Grants

Sarah Chavez, MPH, a doctoral student in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, received a graduate student fellowship to attend the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education National Conference in March 2015. “I’m excited by this opportunity to network with fellow graduate students and to explore their varied…

Herndon, J (Principal Investigator), Catalonotto, F (Co-Investigator), Tomar, S (Co-Investigator), Carden D (Co-Investigator), Light, J (Co-Investigator), Shenkman, E.A. (Co-Investigator). Testing Pediatric Oral Health Performance Measures: Emergency Department and General Anesthesia Use for Caries-Related Reasons. Dental Quality Alliance. 3/1/2014 – 9/30/2014.

Herndon, J (Principal Investigator), Catalonotto, F (Co-Investigator), Tomar, S (Co-Investigator), Thompson, LA (Co-Investigator), Schentrup, A (Co-Investigator), Shenkman, E.A. (Co-Investigator). Testing eMeasures in Pediatric Dentistry. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology/Dental Quality Alliance. 11/1/2013 – 6/30/2014.

Dr. Sarah Lynne-Landsman’s paper “Effects of State Medical Marijuana Laws on Adolescent Use” has been published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study concluded that in the first few years after enactment, medical marijuana laws have no effect on the likelihood that a young person will use marijuana…

Herndon, J.B. (Principal Investigator), Catalonotto, F. (Co-Investigator), Tomar S. (Co-Investigator), Shenkman, E.A. (Co-Investigator).  R03DE02170 Reimbursing Medical Provides for Early Childhood Caries Preventive Services.  NIH/NIDCR.  04/01/11-03/31/14; Award amount $293,000.

Herndon, J (Principal Investigator), Catalonotto, F (Co-Investigator), Tomar, S (Co-Investigator), Rudner, N (Co-Investigator), Shenkman, E.A. (Co-Investigator).  Testing Pediatric Oral Health Performance Measures in the Florida and Texas Medicaid and CHIP Programs.  Dental Quality Alliance. 11/1/2012-  5/1/2013; Award amount: $118,318.

Dunn, William (Principal Investigator), Grobmyer, Stephen (Principal Investigator), Gilbert, Scott (Principal Investigator), Ling, Chen (Principal Investigator), Shenkman, E.A. (Co-Investigator) Bridge/New Investigator Research Grant.  Florida Department of Health/Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program. 7/1/2012-6/30/2015; Award amount: $1,026,163.

Komro, K (Co-Investigator), Wagenaar, A (Co-Investigator)  Evaluation of Policies to Improve Social Determinants of Health & Reduce Child Health Disparities.  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  06/01/2012-05/31/2014.  Award amount: $200,000.

Knapp,Caprice (Principal Investigator) CHIPRA Part C: Medical Home Demonstration Project. Florida Department of Health, Children’s Medical Service. 07/01/11-6/30/14; Award amount: $435,729 .

Shenkman, EA (Co-Principal Investigator), Wagenaar, A (Co-Principal Investigator) Wellness Incentives and Navigation (WIN) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.  1/27/2012-12/31/2015.  Award amount: $9,903,755.880.