2008-09 READ GRANT AWARDS

Principal Investigators/Departments

Robin Kruse, Family and Community Medicine. Self-care goals of adult patients with diabetes: How do providers interact with patients about them? $8,000

Yang Gong, MD, Health Management and Informatics. A human-center design for effective sensor data display at TigerPlace. $8,000

Jean Krampe, Nursing. Dance-based therapy in older persons: Does participation effect balance and mobility? $8,000

Lori Popejoy, Nursing. Missouri discharge planning survey about hospitalized older adults. $7,719

Rachael Beard, Health Education and Promotion. Interdisciplinary approaches to caring for the aging adult. $4,000

Tina Smilkstein, Electrical and Computer Engineering. Health monitoring using ultra-wideband radar. $6,714

David Beversdorf, Radiology. Pilot investigation into the interaction between stress and diet in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. $8,000

Stephanie Reid-Arndt, Health Psychology. Tai Chi to enhance cognitive, psychological, and physical functioning in healthy elderly individuals. $8,000

Brittany Allen, Health Psychology. Functional abilities and cognitive test data: A study of the ecological validity of neuropsychological assessment in a geriatric population. $2,000

2007-08 READ GRANT AWARDS

Principal Investigators/Departments

Cindy Russell, School of Nursing. An Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence in Older Renal Transport Recipients: A Pilot Study. $8,000

Allanus Tsoi, Mathematics. Building a Stochastic Lifestyling Model for Defined-Contribution Retirement Pension Plans. $8,000

Joe LeMaster, Family & Community Medicine. Understanding Changes in Physical Activity in Older Adults: A Qualitative Study Among Older Residents in Columbia 'Neighbors on the Go' Neighborhoods. $8,000

Lorraine Phillips, School of Nursing. Effect of TimeSlips on Communication, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, and Quality of Life in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia. $8,000

Enid Schatz, Occupational Therapy. Aging and the Meaning of Health in South Africa. $8,000

Debra Parker Oliver, Family & Community Medicine, and Benyamin Schwarz, Architectural Studies. Qualitative Research Methods: A Focus on Gerontological Research. $4,000 Karen Herbert, Psychology. Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease: Does It Cause Impairments in Learning to Categorize New Information? $2,000

Chris Handera, Center for Health Policy. Interdisciplinary Assessment of Health Literacy Needs Among the Elderly. $2,000

Todd Ruppar, School of Nursing. Interventions to Improve Medication-Taking Behavior in Older Adults with Hypertension: An Exploratory Study. $2,000

2006-07 READ GRANT AWARDS

Principal Investigators/Departments

Karla Washington, Social Work. Videophone Technology Acceptance among Hospice Social Workers and Nurses. $8,000

Myra Aud, Nursing. Nursing Home Administrator Attrition in Missouri: Why Administrators Make the Career Altering Decision to Leave the Profession. $8,000

Cheryl Shigaki, Health Psychology. Older Patients' Perception of Nurse Partners in Primary Care. $8,000

Elizabeth Baiocchi, Communications. Elderly Patients' Perceptions of Physicians' Compliance-Gaining Strategies and Their Likelihood of Compliance. $8,000

So-Yeon Yoon, Architectural Studies. Understanding the Meaning of Color Environments among the Elderly: A Virtual Environment Exploratory Study. $8,000

Eun Young Lee, Psychology. Reduced Memory Capacity in Parkinson's Disease: Impairment in Basic Storage Capacity of Inability to Ignore Distracters? $2,000

Seema Schrawat, Social Work. The Relationship between Personal and Facility Determinants and the Level of Involvement in Formal and Informal Activities Among Older Adults. $2,000

Rebecca Livengood, Nursing. Aging and the Meaning of Health in South Africa. $2,000