Transcript 2015 CHIP Annual Meeting PowerPoint Slides

Center for Health, Intervention,
and Prevention (CHIP)
CHIP Annual Meeting
September 10, 2015
CHIP Annual Meeting Agenda
 Welcome and Introductions
 Overview and Update on CHIP’s Progress
 2015-16 CHIP Seed Grant Competitions
 Keynote Address: Angela Starkweather, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, CNRN, FAAN Professor & Director of Center for Advancement in Managing Pain
Using GEMs (Genomic-Eposome-Microbione) to Design Precision Health Interventions
 John Elliott, PhD – Dean, School of Business
Potential CHIP - School of Business Collaborations
 David Steffens, MD, MHS - Professor & Chairman, Psychiatry, UConn Health
Potential CHIP - Psychiatry Collaborations
 Sandra Chafouleas, PhD - Professor & Associate Dean, Neag School of Education and
Carol Polifroni, EdD, NEA-BC, CNE RN, ANEF – Professor, School of Nursing
New Research and Collaborative Opportunities for CHIP and Neag School of Education
 Diane Burgess, PhD - Distinguished Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Bio-CHIP: A New Center within CHIP
Please join us for lunch following the meeting
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Jeff Fisher, PhD
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Director of Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention
Overview and Update on CHIP’s Progress
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CHIP’s Mission
University of Connecticut’s Center for Health,
Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP):
 Creates new scientific knowledge and theoretical
frameworks in the areas of health behavior, health
behavior change, health intervention, and prevention
at multiple levels of analysis (e.g., individual, family,
community, societal).
 Health is broadly defined and may include physical
and mental health, and outcomes with critical
implications for health (e.g., decreasing stress).
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CHIP’s Mission (continued)
 Work at the intersection of behavior and biology
(e.g., increasing medication adherence) is
encouraged.
 CHIP disseminates its research and cutting-edge
interventions through capacity-building,
structural change, teaching, mentoring, and
collaboration at the University, local, state,
national, and international levels.
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 CHIP serves as a nexus for investigators at
the University of Connecticut and other
institutions to stimulate collaborative
partnerships for the development of major
research initiatives in health behavior change.
 CHIP offers “one stop shopping” for
everything you need to write a successful
grant and to optimally perform your funded
research.
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Origins of CHIP
 In 2002, we received funds from the Office of the
Chancellor and VPRGE to serve as a
multidisciplinary center for the study of health
behavior and health behavior change across the
University.
 We became an independent University Research
Center in 2007.
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Since receiving University support, we have launched new
health behavior change initiatives in a variety of areas,
such as:
 Autism
 Health communication
 Cancer prevention and
control
 Health disparities
 College student health
 HIV prevention
 Complementary / alternative
approaches to health
 Medical adherence
 Diabetes management
 Dissemination of health
promotion interventions
 Exercise genomics / science
 Global health
 Health policy
 Nutrition
 Obesity
 Research synthesis
 Substance abuse and
treatment
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Since FY02, CHIP researchers have
performed path breaking research in
each of these research domains that has
been highly influential and improved
the public health.
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CHIP/UConn’s Standing Compared to
AAU Member Aspirant Institutions in
Selected Health Domains
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Results
The OVPR did
a recent study of
health keywords in
which UConn
outpaces AAU
member aspirant
institutions in grant
dollars per faculty
member
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Results
Grant dollars per faculty member at each
AAU aspirant institution for the keyword “HIV”
NOTE: These results are even more impressive given that
we do not have a med school associated with the results (in
contrast to the majority of the top schools in this graph)
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Results
Grant dollars per faculty member at each
AAU aspirant institution for the keyword “intervention”
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CHIP Research Network
Our network comprises over 490 affiliate scientists
from almost all of the schools and colleges at the
University of Connecticut, from other universities,
and from other institutions.
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CHIP Grants
 CHIP PIs reached a significant milestone last year
of having surpassed $100 million in external grant
funding (total costs) since its inception in 2002,
including:
 $116.8M in total costs
 $89.2M in direct costs
 $27.6M in F&As
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CHIP Total Cumulative Costs Awarded
(includes NRSA grants)
$120.0
$116.8
$110.0
$94.5
$100.0
$88.1
$90.0
Millions
$100.2
$74.4
$80.0
$70.0
$52.2
$60.0
$60.9
$66.9
$45.2
$50.0
$36.0
$40.0
$26.7
$17.2
$30.0
$20.0
$10.0 $3.4
$8.3
$0.0
FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15
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CHIP Total Costs Expended
$12.30
$12
Millions
$10
772% Increase
$8
$6
$4
$2
$1.41
$0
FY02
FY15
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CHIP Indirect Costs Recovered
$3.5
$2.91
$3.0
Millions
$2.5
838% Increase
$2.0
$1.5
$1.0
$0.5
$0.31
$0.0
FY02
FY15
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CHIP Grant Proposals Submitted
$57.0M  Total costs of newly submitted
external grant proposals in FY15 (May 16,
2014–May 15, 2015) across a broad array of
health domains.
$7.4M  Total costs of newly submitted
external grant proposals so far in FY16 (May
16, 2015 - August 28, 2015).
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Distribution of Number of Current
CHIP Grants by Department
(Out of 91 Total Grants as of May 15, 2015)
Agricultural & Resource
Economics
Allied Health Sciences
Geography
Pharmacy Practice
Statistics
Psychology
Human Development
& Family Studies
Anthropology
Communication
Kinesiology
CHIP
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Countries in which CHIP has Conducted Research
As of August 2015
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Graduate Student Grant Awards
Since FY02, CHIP graduate students have
been awarded 11 prestigious, individual
NIH/NRSA grants and 3 NSF doctoral
dissertation awards.
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Support for Graduate Students
Generated by CHIP Grants
700,000
Thousands
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY 15
In FY15, CHIP grants employed 78 graduate students across multiple UConn Departments.
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Number of CHIP Grant-Funded Graduate
Students by Department as of May 22, 2015
MPH, 1
Molecular & Cell
Biology, 2
Genetics &
Genomics, 1
Pre-med, 1
Geography, 1
Educational
Psychology, 2
Kinesiology, 29
Allied Health, 6
Physical Therapy, 10
Psychology, 25
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CHIP Services
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CHIP Lecture Series
 The CHIP Lecture Series hosts about 20
speakers annually, many of whom are
internationally recognized researchers.
 The lectures are streamed live and also
are archived on CHIP’s website.
 A list of this academic year’s CHIP
lectures can be found at
http://www.chip.uconn.edu/lecture-series
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CHIP Research Support Services
 Content review of CHIP external grant proposals by outside
experts.
 Methodological and statistical pre-review of proposals and
statistical support, including writing the statistical analysis
section of your grant.
 Access to samples of awarded internal and external grants.
 Searches for external grant funding opportunities.
 CHIP Boundary Spanners recruit and mobilize networks of
health researchers with common interests from various
UConn academic departments and community-based
organizations.
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CHIP Grants Management
Support Services
 Pre- and Post-Award Grants Management
 Personnel and Payroll
 Purchasing
 Travel
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CHIP Technology Support
 Remote & Local Desktop Support
 Virtual Servers
 Video Streaming and Recording
 WebEx and Voice Teleconferencing
 Fully Redundant Data and Server Infrastructure
 Recommendation and Consultation for IT Purchases
 Cloud-Based File Storage and Retrieval for Mobile Users
 Secure Enterprise File Services
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CHIP Business Office Staff and Responsibilities
(www.chip.uconn.edu/chip-business-office/)
Staff Member
Susan Hoge, Executive Assistant
AnnMarie White, Grants and Contracts Manager
Melissa Stone, Financial Services Specialist
Kathy Moriarty, Grants and Contracts University Specialist
Lynne Hendrickson, Financial Assistant
Julie DeSalvo, Program Assistant
Niva Ranjeet, Grants/Financial Assistant
Chris Tarricone, IT Director
Joshua Hardin, Computer Technical Support Consultant
Haim Bar, PhD, Biostatistician Consultant
Megan Zhou, Program Coordinator & Boundary Spanner
Katrina Aberizk, Program Coordinator & Boundary Spanner
Beth Krane, Media & Dissemination Specialist
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Deborah H. Cornman, PhD
CHIP Associate Director
Research Associate
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2015-16 CHIP Executive Committee
Consists of:
 CHIP Director
 Jeff Fisher
 CHIP Associate Director
 Debbie Cornman
 CHIP Executive Assistant
 Susan Hoge
 9 CHIP Affiliates
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John Christensen (Communication)
Meg Gerrard (Psychology)
Debs Ghosh (Geography)
Amy Gorin (Psychology)
Tania Huedo-Medina (Allied Health)
Blair Johnson (Psychology)
Crystal Park (Psychology)
Marlene Schwartz (HDFS / Rudd)
David Steffens (Psychiatry)
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Our sincere appreciation to
Linda S. Pescatello, PhD, FACSM, FAHA
for her years of participation on the CHIP Executive Committee
and her many contributions to advancing CHIP’s mission
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology
Department of Kinesiology & Human Performance Laboratory
College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
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CHIP Research Interest Groups
Multidisciplinary Research Interest Groups were created
at CHIP to provide a forum for researchers from a
variety of disciplines, campuses, and the community to
work collaboratively and seek funding opportunities to
conduct innovative research on specific health topics.
 Listserv
 Website
 Networking events
 Pilot seed grant opportunities
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CHIP Research Interest Groups
 Obesity Research Interest Group (145 members)
 Started in 2010 and chaired by Amy Gorin, PhD
(Psychology).
 eHealth / mHealth Research Interest Group (120
members)
 Started in 2013 and chaired by Debbie Cornman, PhD
(CHIP).
 Cancer Research Interest Group (110 members)
 Started in 2012 by Meg Gerrard, PhD (Psychology)
and currently chaired by Debbie Cornman, PhD
(CHIP).
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Thank you to
Meg Gerrard, PhD
for all of her efforts in supporting
cancer prevention and control research and
the development of junior researchers at UConn
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Connecticut Institute for
Clinical and Translational Science
invites you to a
CICATS Science Café -
Promoting
Healthy Cancer Survivorship:
Clinical and Research
Opportunities
DATE: Thursday, September 24, 2015
TIME: 5:30pm – 8:00pm
LOCATION: Costa del Sol Restaurant
in Hartford, CT
Please RSVP to Megan Zhou at [email protected]
Please join us for
Sangria and tapas,
and the opportunity
to meet with
clinicians and
researchers to
explore topics related
to cancer
survivorship,
including
psychosocial distress,
health behaviors,
reproductive/sexual
health, and
alternative
therapies. This
Science Café is
designed for people
with experience in
cancer practice
and/or research as
well as those who are
new to the field.
For more information about the
Research Interest Groups…
 Go to http://www.chip.uconn.edu/research-interestgroups/
 Contact Amy Gorin at [email protected] if you
have questions about the Obesity RIG.
 Contact Debbie Cornman at
[email protected] if you have
questions about the Cancer RIG or the
eHealth/mHealth RIG or if you want to join one or
more of the RIGs.
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2015-16 CHIP Dual-PI Seed Grant Opportunities
 Available dual-PI seed grants:
 School of Business – Two $25,000 awards
 Networking Event on Friday, October 30, 2015
 Letter of Intent due on Friday, November 20, 2015
 Full Proposal due on Friday, January 22, 2016
 Neag School of Education – Two $15,000 awards
 Networking Event on Thursday, November 12, 2015
 Letter of Intent due on Friday, February 5, 2016
 Full Proposal due on Friday, April 8, 2016
 Department of Psychiatry – One $50,000 award
 Letter of Intent due on February 5, 2016
 Full Proposal due on April 8, 2016
 School of Dental Medicine – Two $25,000 awards
 Networking Event on Thursday, November 5, 2015
 Letter of Intent due on Friday, December 11, 2015
 Full Proposal due on Friday, February 26, 2016
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2015-16 CHIP Internal Seed Grant
Opportunities
 Available internal seed grants:
 Faculty/Researcher Affiliates – Two $15,000 awards
 One of the two is for junior faculty/researcher
 Junior Faculty Summer Stipends – Two $2,500 awards
 Graduate Student Affiliates – Three $1,500 awards
 LOIs are due on Friday, October 2
 Full proposals are due on Friday, November 20
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Amy Gorin, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychology
CHIP Immediate Seed Grant Program
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For more information about
CHIP seed grant opportunities,
go to CHIP’s seed grant webpage at
http://www.chip.uconn.edu/chip-business-office/seed-grants-and-awards/
or
contact Megan Zhou at
[email protected]
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Keynote Address
Angela Starkweather, PhD
Director of UConn Center for Advancement in Managing Pain
Professor in School of Nursing
Using GEMs (Genomic-Eposome-Microbione) to Design
Precision Health Interventions
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Using GEMs
(Genomic-Exposome-Microbiome)
to Design Precision Health
Interventions
Angela Starkweather, PhD, ACNP-BC, CNRN, FAAN
Professor and Director, Center for Advancement in Managing Pain
University of Connecticut School of Nursing
Program of Research
 Psychoneuroimmunology
 Biobehavioral Nursing Research
 Clinical Research/Community-based Research
 Chronic Health Conditions (Including Chronic Pain)
 Gene x environment (epigenetic) mechanisms of
persistent symptoms
 Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological
interventions
 Self-care management/Quality of life
 Healthcare policy
Center for Advancement of Managing Pain
University of Connecticut
Biopsychosocial
lens of pain
Pain clinical
practice,
education, policy
Pain
Management
Animal Models
Cellular
What is your GEM?
Genome x Environment (External and Internal)
Current Approach to Addressing
Disease Prevention and
Management
Family
Health
History
Genetic
Testing
Health
Behaviors
Microbiome-Epigenetic Interactions During Pregnancy Influence Susceptibility to Complex Diseases
Endogenous Factors
• Genetic variant
• Neurohormones
• Oxidative stress
• Inflammation
Exogenous Exposures
(Exposome)
• Stress
• Medications
• Diet
• Pollutants
Microbiome-Epigenetic Interactions During Pregnancy
Fetal Environment
Altered initial microbiome
composition associated with
altered methylation
Maternal
microbiome
Maternal Exposome
Fetal Programming
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Microbiome/Immunity
DNA Methylation
Telomere Length
Susceptibility to Complex Diseases
Altered gut microbiome
influences development of HPA
axis responsiveness
Epigenomic Programing
 Collins SM, Surette M, Bercik P. The interplay between
the intestinal microbiota and the brain. Nature Reviews
Microbiology 2012
 Kumar et al. Gut microbiota as an epigentic regulator:
Pilot study based on whole-genome methylation
analysis. mBio 2014
 Shenderov BA, Midtvedt T. Epigenomic programing: A
future way to health? Microbial Ecology 2014
How can your GEM improve
the healthcare you receive?
 Potential for linking inherited health risk factors with
person-environment specific information and local
health/healthcare resources
 Personalizing epidemiological data for specific health
behaviors to adopt or avoid – along with options for
making healthy lifestyle choices based on the
community/surrounding area/accessibility
 Integrating GEM data into planning and implementation
of behavior change/healthcare interventions for
individuals and populations
Making GEM a part of
healthcare interventions
Using behavioral, genomic, and environmental risk factors and patterns of
gene expression/microbiome diversity & count to identify individuals at risk
of disease;
Provide individualized psychobehavioral, nutritional, and environmental
interventions for modifying at risk gene expression profiles/microbiome
diversity & count;
Optimize the internal environment to promote regeneration and healing
How can GEM be implemented in
current healthcare systems
Policy
Symptom
profiles
Genomics
Infrastructure
Patient-centered
health
information
Exposome
Education
Disease
Taxonomy
Microbiome
How will GEM improve the
healthcare you receive?
Policy, Infrastructure, Education
Translation
Research
• Core measures
• Genomics &
other –omics
• High-risk
populations
• Epidemiology
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Innovation
EBP
Access
EHR
Systems
Policy
Legislative
Clinical Outcomes
• NSO
• PRO
• Health Behavior
Change
• Costs
Research Collaborations
 Nurses are part of the foundation of healthcare in the
US by providing:
 Health screening, health promotion & disease prevention
 Information to patients/families
 Data collection; family health history, etc.
 Personalized interventions across settings
 The development of GEM-based approaches to guide
health will assist in providing the right intervention
at the right time
John Elliott, PhD
Dean of School of Business
UConn Storrs
Potential CHIP - School of Business
Collaborations
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CHIP-School of Business Dual-PI Seed Grants
for Collaborative Research in
Business and Health Behavior
 Two $25,000 awards
 Networking Event on October 30, 2015
 Letter of Intent due on November 20, 2015
 Full Proposal due on January 22, 2015
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David Steffens, MD, MHS
Professor and Chair of Psychiatry
UConn Health
Potential CHIP - Psychiatry Collaborations
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Two Ways to Approach This
 Assessment of mental disorders as mediators or
moderators of health behavioral change.
 The most obvious example would be examining the
effects of depression on health behavior outcomes.
 Putting a health behavior focus on mental
disorders
 This could cover the gamut of mental illness and
substance use disorders.
Assessment of Mental Disorders as Mediators
or Moderators of Health Behavior Change
 Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
 If we are looking at elderly populations, David Steffens
and Kristina Zdanys would be interested.
 Obesity
 Lance Bauer would be interested in obesity in general.
 If we are looking at management of obesity in mentally ill
populations that gain weight because of psychotropics,
Jayesh Kamath, Naila Azhar, and Andy Winokur would
be interested.
Assessment of Mental Disorders as Mediators
or Moderators of Health Behavior Change
 HIV - Diana Paez has an interest.
 Cancer - Jayesh Kamath is interested in cancer
fatigue and cancer survivorship.
 Chronic Health Conditions – a variety of
individuals conduct research about these
conditions.
 Post-partum/pregnancy - Karen Steinberg would
be interested in collaborating.
Research that puts a Health
Behavior Focus on Mental Disorders
 Depression
 Adherence - Jayesh Kamath
 Electronic/Mobile Health - Jayesh Kamath
 Change in diet/exercise as a way to improve mood –
Jayesh Kamath
 Mindfulness meditation - Jessica Meyer, Norm Andrekus
 Positive Psychology interventions - Karen Steinberg
Research that puts a Health
Behavior Focus on Mental Disorders
 Schizophrenia
 Adherence (Jayesh Kamath, Naila Azhar)
 Weight management/metabolic control (Jayesh
Kamath, Naila Azhar)
 Alcohol / Substance Abuse
 Adults: adherence, obesity and substance abuse - Lance
Bauer, Jon Covault
 Adolescents: adherence, obesity, and other behavioral
interventions - Lance Bauer, Yifrah Kaminer
Research that puts a Health
Behavior Focus on Mental Disorders
 Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease - David Steffens,
Kristina Zdanys
 Exercise to control agitation, improve depression and
improve sleep
 Caregiver interventions
 Childhood Disorders
 ADHD - Dan Connor
 PTSD/Trauma - Julian Ford, Carolyn Greene, Rocio
Chang, Damion Grasso
 Anxiety Disorders - Golda Ginsburg
Last Year’s Seed Grant Funding Opportunity
 CHIP-Psychiatry Dual-PI Seed Grants for Collaborative
Research in Mental Health and Health Behavior FY15
 A total of $50,000 was available to award in this seed
grant competition
 Support from Psychiatry Department, CHIP and EVPR
 Winners were Jayesh Kamath / Deborah Cornman: A
Mobile Health Approach to Improving Patient Adherence
to Depression Treatment
 Opportunity this year to do the same, possibly with new
Health Center-related EVPR funds
CHIP-Psychiatry Dual-PI Seed Grants for
Collaborative Research in
Mental Health and Health Behavior FY16
 CHIP and Department of Psychiatry invite proposals for
new research initiatives at the intersection of mental
health and health behavior, undertaken jointly by two
investigators: one at Storrs or regional campuses who is a
CHIP affiliate, and one in Psychiatry Department.
 Maximum of $50,000 award.
 Letter of Intent is due on Friday, February 5, 2016
 Full Proposal is due on Friday, April 8, 2016
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Centers within CHIP
 UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
 Director: Marlene Schwartz, PhD (HDFS)
 UConn Health Outcomes, Policy, and Evidence Synthesis
(HOPES) Group
 Co-Directors: Michael White, PharmD, FCP, FCCP
(Pharmacy) & Craig Coleman, PharmD, FASHP
(Pharmacy)
 UConn Biosensor Center for Health, Intervention, and
Prevention (Bio-CHIP)
 Director: Diane Burgess, PhD (Pharmacy)
 Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH)
 Co-Directors: Sandra Chafouleas, PhD (Educational
Psychology) & Carol Polifroni, EdD (Nursing)
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Sandra Chafouleas, PhD
E. Carol Polifroni, EdD
Professor & Associate Dean
Neag School of Education
Professor of Nursing & Director
of Office for Public Engagement
New Research and Collaborative Opportunities
for CHIP and Neag School of Education
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New Research and Collaborative Opportunities for
CHIP Affiliates – School and Child Health
Sandra M Chafouleas,
Professor & Associate Dean
for Research,
Neag School of Education
E Carol Polifroni,
Professor of Nursing &
Director of the Office for
Public Engagement
CHIP Annual Meeting
September 10, 2015
Why “School and Child” Health?
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Collaboration across education
and health sectors is
necessary to accomplish child
well-being
Modeled from the ASCD / CDC
joint initiative: Whole School,
Whole Community, Whole
Child (WSCC) framework
Collaborative research is
critical toward informing
coordinated policy, processes,
and practices connected with
the 10 components of
coordinated school health
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/wscc/index.htm
Mission
The mission of the Collaboratory on
School and Child Health (CSCH) is to
facilitate innovative research in school and
child health. CSCH serves as a central
resource to university and external partners
engaged in research efforts that inform
healthy, safe, supporting, and engaging
environments for all children.
Goals – Adapted from CHIP
Goal 1: CSCH will provide an interdisciplinary nexus for investigators across the
University of Connecticut to stimulate multidisciplinary collaborations and major new funded
research initiatives in school and child health.
– Objectives: To bring together research efforts in school and child health, facilitating
(a) efficient internal communications about current areas of individual work, (b)
broader dissemination of these efforts under the CSCH collective, and (c)
networking opportunities to connect around potential common research interests.
Goal 2: CSCH will undertake research to create new scientific knowledge, theoretical
frameworks, and methodological advances in the areas of school and child health. This work
will focus on understanding the dynamics of health behavior and related systems, the
science of health behavior change, and the science and practice of developing,
implementing, evaluating, and disseminating effective interventions with community
partners.
– Objectives: To foster innovative research that advances evidence about healthy,
safe, supporting, and engaging environments for all children, including (a) forging
new cross-disciplinary research collaborations, (b) building partnerships with
external stakeholders interested in answering pressing questions of practice, and
(c) engaging in large data analyses with a lens on policy implications.
Goals – Adapted from CHIP
Goal 3: CSCH will share its expertise in school and child health with community
partners and relevant local, state, national, and international organizations.
– Objectives: To establish a recognized source of expertise in school and child
health, with information presented via user-friendly, engaging digital
communication strategies for a variety of contexts and audiences.
Goal 4: CSCH researchers will educate and mentor undergraduate students, graduate
students, postdoctoral scholars, researchers, faculty, community members, and others in
the science, engaged scholarship, and practice of school and child health.
– Objectives: To establish a locally and nationally-recognized resource for
educational training materials on school and child health.
Goal 5: CSCH will take a leadership role in fostering a team science approach
among University of Connecticut research scientists, clinicians, and selected community
partners in building the evidence around prevention, risk reduction, and intervention
strategies that promote healthy, safe, supporting, and engaging environments for all
children.
– Objectives: To establish CSCH as a recognized model for team science in school
and child health.
Organizational Structure
Co-Directors:
Chafouleas & Polifroni
Steering Committee:
Jennifer Bruening, Professor and Department Head in EDLR & Executive Director of Husky Sport (Neag)
Deborah Cornman, Associate Director of CHIP
Jennifer Dineen, Director of the Graduate Program in Survey Research in the Dept of Public Policy (CLAS)
Lindsey DiStefano, Assistant Professor in Kinesiology (CAHNR)
Anne Farrell, Associate Professor in HDFS & Director of the Center for Applied Research (CLAS)
Michelle Femc-Bagwell, Assistant Professor in Residence in EDLR & Director of CommPACT (Neag)
Kathryn Libal, Associate Professor in Policy Practice (Social Work)
Ruth Lucas, Assistant Professor in Nursing
Amy Mobley, Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences (CAHNR)
Kerri Raissian, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Policy (CLAS)
Ron Sabatelli, Professor and Dept Head in Human Development and Family Studies (CLAS)
Lisa H. Sanetti, Associate Professor in Educational Psychology (Neag)
Marlene Schwartz, Director of the Rudd Center (CHIP)
Upcoming Events to Note
• Oct 1 – CHIP Lecture Series: Mark Weist on interconnecting school
and community systems
• Oct 10 – Huskies Forever Weekend: “Contemporary Conversations”
panel on mental well-being
• Nov 6 – FOA: CHIP-Neag School of Education Dual-PI Seed Grants
• Nov 12 – CSCH social networking event
• April 1 – Application deadline: CHIP-Neag School of Education
Dual-PI Seed Grants
• And many more to come… aligned with the activities and outcomes
identified for each goal in Year 1
Questions, Comments, Contact
Sandra M Chafouleas, Neag
School of Education
[email protected]
E Carol Polifroni, Office of
Public Engagement
[email protected]
Diane Burgess, PhD
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor,
Pharmaceutical Sciences, UConn Storrs
Bio-CHIP: A New Center Within CHIP
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Biosensor Center for Health Intervention and Prevention
Diane J. Burgess
Board of Trustees
Distinguished Professor of
Pharmaceutics
09/10/2015
Purpose of Bio-CHIP
“Development and
application of
biosensor-based
e-health technologies
to promote individuallevel health behavior
change”.
Objectives
• Initial focus on obesity prevention and reversal
• Develop novel biosensors for important health conditions
• Study applicability of such devices initially in obesity and
related areas (e.g., diabetes prevention and management)
• Develop biosensor-based bio-behavioral e-health promotion
packages to prevent, treat, or manage a broad array of
critical health conditions.
Papers
Students
Grants
New collaboration
Michail Kastellorizios
Pharmaceutical Sciences
BioCHIP
Diane J. Burgess
Pharmacy
Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos
Chemistry/IMS
Michael C. White
Pharmacy Practice
Kim Gans
Psychology/CHIP
Jeffrey Fisher
Psychology/CHIP
Faquir Jain
Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Amy Gorin
Psychology/CHIP
Ki Chon
BME
Dipak Dey
Statistics
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