Grants and Gifts: July 2015 - Present

Cohall, Alwyn received a $1,000,000 gift from the Helen Gurley Brown Revocable Trust to support the development and implementation of a health and wellness component to the “New York Public Library Bridge Up Program” for the period 9/1/15-8/31/18.

Cohall, Alwyn received a $450,000 award from the Department of Health and Human Services for his project titled, “National Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC)” for the period 4/01/2016 – 3/31/2019.

Hatzenbuehler, Mark received a $164,469 sub-award agreement from The University of Texas at Austin for project “The Role of SOGI-Focused School Policies and Practices on Student Well-Being” for period 7/01/2015 – 10/31/2017.

Hernández, Diana pending a $700,000 sub-award agreement from U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) for her project titled, “Smoke-free living: Evaluating Compliance & Refining Enforcement of Smoke-free Housing Policy in Low-Income Multiple Unit Housing” for period 10/3/2016 – 10/02/2019.

Ibitoye, Mobolaji received a $97,613 award from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for her project titled, “Early Menarche & The Reproductive Health of Ghanaian Girls and Young Women” for the period 7/01/2016 – 5/31/2019.

Lerner Center received a $1,050,000 gift from the Rowe Family Foundation to fund two SMS pre-doctoral students to be named “The Rowe Family Fellows” for three years and to also fund two national conferences that will promote innovative health promotion research methods and the world of the Lerner Center. Funding has been received and is for the period 7/1/16-6/30/19.

Metsch, Lisa received a $3,842,574 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for her project titled, "The Florida Node Alliance of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network" for the period 09/30/2015 – 05/31/2020.

Metsch, Lisa received a $1,595,847 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for her project titled, “A Cluster RCT to Increase HIV Testing in Substance use Treatment Programs” for the period 09/01/2016 – 7/31/2021.

Philbin, Morgan received a $178,522 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for her project titled, “Assessing the Impact of State-Level Policies on Drug Use and HIV Risk for YMSM” for the period 6/15/2016 -5/31/2021.

Rhodes-Bratton, Brennan received a $36,827 award from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for her project titled, "Gentrification, food environment, and risk for obesity: A mixed methods approach" for the period 08/11/2015 – 12/31/2017.

Schrimshaw, Eric received a $621,784 award from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for his project titled, "Culture and HIV risk in a diverse population" for the period 09/25/2015 – 06/30/2019.

Sommer, Marni received a $220,742 award from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for her project titled, "Structural Intervention for Adolescent Alcohol use and HIV Risk in Tanzania" for the period 07/10/2015 – 06/30/2017.