The following are examples of active, externally funded grants by SDHI Scholars:

 

Neurodiversity, Autism, and Disability Justice                    Racial Justice                    Substance Use

Housing, Employment, & Other Economic Issues           

Reproductive Health                    Health Systems & Health Services

 

Neurodiversity, Autism, and Disability Justice

Addressing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Disparities and Barriers among Adolescents and Young Adults with Disabilities
Funding agency: NIH – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute on Human Health and Child Development (NICHD) (R01HD111038)
Dates: 2023-2028
Funding amount: $4,156,711
PI: Willi Horner-Johnson & Monika Mitra

 

Establishing Intervention Priorities for Nonverbal Communication in Autistic Adults
Funding agency: NIH (R21DC020547)
Dates: 2022-2025
PI: Ashley de Marchenta
SDHI Scholars Involved: Dora Raymaker & Christina Nicolaidis (Co-Is)

 

Understanding and Supporting Pregnancy Decision-Making among Women with Developmental Disabilities that Affect Cognition
Funding agency: NIH (R01HD105655)
Dates: 2020-2025
Funding amount: $675,155
PI: Willi Horner-Johnson
SDHI Scholars Involved: Christina Nicolaidis & Dora Raymaker (Co-Is)

 

Measuring Health, Function, and Social-Well being in Adults on the Autism Spectrum
Funding agency: NIMH (3R01MH121407)
Dates: 2019-2024
Funding amount: $3,109,105
PI: Christina Nicolaidis
SDHI Scholars Involved: Dora Raymaker, Liu-Qin Yang, and Willi Horner-Johnson (Co-Is)

 

Racial Justice

Towards a Holistic Black Wellness Framework of Perinatal Healthcare for Pregnant People
Funding agency: Portland State University. Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Research (JEDI-R)
Dates: 2022-2023
PI: Roberta Hunte
SDHI Scholars Involved: Susanne Klawetter (Co-I)

 

Substance Use

Identifying High-Utilizing Patients with Opioid Use Disorder to Engage in Primary Care
Funding agency: NIH/NIDA
Dates: 2022-2027
Funding amount: $777,486
PI: Brian Chan
Other SDHI Scholars Involved: Christina Nicolaidis (co-mentor)

 

Advancing Clinical Research Training within Addiction Residency Programs
Funding agency: NIDA (R25DA033211)
Dates: 2012-2023
PI: Jefferey Samet & Patrick O-Connor
SDHI Scholars Involved: Ximena Levander (Scholar)

 

Oregon HIV/Hepatitis and Opioid Prevention and Engagement (OR-HOPE) Study
Funding agency: NIDA (UH3DA044831)
Dates: 2017-2022
Funding amount: $1,287,430
PI: Todd Korthuis
SDHI Scholars Involved: Ximena Levander (Co-I)

 

Housing, Employment, & Other Economic Issues

Training Grant in Occupational Health Psychology and Total Worker Health at Portland State University
Funding agency: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health & CDC
Dates: 2020-2025
Funding amount: $718,990
PI: Liu-Qin Yang

 

Community-based Participatory Research to Adapt and Psychometrically Test Instrumentation for Use in a Multifaceted Employment Intervention
Funding agency: Medical Research Foundation
Dates: 2022-2024
Funding amount: $50,000
PI: Dora Raymaker

 

Transportation and Homelessness: Using a Quasi-Experiment to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Low-Income Transit Fate Program on Reducing Homelessness
Funding agency: Homelessness Action Research Center, PSU
Dates: 2021-2023
Funding amount: $25,000
PI: Liu-Qin Yang

 

Do Travel Costs Matter?: Using Psychological and Social Equity Perspectives to Evaluate the Effects of a Low-Income Transit Fare Program on Low-Income Riders
Funding agency: National Institute for Transportation & Communities & Transportation Research and Education Center
Dates: 2019-2023
Funding amount: $20,000
PI: Liu-Qin Yang

 

Reproductive Health 

Addressing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Disparities and Barriers among Adolescents and Young Adults with Disabilities
Funding agency: NIH – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute on Human Health and Child Development (NICHD) (R01HD111038)
Dates: 2023-2028
Funding amount: $4,156,711
PI: Willi Horner-Johnson & Monika Mitra

 

Understanding and Supporting Pregnancy Decision-Making among Women with Developmental Disabilities that Affect Cognition
Funding agency: NIH (R01HD105655)
Dates: 2020-2025
Funding amount $675,155
PI: Willi Horner-Johnson
SDHI Scholars Involved: Christina Nicolaidis and Dora Raymaker (Co-Is)

 

Towards a Holistic Black Wellness Framework of Perinatal Healthcare for Pregnant People
Funding agency: Portland State University. Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Research (JEDI-R)
Dates: 2022-2023
PI: Roberta Hunte
SDHI Scholars Involved: Susanne Klawetter (Co-I)

 

Health Systems & Health Services

Implementing a Social Determinants of Health Screening and Referral Care Model in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Funding agency: Eunice Kennedy Shiver National Institute (1R01HD104772)
Dates: 2022-2027
Funding amount: $3,571,676
PI: Margaret Parker
SDHI Scholars Involved: Susanne Klawetter (Co-I)

 

NW Center of Excellence & K12 in Patient Centered Learning Health Systems Science
Funding agency: AHRQ (K12HS026370)
Dates: 2018-2023
Funding amount: $740,601
PI: Karen Eden, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Lucy Savitz
SDHI Scholars Involved: Ximena Levander (scholar)

 

The Development of PATH, a Program to Support NICU Parent Mental Health Through the Transition from Hospital to Home
Funding agency: NIMH (K08HD106047)
Dates: 2022-2026
Funding amount: $663,392
PI: Susanne Klawetter
Other SDHI Scholars Involved: Christina Nicolaidis (mentor)

 

Hepatitis C Transitions-to-Treatment (HCV ToT) Pilot Program
Funding agency: OHSU Integrated Delivery Systems (IDS) Quality Funding Request
Dates: 2022
Funding amount: $66,375
PI: Jane Babiarz & Ximena Levander

2021-2022 Scholar Grants

2020-2021 Scholar Grants

2019-2020 Scholar Grants

2018-2019 Scholar Grants

Previous grant award summaries are available upon request. Contact: sdhi@pdx.edu.