Grants
EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS
Current Funding
Social Innovation for a Healthy South Texas
This multi-year project focuses on examining the efficacy of primary care behavioral health model on depression and physical symptoms in low income families from the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.
Source: Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, The Valley Baptist Legacy
Foundation, and the Corporation for National and Community Service (federal), U.S.A.
Role: Co-Investigator (Statistics; AY 2018-2019 and Summer salary)
Dates: 07/2015 - 07/2019
Amount: $5,000,000
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Past Funding Faculty Development Grant for Women of Color This project involved a Summer Writing Retreat consisting of a two-week pre-retreat period, one-week in residence session, and a post-retreat period of seven weeks during which time progress on research activities (grants and publications) of Women of Color in STEM fields, including, Psychology, was supported and monitored. At the end of the grant period, multiple research manuscripts were submitted for publication. Source: National Science Foundation ADVANCE (Jackson State University and Winston-Salem State University), U.S.A. Role: Faculty participant Dates: 05/2018 – 09/2018 Amount: $3,000 (plus airfare, boarding and lodging for a week’s workshop) Faculty Development Grant for Women of Color This project involved a Summer Writing Retreat consisting of a two-week pre-retreat period, one-week in residence session, and a post-retreat period of seven weeks during which time progress on research activities (grants and publications) of Women of Color in STEM fields, including, Psychology, was supported and monitored. At the end of the grant period, multiple research manuscripts were submitted for publication. Source: National Science Foundation ADVANCE (Jackson State University and Norfolk State University), U.S.A. Role: Faculty participant Dates: 05/2017 – 09/2017 Amount: $3,000 (plus airfare, boarding and lodging for a week’s workshop) Travel Grant This travel grant involved travel to the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies annual convention to present oral talks and research posters. Source: University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Role: Participant Dates: 2014 Amount: $1,200
EXTERNAL SPONSORSHIP Conference on Interpersonal Violence and Trauma This project involved organizing a Conference on Interpersonal Violence and Trauma on the theme of Promoting healthy relationship among young adults. The one-day conference comprised a keynote address by Dr. Julian D. Ford, Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and the President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), a panel discussion by UTRGV faculty and service providers from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas on the topic of Interpersonal trauma: risk to resilience, and student poster presentation session with poster awards. Over 250 participants comprising UTRGV faculty, students, and staff, adult probation officers, CASA workers, and service providers from the Rio Grande Valley participated in the conference. Source: Proyecto Azteca/Rio Grande Valley Equal Voice Network (coalition of nonprofit organizations), Texas, U.S.A. Role: Conference organizer Dates: 03/19/2019 Amount: $10,000 Ceramic Art Workshop This project involved organizing a ceramic art workshop with student participants from the UTRGV ACT Lab, Intersectional Club, Psychology Club, and the Ceramic Organization. The one-day workshop had a talk delivered by Dr. Ruby Charak on the topic of Ceramic Art Therapy, followed by a ceramic workshop lead by Prof. Raheleh Filsoofi (Assistant Professor, School of Art, UTRGV) and her team. The aim of the workshop was to bring students from different streams together, and elucidate the use of clay therapy in reducing daily life stress. Source: Proyecto Azteca/Rio Grande Valley Equal Voice Network (coalition of nonprofit organizations), Texas, U.S.A. Role: Workshop organizer with Prof. Raheleh Filsoofi (School of Art, UTRGV) Dates: 10/19/2018 Amount: $500
STATISTICAL CONSULTATION Treatment and prevention of intergenerational transmission of violence in families in Burundi: Findings from an epidemiological study. Source: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands and the UNICEF Date: 06/2016 Validation of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and WHODAS Source: Menninger Clinic, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. Date: 01/2014 – 06/2014 |
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INTRAMURAL GRANTS |
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National Science Foundation-ADVANCE, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
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May-September 2019 |
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Faculty Development Grant for Women ($1,000) |
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National Science Foundation-ADVANCE, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
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May-September 2018 |
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Faculty Development Grant for Women ($2,000) |
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National Science Foundation-ADVANCE, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
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January-August 2018 |
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Grant coaching program (10 sessions of grant writing coaching) |
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National Science Foundation-ADVANCE, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
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September 2017-May 2018 |
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Graduate research assistantship ($10,000) |
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Office of Global Engagement, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
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May-September 2017 |
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Dating violence in adolescents from Denmark Faculty Research Grant ($5,265) |
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Office of Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
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May-September 2017, May-November 2018 |
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Faculty Development Grant ($500) |
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Office of Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
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September-December 2016, 2017, 2018 |
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Faculty Travel Grant ($600; $500; $800) |
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Postdoctoral Advisory Council, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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2015 |
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Travel Grant ($650) |
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Vrije Universiteit (VU), Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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2013 |
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Travel Grant (€700/$800) |
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