Project Title: Deimplementation of Inappropriate Feeding Practices in Early Care and Education Settings.
- Award Number: NIH R01 DK138153 (Swindle, Rutledge, PI)
- Project Period: 7/01/2024 – 4/30/2029
- Description: This project aims to test a set of co-designed implementation to remove and replace harmful mealtime feeding practices in early care and education settings serving children ages 3 to 5 years. Examination of mechanisms of effects of the strategies are a secondary aim.
Project Title: Testing an Adaptive Implementation Strategy to Optimize Delivery of Obesity Prevention Practices in Early Care and Education Settings
- Award Number: NIH R01/R37 CA25113 (Swindle, PI)
- Grant Period: 9/01/2021 – 8/30/2026
- Description: This R01 was expanded to an R37 MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time), which was awarded at discretion of NCI and provides longer-term grant support to Early-Stage Investigators (ESIs). The objectives of this application are to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an adaptive implementation.
- Total award: $3,109,216
Project Title: Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention
- Award Number: NIH P20 GM109096 (Weber, PI)
- Project Period: 9/01/2021-08/30/2026
- Description: The Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention focuses on developing research infrastructure around the theme of childhood obesity prevention and providing junior research project leaders with formal mentoring, training and research project funding to help them acquire preliminary data to compete for independent research grant support.
- Total award: $9,411,401
Project Title: Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center
- Award Number: USDA OSQR 6026-10700-001-000D
- Project Period: 10/01/2024-6/30/2028
- Description: This is a USDA Agriculture Research Service funded Human Nutrition Research Centers Program. This Center Grant uses animal models and clinical studies to determine the effects of early diet and nutritional status on child growth, development and disease prevention. I lead sub-objectives on two project plans.
1. Nutritional Determinants of Child Health. Results from these studies will inform the development of public health guidelines for nutrition and physical activity, targeting pregnant and lactating women with overweight or obesity and their children. Andres, A (Lead Investigator).
Role: Co-Investigator, 15% effort
2. Pediatric Physical Activity, Sleep, and Nutrition Impacting Cardiometabolic Health. This plan will determine independent and interactive effects of dietary quality, physical activity, inherited and achieved physical fitness, and sleep in promoting pediatric cardiometabolic health and attenuating metabolic disease risk trajectories. Børsheim, E (Lead Investigator).
Role: Co-Investigator, 20% effort
- Total award: ca $10,830,860, Sub-award: ≈ $1,015,000
Project Title: Equitable Standards of Care Delivery in Team-Based Compositional Model
- Award Number: NIH R21NR021063 (Williams, PI)
- Project Period: 01/25/24 – 12/31/2025
- Description: This R21 aims to construct a comprehensive sociotechnical framework for risk stratification (i.e., care delivery team composition model, risk guidelines, and a usable risk index/score for care delivery) supporting equitable care delivery.
- Role: Co-Investigator, 5% effort
- Total award: $400,897
- project seeks to evaluate effectiveness and implementation of a strategy to improve the nutrition environments in rural schools.
- Role: Co-Investigator (Project 2), 10% effort
- Total Center Award: $18,900,000
- Project Award: $2,854,525
Project Title: WISE Babies
- Award Number: Vitamix Foundation (Swindle, Rutledge MPI)
- Project Period: 07/01/2025-06/30/2026
- Description: Assessing Effectiveness and Implementation. The goal of this project is to launch a randomized control trial evaluating the effectiveness of WISE in classrooms serving children 18 -36 months.
- Total Award: $139,529