RESEARCH/CLINICAL PRACTICE

  • Testing diabetes health promotion interventions with Mexican Americans who reside in Starr County, a Texas-Mexico border community.

Current Funded Projects

  • Principal Investigator, Meta-analysis of Biobehavioral Determinants of Health Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes, R01 application funded by the National Center for Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health; $1,293,598 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 2009-2013.
  • Principal Investigator, Meta-analysis of Biobehavioral Determinants of Health Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes: Diversity Supplement, funded by the National Institute for Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health; $107,772; supplement for Lisa L. Sumlin, PhD student, UT Austin School of Nursing; 2010-2012.
  • Co-investigator, Health Disparities in Mexican American Women with Disabilities, R01 funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health; Principal Investigator, Tracie C. Harrison; $1,338,165; funding period 2008-2012.
  • Co-Investigator, Home-Based Diabetes Symptom Self-Management for Mexican Americans, R21 [DK76705-01A1] funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health; Principal Investigator, Alexandra A. García; $408,593 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 2008-2010.
  • Co-Investigator, Enhancing Children's and Parents' Asthma Management, R01 competing continuation [5R01NR007770] funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health; Principal Investigator, Sharon D. Horner; $1,912,869 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 2008-2013.
  • Co-Investigator, Mindful Restaurant Eating: A Community-Based Weight Gain Prevention Intervention, funded by The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas, North and Central Texas Clinical and Translational Science Initiative Pilot Grant Award Program; Principal Investigator, Gayle M. Timmerman; $29,517 (total costs);  funding period 2009-2010.

Completed Projects

  • Principal Investigator, Integrating Education, Group Support, and Case Management for Diabetic Hispanics, translational research planning grant [1R34DK073286-01A1] funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health; $450,000 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 2006-2008 (no-cost extension through August 2009).
  • Co-investigator, Development of a Resilience and Diabetes Education Participant Workbook, Journal, and Facilitator Manual for African American Adults with Type 2 Diabetes, funded by the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations (CHPR) Small Grants Program, UT Austin School of Nursing NIH-funded center grant; Principal Investigator, Mary A. Steinhardt, PhD; $19,967; funding period 2007-2008.
  • Co-Investigator, Enhancing Children's and Parents' Asthma Management, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health; Principal Investigator, Sharon D. Horner, PhD; $1,425,860 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 2003-2007 (no-cost extension to 2008).
  • Principal Investigator, Diabetes Education for Mexican Americans: Outreach of the Starr County Border Health Initiative, funded by the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundation; $5,000; funded 2004-2007.
  • Principal Investigator, Human Subjects Research Protections at UT Austin, funded by the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health; $200,000, Human Subjects Research Enhancements Program; funding period 2002-2004.
  • Principal Investigator, Education and Group Support for Diabetic Hispanics (competing continuation [5R01DK048160]), funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Office of Research on Minority Health, National Institutes of Health - DK48160; $1,801,606 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 1999-2004.
  • Principal Investigator, Education and Group Support for Diabetic Hispanics: Minority Supplement, funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health; $155,969 (direct + indirect costs); continuing minority supplement for Alexandra García, PhD candidate, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing; funding period 2002-2004.
  • Core Nursing Faculty, Health Promoting Nursing Intervention: Underserved Women, Institutional National Research Service Award funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health; Principal Investigator, Lorraine O. Walker, EdD; $746,299 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 2000-2005.
  • Principal Investigator and Director, Center for Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health; $1,566,361 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 1999-2004. (Relinquished PI and Director positions in April 2001 due to University administrative responsibilities).
  • Principal Investigator (& Center Director), Administrative Supplement for Minority Health Initiative, Center for Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health; $74,500 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 2000-2001.
  • Co-Investigator, Overweight Status After Childbirth, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health; $1,753,514 (direct + indirect costs); Lorraine Walker, PhD, Principal Investigator; funding period 1999-2004.
  • Sponsor, National Research Service Award, Alexandra A. García, PhD candidate, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing; Self-Care Health Practices of Mexican Americans with Type 2 Diabetes, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH; $17,289; funding period 1998-2000.
  • Principal Investigator, Readiness for a Diabetes Self-Management Program for Mexican Americans: A Community Assessment in Hidalgo County, funded by The University of Texas Research Grant Program; $4,995; funding period 1998-1999.
  • Principal Investigator, Education and Group Support for Diabetic Hispanics: Minority Supplement, funded by the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health; $84,630 (direct + indirect costs); minority supplement for Alexandra García, PhD candidate, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing; funding period 1996-1998.
  • Principal Investigator, Education and Group Support for Diabetic Hispanics: Family Benefits, funded by the Special Research Grants Program, The University of Texas at Austin; $500; funding period 1996-1996.
  • Principal Investigator, Education and Group Support for Diabetic Hispanics, funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Office of Research on Minority Health, National Institutes of Health - DK48160; $1,000,175 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 1994-1998.
  • Principal Investigator, Diabetes Patient Education in a Rural Hispanic Community, research planning grant, reviewed by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, funded by the National Center for Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health - 1R21NR03196; $36,114 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 1992-1993 (approved for unfunded extension through April 1994); (ranked 2nd out of 42 proposals submitted).
  • Principal Investigator, Weight Loss Promotion in Type II Diabetes, Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA), funded by the National Center for Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health - 1R15NR02773; $88,676 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 1992-1994; priority score 119.
  • Principal Investigator, A Meta-Analysis of Process of Care, Clinical Outcomes, and Cost Effectiveness of Nurses in Primary Care Roles: Nurse Practitioners and Nurse-Midwives, funded by the American Nurses Association; $58,948 (direct + indirect costs); funding period 1991-1992.
  • Principal Investigator, A Review of Research Literature on Effectiveness of Nurses in Primary Care Roles: Nurse Practitioners and Nurse-Midwives, funded by the American Nurses Association; $15,000 (direct + indirect costs); funding period January 1991 - December 1991.
  • Principal Investigator, Diabetes Education in a Mexican-American Population: Pilot Testing of Research-Based Videotapes, funded by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Valley/Border Health Services Project, State of Texas; $102,310 (direct costs only); funding period 1989-1993.
  • Principal Investigator, A Meta-Analysis of Studies on Outcomes of Diabetes Patient Education, funded by the Diabetes Research and Education Foundation; $20,000 (direct costs only); funding period 1988-1989.
  • Principal Investigator, An Assessment of the Learning Needs of Diabetic Adults, funded by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing Intramural Small Grants Program; $1,700 (direct costs only); funding period 1988-1989.