2020-2021 Advancing Health Equity Pilot Awards

2020-2021 Awards

Amy Lu
Associate Professor
College of Arts, Media and Design and Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Title: How effective are active video games? A meta-analysis across the lifespan in clinical and nonclinical populations

Linda Blum
Professor of Sociology
College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Title: BRCA Communities In the Pandemic: Exploring the Role of Online Peer Support

Collette Ncube
Research Associate of Epidemiology
Boston University School of Public Health

Title: Un-Masking the Origins of Maternal Mortality/Morbidity Inequities (UMOMMI)

Danielle Levac
Assistant Professor
Bouvé College of Health SciencesTitle: Immersive virtual reality as a training modality for the development of a growth mindset in economically-disadvantaged children and youth

Hermine Poghosyan
Assistant Professor
Faculty, School of Nursing

Title: Racial/ethnic disparities in lung cancer screening potentially due to current screening guidelines

Tiffany Joseph
Associate Professor
College of Social Science and Humanities

Title: (Not) All In: Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, Exclusion, and Health Care in America’s City on a Hill

Dami Ko
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing

Title: Socioeconomic Inequities in Health among Urban Liver Transplant Recipients

Miso Kim
Assistant Professor
College of Arts, Media and Design

Title: Designing services to assist isolated older adults in senior living centers during COVID-19

Kara Pavone
Assistant Professor
Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Title: Pain-Related Disparities Among Patients with Substance Use Disorder

Rachel Rodgers
Associate Professor
College of Social Sciences and Humanities and Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Title: Beyond White Bread: A Delphi Study for an Equitable Healthy Eating Scale

Margo Lindauer
Associate Professor
School of Law and Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Project: Domestic Violence Clinic