Research, Projects & Grants

Below is a listing of our current projects and grants. If you are interested in becoming a potential collaborator, student, or participant, please contact the faculty member directly.


Center for Community Engagement

Rajiv Lajmi

The Long Island Digital Inclusion Coalition (LIDIC) is a collaborative group of Long Island community organizations, libraries, government entities, education institutions and businesses focused on addressing the three “pillars” of the digital divide – internet access, device access, and digital skills – on Long Island. 

Mission: To foster collaboration and innovation among organizations and initiatives working to promote digital inclusion on Long Island.

Vision: Every Long Islander has access and the skills to take advantage of digital resources needed to thrive in our society and current environment.

Goals:

  • Serve as a hub and resource center for digital inclusion activities on Long Island
  • Identify and understand digital inclusion challenges faced by Long Island residents
  • Create awareness of digital inclusion challenges and activities on Long Island
  • Foster programmatic and service innovation

Center for Public Health Education

All five grants listed below were awarded to the Center for Public Health Education to provide training to health and human service providers in New York State.

  • NYS-DOH /Health Research, Inc, HIV/STI/Viral Hep Regional Training Center - NYC & LI:  $176,000
  • NYS-DOH/AIDS Institute, IV/STI/Viral Hep Regional Training Center - NYC & LI:  $55,000
  • NYS-DOH/AIDS Institute, Peer Certification Academic Center, which certifies Peers working in the HIV field: $100,000
  • Columbia University/HRSA, Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center - Base/Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE), provide training to clinical providers throughout Long Island and Queens related to HIV care: $190,000
  • Columbia University/HRSA, Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center - Minority AIDS Initiative, train clinical providers serving minority populations: $40,000

Dale Coffin

Funder: Masters Recruitment Enhancement Fund (SBU Graduate School)
Project: Expanding Diversity withing the SBU OT Program
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $4,300
2024


Maria Dimopoulos

Funder: American Society of Radiologic Technologists Foundation – International Collaborative Research Grant
Project: Developing an Optimal Advanced Practice Radiation Therapist Preparation Model for the US and Canada
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $50,000
2024 – 2026

Funder: Elekta Educational Product
Project: Implementing Elekta's ProKnow Contouring Accuracy Program in Medical Dosimetry Education
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $15,000
2023 – 2024

Maria Dimopoulos, Vishruta Dumane

Funder: American Association of Medical Dosimetrists, Education Grant
Project: Obtaining Student Laptops to Enhance Dosimetry Education Preparation Model for the US and Canada
Roles: Applicants
Amount: $20,000
January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024


Lisa M. EndeeRussell E. Rozensky

Funder: Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, General Highway Safety Grant 
Project: Pilot Implementation of a Sleep and Health Educational Program for NY State Law Enforcement Professionals
Roles: Lisa M. Endee: Principal Investigator; Russell E. Rozensky: Co-PI
Amount: $133,320
October 2022 – September 2023


Erin Hulfish, Melissa Earle, Nancy KrischDale Coffin, B. John

Funder: AAMC Competency-Based Education in Telehealth Challenge Grant Program
Project: Responding to the Teaching and Assessment Needs of Academic Medicine
Roles: Nancy Krisch, Dale Coffin: Co-investigators
Amount: $39,997
2023-2025: In progress, year 2/2


Sharon Martino, Wei Yin, Adam Gonzalez, Kelly WarrenKristin Thomson, Afrinash Ahamad

Funder: Stony Brook University Office of the Vice President for Research Seed Grant
Project: Effects of activity tracking and virtual reality mindfulness on stress and cardiometabolic health of college students
Roles: Sharon Martino: Principal Investigator; Kelly Warren, Kristin Thomson, Afrinash Ahamad: Co-Investigators
Amount: $30,000
1/2024 – 1/2025


Russell E. Rozensky, Christine DeLorenzo, Lisa M. Endee

Funder: Stony Brook University Office of Vice President for Research
Project: Stony Brook University Evaluation of Sleep, Depression, Fatigue among Stony Brook Students
Roles: Russell E. Rozensky: Principal Investigator; Lisa M. Endee: Co-PI
Amount: $60,000
August 2022 – December 2023, with extension to June 2024


Adam Singer, Samita Heslin, Sritha Rajupet, Fan Ye, Tracy Trimboli, Russell Rozensky, Kristi Ladowski, Brittany Gambini, Zhaozheng Yin, Kimberly Ann Kranz, James Pierre-Glaude, Mei Lin Chan

Funder: Stony Brook University Center for Healthy Aging
Project: Multidisciplinary Home-based Intervention to Reduce Falls in Older Adult ED Patients
Roles: Russell Rozensky, James Pierre-Glaude: Co-investigators
Amount: $40,000
2023-2025


 

Lynn Timko-Swaim

Funder: NCCPA Health Foundation
Project: Stony Brook PA Program Diversity Initiative 
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $2,493
​​​​​​​October 1, 2023 – June 1, 2024

Lynn Timko-Swaim, Mandeep Patel, Sofia Reyes, Lani Blanco, Lisa Strano-Paul, Wei Hsin Lu, Lisa Benz-Scott

Funder: American Medical Association
Project: Stony Brook PA Education Program for Students in the Health Professions
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $20,000
July 31, 2023 – August 31, 2024


Kelly Warren, Jillian O'Brien, Sharon Martino

Funder: ASAHP Innovation Grant
Project: Interprofessional collaboration to advance the health and wellness of graduate students in allied health professional programs
Roles: Kelly Warren: Principal Investigator; Sharon Martino: Co-investigator
Amount $2,000
Fall 2023 - Fall 2024