith, Assistant Professor, Byrd Alzheimer's Institute
$11,200: Gender-linked stem cell alterations in stroke are magnified in postpartum depression: a target for neurorehabilitation
- Jamie Winderbaum Fernandez, Assistant Professor, College of Medicine
- Jeannie Stephenson, Instructor, School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
- Chuanhai Cao, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy
- Kevin Kip, Professor, College of Nursing
- Cesar Borlongan, Professor, College of Medicine
Congratulations!
2013/14 Awards Totaling $36,267