The HEART Hub Research Lab is proud to partner with and receive funding from several state and federal agencies, including:
USDA. National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Conference Grant. Principle Investigator. Fostering Understanding of Sex and Gender Health Disparities through Action Research. Award Amount $49.932.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Consultant. Thriving Hearts: Healing-Centered, Integrated, Community Maternity Care. Award Amount $21,000,000
American Heart Association/Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Co-Principle Investigator. Women’s Health: Community Based Participatory Research, Cincinnati. Award Amount $35,000
University of Cincinnati Office of Research Collaborative Research Advancement Program: Pilot Grants. Co-Principle Investigator. Homegrown: Cultivating Black Maternal Agency and Community Capacity for Healthy Futures. Award Amount $25,000
University of Cincinnati Urban Health Seed Grant. Principle Investigator. The Curricular Approaches to Radical Education (CARE). Award Amount $18,900.19
University of Cincinnati Office of Equity & Inclusion Incentive Grant. Principle Investigator. The Curricular Approaches to Radical Education (CARE). Award Amount $9,354.19
National Cancer Institute R25. Co-Principle Investigator. Cancer Research Scholars Program. Award Amount $1, 264,873.
CCTST Partnership Development Grant. Principle Investigator. Exploring the Social and Behavioral Impacts of Covid-19 on Coping and Community Healing. Award Amount $5,000
University of Cincinnati (UC) Health. Urban Pathways Grant. Co-Principle Investigator Urban Health Pathways Healthcare Diversification Pipeline Project. Award Amount. $19,000.
University of Cincinnati Office of Equity & Inclusion Incentive Grant. Principle Investigator. The Health Professions Pipeline Diversification Project. Award Amount $7,030.82.
University of Cincinnati Partners
Kimber Andrews, PhD –Center for Education Teaching & Learning
Melinda Butsch-Kovacic, PhD -College of Allied Health Science
Dana Harley, PhD, MSW –College of Allied Health Science, School of Social Work
Cassandra Jones, PhD -College of Arts & Sciences, Africana Studies
Kelly Merrill, PhD –College of Arts & Sciences, School of Communication
Rachel Nolan, PhD –College of Medicine, School of Public Health
Carrie Rountrey, PhD – College of Allied Health Science, Department of Communication Science Disorders
Local Partners
Hannah Griswold MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES, La Soupe
Angelica Hardee PhD, MCHES –American Heart Association, Cincinnati Chapter
Reba Henesey MS –Your Store of the Queen City
Mona Jenkins MS –Queen Mother’s Market & Co-op
Meredith Shockley Smith PhD –Cradle Cincinnati, Queens Village
State Partners
Kathleen Carter PhD, RD –Central State University, Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Judith Davis PhD –CareSource, Clinical Operations Ohio Market
Emily Diefendorf MS, Produce Perks Midwest
Donna Gabbard MSN, RN, MHA, CCM –CareSource, Women & Children’s Health
National Partners
Marie Allsopp DrPH, MPH, MS, RDN, LD, CHES –Purdue University, Department of Nutrition Science
Katherine Gardner Burt PhD, RDN, Lehman College, Dietetics, Food, and Nutrition
Julie Plasencia PhD, RDN, LD –University of Kentucky, Dietetics and Human Nutrition
Laurie Nommsen-Rivers PhD, RD, IBCLC –University of Davis, Maternal and Child Nutrition
Solange M. Saxby PhD, RD –Dartmouth University
Betsy Anderson Steeves PhD, RDN –Center for Nutrition & Health Impact
Alison Stuebe, MD –University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kristin Tully, PhD –University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill