Dr. Barb King and the Center for Aging Research and Education were awarded an Oscar Rennebohm Foundation grant to support the study CARE U: Improving Health and Wellbeing of Older Adults in Dane County by Enhancing Direct Caregiver Readiness.
Grants & Recognition
Dr. Kitty Montgomery Wins Grant to Study Advanced Cancer in Children
Dr. Kitty Montgomery was awarded a one-year Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation (MMCF) Research Grant funded by the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses to support the study Risk-Stratified Approaches to Symptom Management for Children with Advanced Cancer.
Dianne Farsetta Receives Reilly-Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment Award
Diane Farsetta received an award for her project “Community-Aging Research Agenda with Older Adults at Risk of Health Disparities.”
Dr. Kitty Montgomery Wins JOPHON Writing Award
Selected by the Editorial Board of The Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing, the recipient of this award is a first author of a manuscript accepted for publication in the journal in the last year and who has had three or more manuscripts published previously.
Dr. Barb King Awarded Grant from National Institute on Aging
Dr. Barb King and her Co-PI, Dr. Jane Mahoney of the School of Medicine and Public Health, were awarded a five-year R33 grant to support the study “Enhancing the Community-Academic Aging Research Network to Support Assistive Technology (AT) Research for Older Adults by Designing for Dissemination and Health Equity.”
Dr. Elliot Tebbe Awarded Grant to Study Social Support for Transgender and Nonbinary Populations
Elliot Tebbe, PhD, LP, was awarded a five-year R01 grant funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Faculty and Students Recognized by Jonas Scholars
Dr. Lisa Bratzke was awarded a Jonas Scholars grant to support the School of Nursing Scholarship Program and PhD students Cierra McCoy and Kelly Krainak were chosen as Jonas Scholars.
Kelly Krainak and Cierra McCoy Selected as Jonas Scholars
Kelly Krainak and Cierra McCoy, both PhD students at the School of Nursing, have been selected as part of the 2024-2026 cohort of Jonas Scholars.
Dr. Lisa Bratzke Awarded Grant to Support Scholarship Program
Dr. Bratzke was awarded a Nurse Faculty Loan Program grant to support the School of Nursing Scholarship Program. The project is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Dr. Kristen Pecanac Receives Grant to Improve Surrogate Decision Making
The primary goal of Dr. Pecanac’s project is to improve the process and experience of surrogate decision-making by identifying effective provider communication strategies when engaging with racially diverse surrogate decision makers.