Current Grants
UCONN InCHIP Faculty Seed Grant ($15,000)
Examining the effects of perceived discrimination, neighborhood vulnerability and stress on trans-generational absolute telomere length among Black/African American mother-preterm infant dyads.
Completed Grants
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F32), NINR ($192,619)
Predicting Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for Premature Infants Using Multi-Omic Measures (PRENOP)
Institute of Brain and Cognitive Sciences ($5,075)
Predicting Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for Premature Infants Using Absolute Telomere Length
UConn Toner Funds ($3,000)
Predicting Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for Premature Infants Using Absolute Telomere Length
International Society of Nurses in Genetics Grant ($2,000)
Predicting Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for Premature Infants Using Genetic Measures
Academy of Neonatal Nursing and the Foundation for Neonatal Research and Education ($7,500)
Predicting Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for Premature Infants Using RNA-Sequencing
Center for the Advancement of Managing Pain, Pain Research and Initiative and Maintenance, 2018-2019 ($1,000)
Predicting Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Premature Infants Using Multi-Omic Measures: A Pilot Study
Connecticut Institute of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2017-2018 ($4,000)
Effects of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury and Altered Serotonin Expression on Behavioral and Neuroanatomical Outcomes in a Neonate Rodent Model
Summer Undergraduate Research Fund Awardee, 2013 ($3,000)
Caregiving factors affecting breastfeeding outcomes of very low birthweight premature infants within the NICU