Grants and Contracts Received in FY21 for Research and Practice
Some projects listed are multi-year awards. Only the FY21 award amount is reflected below.
Department of Global and Community Health
A Health Study of NY State Communities Exposed to PFAS Contaminated Drinking Water
PI: Michael Bloom
The Research Foundation for SUNY, University of Albany (Prime: Center for Disease Control; Award No. U01TS000303)
$16,072
Racial Disparities Associated with Maternal Exposure to Environmental Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in a Southeastern U.S. Community
PI: Michael Bloom
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Award No. R21ES031231)
$297,745
Evaluating the Adaptability of an Internationally Developed Women's Protection and Empowerment Intervention for Refugees Displaced to Phoenix
PI: Jhumka Gupta
International Rescue Committee, Inc. (Prime: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Award No. n/a)
$41,412
Investigating Mixtures of Pollutants and Endometriosis in Tissue (IMPLANT) Study. Year 2
PI: Anna Pollack
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Award No. R01ES031079)
$332,115
Digital Health Solutions for COVID-19; COVID Community Action and Research Engagement (COVID-CARE)
PI: Amira Roess
Vignet, Inc. (Prime: National Cancer Institute; Award No. 75N91020C00038)
$241,271
Steps to Safely Reopen the Economy: Launch of New Rapid COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing, Contact Tracing, and Stress Assessment of Northern Virginia Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic
PI: Amira Roess
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (Award No. 20-GOVA-ERR-08B)
$100,000
Vector Mapping of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens of Mongolia
PI: Michael von Fricken
U.S. Navy (Prime: Vysnova Partners, Inc.; Award No. SC-N6264518D5058-GMU-002)
$76,281
Applied Research to Address the COVID-19 Emerging Public Health Emergency
PI: Michael von Fricken
U.S. Navy (Prime: Vysnova Partners, Inc.; Award No. SC-75D30120C08405-GMU)
$36,927
Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC), Year 5
PI: Ali Weinstein
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Prime: American Institute for Research; Award No. PO 0418100003)
$15,195
Resident Education in Clinical Research
PI: Ali Weinstein
Inova Healthcare (Award No. n/a)
$270,000
North Mississippi Witness Project
PI: Michelle Williams
American Association for Cancer Education (Award No. 201906150001)
$5,000
Department of Health Administration and Policy
Digital Health Solutions for COVID-19; COVID Community Action and Research Engagement (COVID CARE)
PI: Farrokh Alemi
Vignet, Inc. (Prime: National Cancer Institute; Award No. 75N91020C00038)
$216,999
Optimizing Antidepressant Selection through Artificial Intelligence
PI: Farrokh Alemi
Commonwealth Health Research Board (Award No. 247-02-20)
$78,382
Access to Paid Caregiving and the Impact on Financial Security, Employment, and Public Program Use of Non-elderly Adults in the U.S.
PI: Priyanka Anand
Washington Center for Equitable Growth (Award No. n/a)
$80,000
Substance Use Disorder Expert
PI: Alison Evans Cuellar
Health Management Associates, Inc. (Prime: Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services; Award No. 154922)
$98,840
How did the Pandemic Change Care for Patients with Chronic Conditions?
PI: Alison Evans Cuellar
National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation (Award No. n/a)
$56,000
Development, Validation, and Application of a CDS Ontology to Facilitate CDS Rules Reuse, Management, and Maintenance in Simulated Primary Care Settings
PI: Hua Min
Clemson University (Prime: National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Award No. 1R01GM138589)
$4,632
Department of Nutrition and Food Studies
Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program: Impact on Dietary Consumption Patterns in Elementary School
PI: Elisabeth de Jonge
Virginia Commonwealth University (Prime: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Award No. 1R01HD098732)
$4,022
Department of Social Work
The National Nursing Home COVID Action Network
PI: Emily Ihara
University of New Mexico (Prime: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Award No. 75Q80120C00003)
$360,000
Virginia Geriatric Education Center Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), Year 2
PI: Emily Ihara
Health Resources and Services Administration (Prime: Virginia Commonwealth University; Award No. 2U1QPH28744-04-00)
$28,500
Virginia Geriatric Education Center Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), COVID Supplement
PI: Emily Ihara
Health Resources and Services Administration (Prime: Virginia Commonwealth University; Award No. FP00013103_SA001)
$8,429
A Novel Virtual Reality Recovery System to Treat Substance Use Disorders by Examining the Power of Recovery Cues to Reorganize the Addicted Brain
PI: Holly Matto
Brightline Interactive (Prime: National Institute on Drug Abuse; Award No. R41DA050225)
$75,000
Residential Treatment Evaluation
PI: Holly Matto
Path Foundation (Award No. n/a)
$22,999
Mason Cares
PI: Catherine Tompkins
Retirement Research Foundation (Award No. 2021048)
$177,625
Title IV-E Child Welfare Stipend Program (CWSP), Year 5
PI: Michael Wolf-Branigin
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Prime: Virginia Department of Social Services; Award No. FAM-19-055-02)
$267,675
School of Nursing
WMC-SP Project: COVID-19 Emergency Response for Suicide Prevention
PI: Patty Ferssizidis
Valley Health System (Prime: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Award No. not available)
$6,278
ECHO Consortium on Perinatal Programming of Neurodevelopment
PI: Kathi Huddleston
National Institutes of Health (Prime: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Award No. 5UH3OD023337-05)
$1,786,059
Train, Immerse, Motivate and Integrate (TIMI) Project
PI: Cheryl Oetjen
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Award No. 1H79TI081666-01)
$149,901
Neonatal Nurses' Practices About Family-Centered Care and Implementation Barriers
PI: Katherine Scafide
National Association of Neonatal Nurses (Award No. n/a)
$2,500
Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Point of Service Maintenance and Enhancement for the Northern Virginia AHEC Program, Year 4
PI: Caroline Sutter
Health Resources and Services Administration (Prime: Virginia Health Workforce Development Agency; Award No. U77HP26289-08-00)
$111,176
Area Health Education Center (AHEC) COVID Supplement
PI: Caroline Sutter
Health Resources and Services Administration (Prime: Virginia Health Workforce Development Agency; Award No. T1KHP39184-01-00)
$72,000
Virginia Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (VA-SBIRT) Project, Year 5
PI: Caroline Sutter
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Prime: Virginia Department of Behavioral Health; Award No. 5H79TI026665)
$1,262,465
Collaboration of Care
PI: Rebecca Sutter
Action in Community Through Service of Prince William, Inc. (Prime: Potomac Health Foundation; Award No. n/a)
$62,500
Mason & Partners Clinic
PI: Rebecca Sutter
Potomac Health Foundation (Award No. n/a)
$100,000
Medication Assisted Therapy for High Risk Opioid Use Patients
PI: Rebecca Sutter
Northern Virginia Health Foundation (Award No. n/a)
$40,000
Medication Assisted Therapy for High Risk Opioid Use Patients
PI: Rebecca Sutter
Northern Virginia Health Foundation (Award No. n/a)
$100,000
Nurse, Education, Practice, Quality and Retention - Registered Nurses in Primary Care, Year 4
PI: Rebecca Sutter
Health Resources and Services Administration (Award No. 1UK1HP31716)
$240,000
Nurse, Education, Practice, Quality and Retention - Registered Nurses in Primary Care, COVID Supplement
PI: Rebecca Sutter
Health Resources and Services Administration (Award No. 1 T1PHP39096-01-00)
$78,571
The George Mason University (George Mason) Rural Opioid Telehealth Project (ROTP)
PI: Rebecca Sutter
U.S Department of Agriculture (Award No. VA0723-A58)
$322,800
COVID-19 Training Modules
PI: Rebecca Sutter
Virginia Department of Education (Award No, 872-DOE95925-STATE)
$12,000
Budget - MAP Clinic COVID
PI: Rebecca Sutter
Virginia Department of Health (Award No. VDH-21-501-0060)
$50,000
Grants and Contracts Received in FY20 for Research and Practice
Some projects listed are multi-year awards. Only the FY20 award amount is reflected below.
Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics
Using Sustainable Local Investments to Support Integrated Health and Social Services: A Feasibility Study
Len Nichols
Commonwealth Foundation (Award No. 20192227), Episcopal Health Foundation (Award No. n/a), California Health Care Foundation (Award No. G-30338), and Missouri Foundation for Health (Award No. n/a)
$500,000
Center for Study of Chronic Illness and Disability
Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC), Year 4
Ali Weinstein
American Institute for Research (Prime: US Department of Health and Human Services; Award No. PO 0418100003)
$14,753
Department of Global and Community Health
Gut Microbial Polyphenol Degradation and Intraindividual and Interindividual Endocrine-disrupting Chemical Exposure in Premenopausal Women
Cara Frankenfeld
College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University (Internal Award; Award No. 215042)
$50,000
A High School Program to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
Kenneth Griffin
National Health Promotion Associate (Award No. 3273-0320)
$156,581
Hierarchical Source Apportionment for Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution
Jenna Krall
Jeffress Memorial Trust (Award No. n/a)
$120,000
COVID-19 & Partner Violence
Jhumka Gupta
College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University (Internal Award; Award No. 223677)
$22,876
Investigating Mixtures of Pollutants and Endometriosis in Tissue (IMPLANT) Study
Anna Pollack
National Institutes of Health (Award No. 1R01ES031079-01)
$339,796
Ecology of MERS-CoV in Camels, Humans, and Wildlife in Ethiopia
Amira Roess
National Science Foundation (Award No. 2025693)
$2,308,746
A Longitudinal, Source Attribution Study of Campylobacter Emergence and Transmission in Rural Bangladesh to Inform Intervention Development
Amira Roess
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Award No. OPP1204794)
$1,159,830
Impact of COVID-19 on Young Adults
Amira Roess
College of Health & Human Services, George Mason University (Internal Award; Award No. 223670)
$35,022
The Tobacco-Free Mason Project
Matt Rossheim
American Cancer Society (Award No. 63658)
$20,000
Vector Mapping of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens of Mongolia
Michael von Fricken
Vysnova Partners, Inc. (Prime: U.S. Navy; Award No. N6264518D5058-N6264519F0235)
$78,150
Department of Health Administration and Policy
Impact of Community Factors on Geographic Disparities in Diabetes and Obesity Nationwide, Years 2 & 3
Farrokh Alemi
New York University (Prime: Center for Disease Control; Award No. 1U01DP006299)
$109,066
Secure Integrated Data Approach - Opioid Crisis
Alison Evans Cuellar
Fairfax County (Prime: U.S. Department of Justice; Award No. 4400009242)
$261,074
Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center
Naomi Lynn Gerber
American Institute for Research (Prime: US Department of Health and Human Services; Award No. 90DP0082)
$65,000
Development and Delivery of a Web-based TES, Year 1
Peggy Maddox
Claude Moore Charitable Foundation (via George Mason University Foundation; Award No. 080110)
$291,190
Systems Modeling & Simulations for Effective Tobacco Control and Prevention Policies Among Youth
Hong Xue
Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (Award No. 8521294)
$233,191
Department of Nutrition and Food Studies
Vidas Activas, FamaLias SaludablEs (VALÉ): A Multidisciplinary Childhood Obesity Treatment Program for Latino Communities, Year 2
Sina Gallo
Potomac Health Foundation (Award No. n/a)
$127,176
A Pilot Study of 3rd Grade Children's Dietary Recall Accuracy: Body Mass Index and Quantified vs. Non-Quantified Interviews
Sina Gallo
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Award No. n/a)
$10,000
Department of Social Work
Title IV-E Child Welfare Stipend Program (CWSP), Year 4
Michael Wolf-Branigin
Virginia Department of Social Services (Prime: US Department of Health and Human Services; Award No. FAM-19-055)
$267,675
Virginia Geriatric Education Center Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), Year 1
Emily Ihara
Virginia Commonwealth University (Prime: Health Resources and Services Administration; Award No. 2U1QPH28744-04-00)
$57,001
School of Nursing
ECHO Consortium on Perinatal Programming of Neurodevelopment, Year 1
Kathi Huddleston
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Prime: National Institute of Health: Award No. 5UH3OD023337-04)
$1,457,607
Enhancing Quality with Culture-Sensitive, Patient-Center Assessments and Care Planning
Robert Mallinson
Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation (Award No. n/a)
$14,700
Empowering Communities for a Healthier Nation, Year 2
Rebecca Sutter
Virginia Department of Health (Prime: US Department of Health and Human Services; Award No. CPIMP171154)
$314,968
Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Point of Service Maintenance and Enhancement for the Northern Virginia AHEC Program, Year 3
Caroline Sutter
Virginia Health Workforce Development Agency (Prime: Health Resources and Services Administration; Award No. U77HP26289)
$101,955
Development and Delivery of a Web-based LMS, Year 1
Caroline Sutter
Claude Moore Charitable Foundation (via George Mason University Foundation; Award No. 080110)
$532,657
Nurse, Education, Practice, Quality and Retention - Registered Nurses in Primary Care, Year 2
Rebecca Sutter
Health Resources and Services Administration (Award No. 1UK1HP31716)
$696,737
The Virginia Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (VA-SBIRT) Project, Year 4
Panagiota Ferssizidis
Virginia Department of Behavioral Health (Prime: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Award No. 5H79TI026665)
$2,315,904
Improving the Forensic Documentation of Injuries through Alternate Light: A Researcher-Practitioner Partnership
Katherine Scafide
U.S. Department of Justice (Award No. 2019-NE-BX-0008)
$398,719
Integrating Services to Improve Social Determinants of Health
Rebecca Sutter
Potomac Health Foundation (Award No. n/a)
$137,700
Mason & Partners Clinic
Rebecca Sutter
Potomac Health Foundation (Award No. n/a)
$75,000
Directly Observed Medication-Assisted Therapy for High-Risk Opioid Use Patients, Year 2
Rebecca Sutter
Northern Virginia Health Foundation (Award No. n/a)
$100,000
Bridging the Behavioral Health Gap-GPWCHC/GMU Preceptorship Pipeline, Year 2
Rebecca Sutter
Greater Prince William County Health Center (Prime: Potomac Health Foundation; Award No. n/a)
$29,514
Population Health Center Operation Support (via George Mason University Foundation)
Rebecca Sutter
Kaiser Permanente (Award No. N/A)
$200,000
The George Mason University (George Mason) Rural Opioid Telehealth Project (ROTP)
Rebecca Sutter
U.S. Department of Agriculture (Award No. VA0723-A58)
$500,000