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  1. Advanced Nurse Education—Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program (SANE) Competitive Renewal: TX-SANEs for the Rural and Underserved (Tex SANEs R Us II). Funding Source (2018-2026): Health Resources and Services Administration. Three consecutive three-year competitive renewals. PI: Mitchell, S.A. and Co-Is: Gary, J., Charles, L.A. & Seo, H. Amount: $4,564,679. 

  2. Advancing Evidence Based Practice (EBP) in Nursing Education through Collaboration with Clinical Partners. Funding Source (2024-2025): Texas A&M University Health Science Center Teaching Excellence Grant (TEG). PIs: Olenick, M. & Bhattarai, M. Amount: $10,000.

  3. ASCEND Leadership Fellow. Funding Source (2023-2024): Texas A&M Office of the President. PI: Gary, J. Amount: $75,000.

  4. ASCEND Leadership Fellow. Funding Source (2024-2025): Texas A&M Office of the President. PI: Olenick, M. Amount: $75,000. 

  5. [The] Burden of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Under-represented Adolescents in Texas: Towards Early Diagnosis and Personalized Nutrition for Healthy Living. Funding Source (2025-2026): United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Research Services, Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture Research Capacity Funding. PIs: Vanden Brink, H. & Bloom, R. Amount: $293,227. 

  6. Cancer Survivorship Curriculum Consultation, Cancer Prevention and Control Programs for State, Territorial, and Tribal Organizations. Funding Source (2023-2026): Texas Department of State Health Services. PI: Bolin, J. Amount: $146,000. 

  7. Coaching for Quality in Texas Forensic Nursing Programs. Funding Source (2022-2025): Office of the Governor of the State of Texas. PI: Mitchell, S.A. and Co-I: Charles, L. Amount: $294,911.

  8. Community Hands Advancing Maternal Health Promotion (CHAMPions). Funding Source (2023-2028): Maternal and Child Health Bureau, US DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). PI: Page, R., Co-Is: Dormire, S., Han, G., & Wilson, K. Amount: $2,282,399. 

  9. Community Health Worker Training and Evaluation. Funding Source (2024-2029): Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, National Rural Health Association (NRHA). PIs: Clark, H. & Bolin, J.N., Co-I: Kroll, N. Amount: $449,997.  

  10. Comprehensive Healthcare for Adolescents Initiative (CHAI). Funding Source (2021-2024): DHHS Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, Office of Population Affairs. Co-PIs: Wilson, K. & Garney, W. Amount: $5,580,000. 

  11. Creating a Nurse-led School-based Oral Health Education and Promotion Program Funding Source (2024-2025): Texas A&M College of Nursing Dean’s Seedling Award 2024. PDs: Kroll, N. & Pittman, A. Amount: $15,000. 

  12. Data Analytics: Addressing Mental Health in Universities. Funding Source (2024-2025): Texas A&M Health Seedling Program. PI: Fahrenwald, N. & Aprahamian, H. Amount: $75,000.

  13. Development and Validation of Gamulations to Enhance Diabetes Self-Management Skills among Underserved People with Diabetes. Funding Source (2024-2025): Texas A&M Health Seedling Program. PI: Huang, Y-C., Amount: $75,000. 

  14. Discrimination, Medical Mistrust, and Associated Failure to Undergo Cancer Screening in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample. Funding Source (2022-2024): Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center (HMNCC) and Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE). PD: Bolin, J. Amount: $50,000. 

  15. EMARTT—Enhanced Maternity Access through Reimagined Training and Telemedicine (2021-2026): Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). PI: Adams, R.; Co-Is: Bray, A., Chapa, H., Lichorad, A., McCord, C., Neal, G., Page, R., & Pope, R. Amount: $2,998,258. 

  16. Evaluation of Using the Connect: A Game-Based Intervention for Adolescent Health. Funding Source (2021-2026): DHHS Administration for Children and Families (PREIS). PI: Wilson, K. Amount: $4,341,660. 

  17. Expansion of Cancer Prevention Services to Rural and Medically Underserved Populations. Funding Source (2020-2024): Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). PIs: Lichorad, A. & Co-Is: Vargas, S., Bolin, J., Hare, M., Page, R., & O’Briant, D. Amount: $1,656,478. 

  18. Golden Crescent Recovery Oriented Community Collaborative (GC-ROCC). Funding Source (2020-2024): Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Implementation (RCORP-I). PIs: Bolin, J.N., Downing, N., & Gary, J.C. and Co-PIs: Ontai, S., Pittman, A., Alonzo, J., & McCord, C. Amount: $1,000,000. 

  19. Golden Crescent Children’s Advocates for Recovery Equity (GC-CARE). Funding Source (2020-2024): Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (RCORP-NAS). PIs: Downing, N., Gary, J.C., and Bolin, J.N. and Co-Is: Ontai, S., Page, R.L., Pittman, A., & McCord, C. Amount: $500,000. 

  20. Golden Crescent Management of Opioid Risk in Mothers (GC-MOMS). Funding Source (2023-2026): Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (RCORP-NAS II). PIs: Page, R. and Co-PIs: Downing, N., Dormire, S. Co-Is: McCord, C., Clark, H. & Wilson, K. Amount: $1,500,000. 

  21. Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youth (HIPPY), Texas Home Visitor Program. Funding Source (2022-2027): State of Texas. PI: Page, R. and Co-I: McCormick, A. Amount: $3,424,630. 

  22. Impact of Diet and the Food Environment on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Funding Source (2023-2025): Texas A&M Health Science Center and Driscoll Children’s Hospital Global Institute of Hispanic Health (GIHH). PIs: Bloom, R. & Vanden Brink, H. Amount: $50,000. 

  23. Increase Community Health Assessment Engagement and Implement Community-Led Solutions in Rural Communities to Address Health Disparities in Williamson County, Texas. Funding Source (2025): Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, CAP-HEP CBPR Seedling Grant. PI: Huang, Y-C. Amount: $2,500. 

  24. Leveraging Innovative Technology to Improve Maternal & Child Health Outcomes. Funding Source (2022-2024): Texas A&M Health Seedling Program. PI: Page, R. and Co-Is: Han, G. & Downing, N. Amount: $300,000.

  25. Leveraging Texas C-STEP’s Robust Rural Partnerships for Successful Expansion of its Proven Colorectal Cancer Screening Program to Include HCV Screening. Funding Source (2022-2026): Texas Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). PIs: McKnight, J., & Pope, R. Co-Is: Williamson, B.& Bolin, J. Amount: $2,499,968. 

  26. Longitudinal Investigation of the Cerebellum in Adulthood: Anatomical and Network Changes, Motor Function, and Cognition. Funding Source (2019-2026), National Institutes of Health (R01). PIs: Bernard, J., Alexander-Packard, G., Dormire, S.L., Engelen, M. & Sang, H. Amount: $3,071,288. 

  27. Mediation Roles of Acculturation and Health Literacy on Perceived Discrimination in Healthcare Settings and Diabetes Management among Korean Americans with Type 2 Diabetes. Funding Source (2024-2025): Texas A&M College of Nursing Dean’s Seedling Award 2024. PD: Huang, Y-C. Amount: $15,000. 

  28. Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP). Funding Source (2019-2025): Health Resources and Services Administration. PI: Haddad, L. Amount: $115,397.
     
  29. Nurse Family Partnership® at Texas A&M College of Nursing (NFP). Funding Source (2021-2027): State of Texas. PI: Page, R.L. & McCormick, A. Amount: $4,267,255.

  30. Nurse Family Partnership® at Texas A&M College of Nursing (NFP). Funding Source (2022-2025): The National Service Office for Nurse- Family Partnership and Child First. PI: Page, R.L. Amount: $900,000.  

  31. Nurse-led Expanded Substance Use Disorder Training and Education Program (NExSTEP). Funding Source (2023-2028): Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). PI: Kroll, N., Co-Is: Seo, J., Sorenson, M., Wells-Beede, E., Weston, C., & Bruce, C. Amount: $2,583,572. 

  32. Open Educational Resource for Nursing (OER). Funding Source (2023-2024): Texas A&M Academic Affairs Open Educational Resource Grant Program. PIs: Hoffman, M. & Mauldin, B. Amount: 54,000. 

  33. Pharma Boxes for Nursing Students. Funding Source (2024): Texas A&M Health Teaching Excellence Grant (TEG). Maxa, T. & Pittman, A. Amount: $6,780. 

  34. Podcasting as Learning: Content, Communication, and Collaboration. Funding Source (2024-2025): Texas A&M University Health Science Center Teaching Excellence Grant (TEG). PIs: Vela, C. & Bloom, R.D. Amount: $6,914. 

  35. POPSS: Partnership & Opportunities for Adolescent Health Preparation, Support, and Services. Funding Source (2023-2028): Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. PIs: Wilson, K. & Garney, W. Amount: $7.4M. 

  36. PRISE-Understanding Mechanisms of Mental Health Response Intervention among HBCU Students and Future Emerging Public Health Workforce. Funding Source (2023-2024): Panther Research and Innovation for Scholarly Excellence (PRISE). PIs: McDonald, A. & Wilson, K. Amount: $40,000. 

  37. Project REFRESHD: Developing a Culturally Tailored Digital Human for Cancer Prevention and Control to Reduce Patient Perceptions of Bias and Increase Medical Trust. Funding Source (2022-2024): Texas A&M Health Seedling Program. PI: Bloom, R., Co-Is: Bolin, J. & Benden, M. Amount: $145,000. 

  38. RECALL-SONIC: Recognition of Emerging Conditions Learning Lab with Schools of Nursing Inter-university Consortium. Funding Source (2022-2025): The Kleberg Foundation through Houston Methodist Research Institute. PI: O’Briant, D., Co-Is: Mulcahy-Spence, A., Sasangohar, F., Weston, C., & Wells-Beede, E. Amount: $544,285. 

  39. Relationship Between Mindfulness and Self-care in Predicting Health Outcomes in Adults with Spinal Cord Injury. Funding Source (2024-2025): Texas A&M College of Nursing Dean’s Seedling Award 2024. PI: Bhattarai, M. Amount: $15,000. 

  40. Rural Communities Opioid Response Program—Golden Crescent-Psychostimulant Support (GC-PS). Funding Source (2022-2025): Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Communities Opioid Response Program. PIs: Gary, J., Downing, N. Co-Is: Alonzo, J., & McCord, C. Amount: $500,000. 

  41. RYSE Innovation Hub. Funding Source (2024-2025): DHHS-Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, subaward from Education, Training and Research Associates. PI: Wilson, K., Co-I: Sasangohar, F. Amount: 95,000. 

  42. Safe Mothers in Texas. Funding Source (2022-2025): Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH). PI: Mitchell, S.A., Co-Is: Gary, J., Page, R., & Clark, H. Funding Amount: $1,810,278. 

  43. Saving Babies Born with Birth Defects: Crafting Epigenetic Risk Scores to Reduce Racial Disparity in Mortality: Funding Source (2021-2025): Presidential Excellence X Grant. PI: Morris, T., Co-Is: Page, R., Sinha, S., Ferdinand, A., Choudhury, M., Ayres, P. Amount: $325,000. 

  44. Sexual Assault Evidence Collection. Funding Source (2019-2025): Texas Office of the Attorney General. PI: Mitchell, S.A., Co-I: Charles, L.A. Amount: $750,000.  

  45. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Training. Funding Source (2019-2025): Texas Office of the Attorney General. PI: Mitchell, S.A., Co-I: Charles, L.A. Amount: $1,500,000.  

  46. Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Training Education and Mentoring Support (SAFE TEaMS). Funding Source (2023-2028): Indian Health Service (IHS) Division of Nursing Services, Office of Clinical and Preventive Services. PI: Mitchell, S, Co-Is: Charles, L., Clements, P., St. Germain, D., & Bruce, C. Amount: $5,453,756. 

  47. Sources of Stress in Patients with Cancer Receiving Radiation Therapy. Funding Source (2024-2025): The Cancer Moonshot Pilot Program between Texas A&M Health and Mays Cancer Center at the UT Health San Antonio. PI: Bloom, R. & Galvan, E. Amount: $29,432. 

  48. Southwest Rural Health Research Center. Funding Source (2016-2024): Health Research and Services Administration Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. PIs: Ferdinand, A. & Bolin, J.N. Amount: $5,631,703. 

  49. Strengthening Forensic Science Education and Opportunities. Funding Source (2023-2026): Department of Education. PI: Tarone, A., Co-PIs: Ugaz, V., Hamilton, J., Herman, T., Davis, D., Mitchell, S., Ware, M., & Swinford, A. Amount: $1,500,000. 

  50. SUPRT: Students and Texas A&M University. Funding Source (2022-2026): Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. PI: Wilson, K. Amount: $500,000. 

  51. Telehealth Center for Sexual Assault Forensic  Medical  Examination (Center). Funding Source (2019-2025): Texas Office of the Attorney General. PI: Mitchell, S.A. and Co-Is: Charles, L.A., & Clark, H. Amount: $3,000,000.  

  52. Texas A&M College of Nursing Mobile Care Access through Rural Engagement and Education (TXAN Mobile CARE). Funding Source (2022-2026): Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA). PI: Kroll, N. and Co-Is: Dormire, S., Huang, Y-C., Wilson, K., Pittman, A., Sorenson, M., Van, S., Clark, H., & McCord, C. Amount: $4,000,000. 

  53. Texas A&M Care Access through Rural Engagement and Education (TXAN Mobile CARE) East Texas. Funding Source (2024-2029): The Temple Foundation. PI: Kroll, N. Co-Is: Pittman, A., Van, S. & Wilson, K. Amount: $1,200,000. 

  54. Text-SAFE: Innovative Technology to Provide Follow-Up Care after Sexual Assault. Funding Source (2023-2024): Texas A&M Division of Research Advancing Discovery to Market (ADM). PIs: Downing, N. and Sasangohar, F. Amount: $98,975. 

  55. Texas Teleforensic Remote Assistance Center (Tex-TRAC). Improving Care, Access and Quality of Sexual Assault Forensic Exams Using Telehealth. Funding Source (2019-2024): U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crimes (DOJ/OVC). PIs: Downing, N.R. & Mitchell, S.A. and Co-Is: Clark, H., Coté, G., Mulcahy-Spence, A., & McCord, R. Amount: $4,000,000. 

  56. Texas A&M Nursing Expanding School-based Telebehavioral Health Access and Resources (TXAN e-STAR). Funding Source (2024-2029): Health Resources and Services Administration. PIs: Kroll, N., Garney, W., & Williamson, M. Co-Is: Reindel, K.& Wilson, K. Amount: $1,750,000. 

  57. Training Community Health Workers (CHWs) for Rural Opioid Prevention and Treatment. Funding Source (2019-2024): Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, National Rural Health Association (NRHA). PIs: Bolin, J.N. & Clark, H. Amount: $528,052. 

  58. Virtual Reality Collaboration for Training Healthcare Providers in Rurally Underserved Institutions. Funding Source (2023-2024): BlueCross BlueShield. PI: Maxa, T. Co-PIs: Seo, J & Lu, Z. Amount: $362,690. 

  59. Workplace Wellness through Pet Therapy. Funding Source: (2024-2025): Texas A&M Health Seedling Program. PI: Haddad, L. Amount: $60,000. 

College of Nursing faculty denoted in BOLD 
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* Student co-authorship