
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Active
1. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2.2 million USD Formative research, design and evaluation of Telemedicine for primary care, reproductive, maternal health and non-communicable diseases, (2) Evaluation of georeferenced immunization maps. Role: Assistant Scientist and Lead
Completed
1. Grand Challenges Global Health Award, 100,000 USD, Feasibility and acceptability of a novel digital innovation/mhealth for primary care & reproductive health. Role: PI
2. Society of Family Planning, 7,500 USD, Access to contraception among minority communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Role: PI
3. National COVID 19 Resiliency Network (NCRN), 40 million USD, US Office of Minority Health developed culturally competent COVID 19 testing and vaccine messages in partnership with the Morehouse College of Medicine. Role: Research Assistant
4. Schlumberger Foundation for Faculty for the Future fellowship, 50,000 USD 2021-2022
Role: PI
5. Women in Leadership and Philanthropy Scholarship, 2018-2021
6. USF College of Public Health Doctoral Fellowship, 2018-2020
7. USF College of Public Health Book Scholarship, 2018-2020
8. Florida Department of Health Tobacco Control Program, Parvanta (PI), March-June 2020 A comparison of surveys, focus group and neuromarketing measures of message effectiveness for anti-smoking communications. Role: Research Assistant
9. Florida Department of Health, Parvanta (PI), 2017-2021
Coordination of Regional Cancer Control Collaborative, assist member organizations located in 16 counties of southwest Florida in their efforts to achieve the goals of the Florida Cancer Control and Research Plan and the regional collaborative strategic plan.
Role: Research Assistant & Collaborative Chair
10. United Nations Fund for Population Benin Grant, Bewa (PI), 2019
Using innovative technologies to improve sexual and reproductive health and promote youth participation and engagement
11. Centers for Disease Control, Parvanta (PI), 2014-2019
Community-Based Prevention Marketing for Systems Change: Reducing colorectal cancer Disparities through the Florida Prevention Research Center’s core research project.
Role: Research Assistant
12. SAHMSA, Complex Systems Innovation (CSI) and The Partners North Carolina Systems of Care Expansion Project (PNC-SOC), Walby (PI). Role: Evaluation and Research Assistant
13. USF Health WELL Mini-grant, Cultural Competency, Bewa (PI), 2018
14. Lisa de Safey Award for patient-centered communication, Bewa (PI), 2018
15. Fulbright Scholarship, 2016-2018