{"id":2963,"date":"2023-02-23T09:23:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iimsprod.wpengine.com\/pbrn\/?page_id=2963"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:30:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:30:41","slug":"cespg-awardees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iims.uthscsa.edu\/ce\/community-engagement\/ce-grants\/cespg-awardees\/","title":{"rendered":"Current and Previous Community Engagement Small Project Grant Awardees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2025-2026 Awardees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Principal Investigator<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Co-Investigators<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Community Partner(s)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Project Title<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Angel Gonzalez, PhD<\/td>Sekinat McCormick, MD - UT Health San Antonio
\n
\nJohnny Vahalik, EdD - San Antonio Independent School District<\/td>		-San Antonio Independent School District<\/td>Pre-Health Academy for Tomorrow's Healers (PATH): Building a Responsive and Skilled Health Care Workforce for South Texas\u200b<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason Rosenfeld, DrPH - UT Health San Antonio<\/td>Amandine Grenier, PhD - University of Texas at San Antonio
\n
\nBreanne Soteros, PhD - UT Health San Antonio
\n
\nYvette Benavides - S.M.A.R.T.
\n
\nAndy Benavides - S.M.A.R.T.<\/td>		-S.M.A.R.T. (Studying Mindful Arts Resources Together)<\/td>Brainwaves & Brushstrokes: Using Neurofeedback to Foster Creativity in Children<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Devjit Tripathy, MD, PhD - UT Health San Antonio<\/td>Tanya Greenough - San Antonio Food Bank
\n
\nCristina Elizondo, MS, RDN, LD, CDCES, CDOWM - South Texas Veterans Health Care System<\/td>		-San Antonio Food Bank
\n-South Texas Veterans Health Care System<\/td>		Effect of a Produce Prescription Program and healthy teaching kitchen intervention on biometrics and food intake in Veteran food insecurity and type 2 diabetes mellitus<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Erika Thompson, PhD, MPH, CPH, FAAHB - UTHealth Houston School of Public Health - San Antonio Regional Campus<\/td>Beatrice Lozano, BS, CHW - Wellsential Health <\/td>-Wellsential Health<\/td>Bridging the Gap in Life Transition: A Community-Engaged Approach in Rural South Texas<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emmanuel Iyiegbuniwe, PhD - UT Health San Antonio<\/td>Inez Cruz - UT Health San Antonio
\n
\nCristina Barroso, DrPH - UT Health San Antonio<\/td>		- House of Neighborly Services<\/td> Lead Exposure Assessment among Westside San Antonio Communities Served by the House of Neighborly Service <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ian Johnson, PhD, LCSW - UT San Antonio<\/td>Amy Stone, PhD - Trinity University<\/td>-Trinity University<\/td> Cultural Responsivity Training for San Antonio Homelessness Service Professionals: An Acceptability and Efficacy Study <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rose Williams - Big Mama's House<\/td>Rebecca Jones, PhD - UT Health San Antonio<\/td>-UT Health San Antonio<\/td> Wear Orange SA: Community-Engaged Research & Education for Gun Violence Prevention <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2024-2025 Awardees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Principal Investigator<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Co-Investigators<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Community Partner(s)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Project Title<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Adolph Delgado, PhD - UTSA College for Health, Community, and Policy<\/td>Cherise Rohr Allegrini, PhD - San Antonio AIDS Foundation
\n
\nHeta Javeri, MD, MPH - UT Health SA Division of Infectious Disease<\/td>		-San Antonio AIDS Foundation<\/td>What R We Doing with Our Data: A Community-Academic Approach to Assessing HIV Data using RStudio\u200b<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Doshie Piper, PhD - University of the Incarnate Word, Dept. of Criminal Justice<\/td>Chantal Fahmy, PhD - UTSA Dept. of Criminology and Criminal Justice<\/td>-True Vine Baptist Church
\n-East Point Promise Prevention Coalition
\n- LGM Job for You
\n- Texas Organizing Project Education Fund<\/td>		Encountering the Other, Conversations with the Least of Thee: A Reassessment of Faith-Based Reentry<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joyce Turner, FNP, CHW - Lela Pharmacy<\/td>Corin Reyes, RN, BSN, CHW - Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
\n
\nAdelita Cantu, PhD, RN - UT Health SA School of Nursing<\/td>		-YWCA
\n-Lela Pharmacy<\/td>		CHW\/RN Collaboration for Skill Expansion on Geriatric Specialty Populations<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason Rosenfeld, DrPH - UT Health San Antonio Cetner for Medical Humanities & Ethics<\/td>Breanne Soteros, PhD and Amandine Grenier, PhD - UTHSA Dept. of Pharmacology
\n
\nYvette Benavides and Andy Benavides - Studying Mindful Arts Resources Together<\/td>		-SMART
\n-Andrew Briscoe Elementary School<\/td>		Nurturing Young Minds: When Brain Health Meets Art<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vidya Sharma - MA, RD - UT Health SA Translational Science PhD Program and UTSA College for Health Community and Policy<\/td>Sara Masoud, PhD - Supporting Older Adults through Research Network (SOARNet) Practice Based Research Network (PBRN)<\/td>-SOARNet PBRN<\/td> Project ECHO Nutrition & Brain Health Training for Primary Care Providers: A Stakeholder-Engaged SOARNet Study <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2023-2024 Awardees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Principal Investigator<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Co-Investigators<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Community Partner(s)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Project Title<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Diana Cavazos, PhD, RN \u2013 UTHSA School of Nursing <\/td>Madelein Santibaez<\/td>Coraz\u00f3n San Antonio<\/td>Wound Care by UT Street Nursing: A Mobile, Street-Based Community Partnership to Provide Wound Care to Unsheltered Individuals on the Streets of San Antonio Texas.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chinyu Wu, PhD OTR \u2013 UTHSA School of Health Professions <\/td>Anna Grey, Med<\/td>Prosumers International <\/td>Addressing Employment Needs of People with Lived Experience of Mental Illness in Bexar County of Texas<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emily Nicklett, PhD, MSW \u2013 UTSA College for Health, Community and Policy <\/td>Julia Crowley, Francisco Zepeda and Adelita Cantu, PhD RN<\/td>SA Lighthouse for the Blind and UTHSA SON <\/td>Barriers and Facilitators to Diabetes Management Among Adults with Blindness or Vision Impairment: an Intersectional Study<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nia Lane-Nelson, RN, BSN \u2013 UTHSA School of Nursing <\/td>Janna Lesser, PhD, RN and Rev. Jordan Mkwanzi (Key personnel in partnership) <\/td>UTHSA SON and Metropolitan African Methodist Church <\/td>The Perceived Life Experiences of Black African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church Members and their Influence on Health.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adelita Cantu, PhD, RN \u2013 UTHSA School of Nursing <\/td>Jill Ewing and Sara Masoud, MPH <\/td>Bihl Haus Arts and UTHSA School of Nursing<\/td>Caring! Arts: An Academic-Community Partnership Using Structured Expressive Arts to Support Well-Being of Informal Caregivers<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alvin Estacio, MS \u2013 South Central AHEC and UTHealth Houston School of Public Health <\/td>Melissa Valerio, PhD, MPH <\/td>UTHealth SPH and Frio County Translational Advisory Board <\/td>A CBPR, Mixed-Methods Design Study Among Older Adults in Frio County<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rahma Mungia \u2013 BDS, MSc UTHSA School of Dentistry and South Texas Oral Health Network PBRN<\/td>Moshtagh Farroki, DDS, MPH, Suhaib Haq, and Fozia Ali, MD<\/td>San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic, El Bari Community Health Center, and UTHSA School of Medicine<\/td>A Practitioner and Refugee and Immigrant Community Collaborative Develops a Patient-centered, Culturally Appropriate, Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Intervention Program<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James Garcia MS 1 \u2013 UTHSA School of Medicine (SOM)<\/td>Lilian Nguyen, MD, Rafael Montoya MS2, John Hoverson MS1, Kathleen Merritt MS 1, and Shriya Veluri MS1 <\/td>UHS Ophthalmology and UTHSA SOM <\/td>Project Blink (Eye and Visual Health Community Service Learning)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2021-2022 Awardees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Principal Investigator<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Co-Investigators<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Community Partner(s)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Project Title<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Emily Nicklett, PhD \u2013 University of Texas at San Antonio, College for Health, Community, and Policy<\/span><\/td>Emily Larsen \u2013 Lighthouse for the Blind, Shirley Crandall and Adelita Cantu \u2013 UT Health SA, School of Nursing<\/span><\/td>San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind and Vision Impaired<\/span><\/td>Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Health-Promoting Behavior Among Blind and Visually Impaired
\nMiddle-Age and Older Adults in Bexar County: A Needs Assessment<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rahma Mungia, BDS \u2013 UT Health SA, School of Dentistry<\/span><\/td>Moshtaqh Faroki, DDS, MPH - UT Health SA, School of Dentistry and Suhaib Haq, MD \u2013 El Bari Community Health Center<\/span><\/td>South Texas Oral Health Network PBRN and El Bari Community Health Center<\/span><\/td>Exploring Dental Practitioners and the South Texas Community Members Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Smokeless Tobacco Use and its Cessation Practices<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shanae Rhodes, BA \u2013 UT Health SA, School of Nursing<\/span><\/td>Shirley Fennel, RNC, BSN, MSHP, PhD
\nand
\nJanna Lesser, PhD - UT Health SA, School of Nursing (Faculty Sponsor)<\/span><\/td>		Refuge III Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ and My Sister\u2019s Keeper Board<\/span><\/td>A CBPR, Mixed Methods Design Study among African American\/Black Women Living in Texas Communities: The Pearl Project*<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jasmine Rodriguez, MPH \u2013 UTHealth Houston, School of Public Health in San Antonio<\/span><\/td>Luz Neira PhD - SA Food Bank, Rebecca Wells, PhD \u2013 UTHealth Houston, School of Public Health in San Antonio, and Robert Ferrer (Faculty Sponsor)<\/span><\/td>San Antonio Food Bank<\/span><\/td>Identifying Community-Clinical Linkage of a Primary Care Center Serving Low-Income Patients in Bexar County<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yan Du, PhD, MPH, RN \u2013 UT Health, SA School of Nursing<\/span><\/td>Wei Liu, PhD and Kylie Meyer, PhD \u2013 UT Health SA, School of Nursing, Christina Smith \u2013 WellMed Charitable Foundation<\/span><\/td>WellMed Charitable Foundation and Caring for the Caregiver Program<\/span><\/td>Tai Chi with Music for Health in Individuals Living with Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and Related Dementias and their Caregivers<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fozia Ali, MD - UT Health SA, School of Medicine<\/span><\/td>Uzair Iqbal \u2013 Bexar County Translational Advisory Board (TAB)<\/span><\/td>Bexar County TAB and El Bari Community Health Center<\/span><\/td>Language Matters \u2013 A Project to Learn About How to Expand Social Media Health Messaging to Immigrant\/Refugee Groups in Bexar County<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2020-2021 Awardees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Principal Investigator<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Co-Investigators<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Community Partner(s)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Project Title<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Taylor Buchanan \u2013
\nUT Health San Antonio \u2013
\nSchool of Health Professions<\/td>		Anna Allegretti, PhD, OTR \u2013
\nUT Health San Antonio, OT
\n(FACULTY SPONSOR)
\n
\nJanna Roberts, OTR
\nPediatric Therapy Specialists, LLC
\n
\nElizabeth Marsh, MS, OTR
\n\u2013 Pediatric Therapy Services<\/td>		Pediatric Therapy Specialists<\/span><\/td>Implementation of Community-Based Life Skills
\nProgram for Adolescents and
\nYoung Adults with Disabilities<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathleen Case, DrPH -
\nUT Health San Antonio
\n-Center for Research to Advance
\nCommunity Health (ReACH)<\/td>		Ludivina Hernandez, CHW \u2013
\nBexar County Translational Advisory Board (TAB),
\nUT Health San Antonio, ReACH<\/td>		Bexar TAB<\/span><\/td>Impact of the Disease and Priorities
\nLooking Forward Among San Antonians Who Have Recovered from COVID-19<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sara Masoud, MPH -
\nUT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing<\/td>		Carole White, PhD, RN \u2013
\nUT Health San Antonio, SON
\n(FACULTY SPONSOR)
\n
\nBelinda Flores, RN \u2013
\nSouth Coastal Area Health Education
\nCenter (AHEC)
\n
\nJanna Lesser, PhD, RN \u2013
\nUT Health San Antonio, SON
\n(FACULTY SPONSOR)<\/td>		South Coastal AHEC- Project ECHO
\n
\nUT Rio Grande Valley \u2013 Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Research Center<\/td>		Project ECHO: Brain Health Training for Community Health Workers<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ashlie Glassner, BSN, RN -
\nUT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing<\/td>		Janna Lesser, PhD, RN \u2013
\nUT Health San Antonio, SON
\n(FACULTY SPONSOR)
\n
\nPaula Bailey \u2013
\nAlzheimer\u2019s Association<\/td>		Alzheimer\u2019s Association<\/span><\/td>Co-Learning About the Stigma on Person\u2019s Living with Dementia: A Mixed Methods Design Action Research Study<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monica Lawson, PhD -
\nUniversity of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Psychology<\/td>		Maliha Imami \u2013 Child Safe
\n
\nRandy McGibeny, MA, LPC \u2013
\nChild Safe
\n
\nNancy Kellogg, MD \u2013
\nUT Health San Antonio,
\nDept. of Pediatrics- Child Abuse
\n(FACULTY SPONSOR)<\/td>		Child Safe
\n
\nUT Health San Antonio, Dept. of Pediatrics \u2013 Child Abuse<\/td>		Child Maltreatment in Bexar County<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason Rosenfeld, DrPH \u2013
\nUT Health San Antonio, Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics<\/td>		Esmeralda Ibarra, BS, CHW \u2013
\nLower Rio Grande Valley Area Health
\nEducation Center (AHEC)
\n
\nGarrett Kneese, BS \u2013 UT Health San Antonio, CMHE<\/td>		Lower Rio Grande Valley AHEC
\n
\nCommunity Health Workers in Cameron and Hidalgo Counties<\/td>		COVID-19 Rivers of Life: 2021 Participatory Storytelling to Improve Mental Wellness and Coping Amongst Latinx Women<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sof\u00eda L\u00f3pez, BS \u2013
\nUTHealth Houston School of Public Health, San Antonio Regional Campus, Dept. of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences<\/td>		David Douphrate, PhD \u2013
\nUTHealth Houston School of Public Health, San Antonio Regional Campus, Dept. of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences
\n(FACULTY SPONSOR)
\n
\nAnabel Rodriguez, PhD, MPH \u2013
\nUTHealth Houston School of Public Health, San Antonio Regional Campus, Dept. of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences
\n(FACULTY SPONSOR)<\/td>		Joeris General Contractors
\n
\nGuido Construction Company
\n
\nWorkers Defense Project<\/td>		Health Needs Assessment Among Construction Workers in South Texas<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2019-2020 Awardees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Principal Investigator<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Co-Investigative Partners<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Project Title<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Rahma Mungia, BDS, MSC, DDPHRCS \u2013 UT Health San Antonio, Dept. of Periodontics\u00a0<\/td>Maria Atique, DDS \u2013 South Texas Oral Health Network
\n
\nKathleen Case, MPH \u2013 UT Health SA, Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH)
\n
\nBetsy Jones, MPA- San Antonio Council on Alcohol and Drug Awareness<\/td>		Testing an Innovative E-Cigarette Cessation Program in a Real-World Dental Practice-Based Setting<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Phillip Yang BS, MA \u2013 UT Health San Antonio, School of Medicine<\/span><\/td>Kristen Plastino, MD \u2013 UT Health of San Antonio , School of Medicine
\n
\nJake Neill \u2013 Youth Leadership Council
\n
\n
\nJen Osborne, PhD \u2013 St. Philip\u2019s College
\n
\nJennifer Todd, JD <\/td>		\u00a0Student-led Approach to Understanding and Investigating Challenges in Youth Mental Health\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M. Candace Christensen, PhD \u2013 UTSA Dept of Social Work<\/td>David Laidacker - Fiesta Youth
\n
\n
\nJay Jeon - UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine <\/td>		A Program Evaluation of Fiesta Youth, a Non-Profit Organization that Provides Social Support of LGBTQ+ Youth\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carole White, PhD, RN \u2013 UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing<\/td>Kylie Meyer, PhD \u2013 UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
\n
\nGinny Funk, MS \u2013 Alzheimer\u2019s Association San Antonio
\n
\nSara Masoud, MPH \u2013 UT Health San Antonio, Caring for the Caregiver <\/td>		Community Academic Partnership to Support Families Living with Dementia<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zenong Yin, \u00a0PhD \u00a0\u2013 UTSA, Dept. of Kinesiology, \u00a0Health, & Nutrition\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>Fernando Martinez, PhD \u2013 West Side Training and Education Center \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/td>Salud al Pasito: \u00a0Small Steps towards Health\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2018-2019 Awardees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Principal Investigator<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Co-Investigative Partners<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Project Title<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/th><\/em><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Barbara Taylor, MD, MS - UT Health SA, School of Medicine<\/td>Hugo Sapien \u2013 End Stigma End HIV Alliance
\n
\nSean Greene - San Antonio Metropolitan Health District<\/td>		Peer Mentor 210: Development and Evaluation of a Volunteer Peer Mentorship Program for People Living with HIV in San Antonio<\/em><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pamela Recto, RN, PhD - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing <\/td>Ramon Vasquez \u2013 American Indians of Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions \u2013 San Antonio Fatherhood Campaign<\/td>Adolescent Fathers\u2019 Perception and Experiences of Fatherhood: A Qualitative Community Based Participatory Research Study<\/em><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melanie Taverna, MS, RDH \u2013 UT Health San Antonio, School of Dentistry<\/td>Cheryl Davis, DMD \u2013 South Texas Oral Health Network
\n
\nRahma Mungia, BDS, DDPHRCS \u2013 School of Dentistry<\/td>		Engaging the Community to Enhance Awareness of Probiotic use for Oral Health<\/em><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathleen Stevens, RN, EdD, \u2013 UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing<\/td>Mary Henkel Judson \u2013 Port Aransas South Jetty Newspaper
\n
\nWendy Lee, DNP \u2013 UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing<\/td>		Social Determinants of Health in a Rural Gulf Coast Community after a Natural Disaster: Mediating Disruption of Health Promoting Factors Following Hurricane Harvey<\/em><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Howaida Werfelli, MPH, CHES \u2013 Striving to Achieve Literacy via Education Research and Engagement<\/td>Fozia Ali, MD \u2013 UT Health San Antonio, School of Medicine<\/td>Advancing Health Literacy among Refugees Residing in San Antonio, Texas<\/em><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amy Stone, PhD \u2013 Trinity University<\/td>Robert Salcido \u2013 Pride Center of San Antonio
\n
\nPhilip Schnarrs, PhD \u2013 UT Austin Dell Medical School<\/td>		Rural LGBTQ+ Adults and Youth in South Texas: Health Disparities, Healthcare Access, and Resilience Strategies<\/em><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2017-2018 Awardees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Principal Investigator<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Co-Investigative Partners<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Project Title<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Waridibo Allison - UT Health SA Dept. of Med.\/Infectious Disease<\/td>Rosa Mart\u00ednez - Southwest Border Area Health Education Center
\n
\nRebecca R\u00edos - Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Community Health Center<\/td>		Research Activity and Community Engagement to Screen, Treat &\u00a0Organize Prevention for Hepatitis C<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rahma Mungia - UT Health SA Dept. of Periodontics<\/td>Martha Castilla \u2013 The Madonna Neighborhood Center
\n
\nMelanie Taverna \u2013 South Texas Oral Health Network<\/td>		Novel Use of a Mobile Web Application to Increase Awareness of Dry Mouth in the Community<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Roache - UT Health SA Dept. of Psychiatry<\/td>John Tierney and Stephen Gelfond - South Texas Psychiatry Practice Based Research Network<\/td>Prescriber and Patient Perspectives of Benefits and Problems due to Multiple Psychotropic Medication<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laura McKieran - UT SPH\/Community Information Now (CI: NOW)<\/td>Caroline Bergeron \u2013 The Health Collaborative<\/td>Improving Access to Social Determinant Data<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2016-2017 Awardees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Principal Investigator<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Co-Investigative Partners<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Project Title<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Bryan Bayles, PhD, MPH \u2013 The Witte Museum<\/td>San Antonio Metropolitan Health District and UTHSCSA School of Medicine, Family and Community Medicine<\/td>Enhancing Empathy and Communication Skills among Future Healthcare Professions Students through Partnership with a Community Museum<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maureen Simmonds, PhD, PT \u2013 UTHSCSA School of Health Professions, Physical Therapy<\/td>Frio County Translational Advisory Board (TAB)<\/td>Living Better Beyond Pain<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Autumn Clegg, MSOT, OTR \u2013 UTHSCSA School of Health Professions, Occupational Therapy<\/td>ALS Association Texas Chapter \u00a0and UTHSCSA School of Medicine, Neurology<\/td>A Multidisciplinary Education and Practice Outreach for an Underserved ALS Community<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johanna Becho, BA \u2013 UTHSCSA School of Medicine, Family and Community Medicine<\/td>Comal County TAB<\/td>SPARROW: Strengthening Preventive Alliances & Resource Recommendations for Oppressed Women<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adelita Cantu, PhD, RN \u2013 UTHSCSA School of Nursing, Family and Community Health Systems<\/td>Ella Austin Community Center<\/td>Enhancing Seniors' Lives in the Community through University and Community Partnerships<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carole White, PhD, RN \u2013 UTHSCSA School of Nursing, Nursing Restoration and Care Systems Management<\/td>Frio Regional Hospital and \u00a0Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church<\/td>CARES: A Rural Community Partnership to Address the Health of Family Caregivers<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

2015-2016 Awardees<\/h4>\n

\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Principal Investigator<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Co-Investigative Partners<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/th>Project Title<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Fozia Ali, MD - UTHSCSA School of Medicine, Family and Community Medicine<\/span><\/td>Bexar County Translational Advisory Board and UTHealth Houston School of Public Health - San Antonio Regional Campus\u00a0<\/td>Assessing GIS to Address Pediatric Obesity in Family Health Center\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Socorrro Escandon, PhD, RN and Martha Martinez, MSN, RN
\n
\nUTHSCSA School of Nursing, Family and Community Health Systems<\/td>		Martinez Street Women's Center<\/td>The Power of Seed: a CBPR Project<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cervando Martinez, MD- UTHSCSA School of Medicine, Psychiatry<\/td>South Texas Psychiatry Practice-Based Research Network\u00a0<\/td>Pilot Study to Develop and Evaluate a Tablet-Based Clinical Assistant Application to Enhance Psychiatric Follow-Up Visits<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bridgett Piernik-Yoder, PhD, OTR - UTHSCSA School of Health Professions Occupational Therapy<\/td>Christian Senior Services - Meals on\u00a0\u00a0Wheels\u00a0<\/td>Home Evaluation Intervention for Community-Dwelling Homebound Seniors\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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