Awarded Research Grants

UCF College of Health Professions and Sciences

Social Work

Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Among Older People Living with HIV: Perspectives of Patients and Providers

  • PI: Jacob Bleasdale
  • Co-Is: Humberto Lopez Castillo
  • Co-Is: Kenan Sualp
    • Amount: $10,000 | Timeframe: 01/05/2026 - 12/31/2026
    Funding Type: Internal
    Funding Agency: Center for Behavioral Health Research and Training
    Social Work

    Culturally Tailored AI for Family-Based Physical Activity and Well-Being in Hispanic Families: A Prototype Development Study

  • PI: Qianxia Jiang
  • Co-Is: Summer Chen
    • Amount: $10,000 | Timeframe: 01/05/2026 - 12/31/2026
    Funding Type: Internal
    Funding Agency: Center for Behavioral Health Research and Training
    Social Work

    Pathways to Belonging and Success: Exploring the Strengths and Challenges of Refugee Immigrant Youth in Florida

  • PI: Asli Cennet Yalim
  • Co-Is: Humberto Lopez Castillo
  • Co-Is: Shuang Lu
    • Amount: $9,963 | Timeframe: 01/05/2026 - 12/31/2026
    Funding Type: Internal
    Funding Agency: Center for Behavioral Health Research and Training
    Social Work

    Assessing the impact of PARO on Mental Health Outcomes in Older Adults

  • PI: Susanny Beltran
  • Co-PI: Kimberley Gryglewicz
    • Amount: $50,000 | Timeframe: 07/01/2025 - 06/30/2026
    Funding Type: Internal
    Funding Agency: UCF: College of Health Professions and Sciences
    Communication Sciences and Disorders

    SLP-Administered Psychosocial Intervention for People with Aphasia

  • PI: Deena Schwen Blackett
    • Amount: $12,000 | Timeframe: 07/01/2025 - 06/30/2026
    Funding Type: Internal
    Funding Agency: UCF: College of Health Professions and Sciences
    Communication Sciences and Disorders

    The Impact of daily electronic cigarette use on voice and cough in young adults

  • PI: Victoria McKenna
    • Amount: $12,000 | Timeframe: 07/01/2025 - 06/30/2026
    Funding Type: Internal
    Funding Agency: UCF: College of Health Professions and Sciences
    Physical Therapy

    Neural Mechanisms of Acute Quadriceps Dysfunction and Neuromuscular Impairment: A Simulated Knee Injury Study

  • PI: Grant E. Norte
  • Co-PI: Meredith Chaput
    • Amount: $30,000 | Timeframe: 07/01/2025 - 06/30/2026
    Funding Type: Internal
    Funding Agency: UCF: College of Health Professions and Sciences
    Health Sciences

    The Dynamics of Interoception and its influence on Eating Behaviors

  • PI: Shante Jeune
    • Amount: $35,000 | Timeframe: 07/01/2025 - 06/30/2026
    Funding Type: Internal
    Funding Agency: UCF: College of Health Professions and Sciences
    Health Sciences

    Hallucinogen use and suicide-related measurements in the United States: Results from a large survey

  • PI: Yen-Han Lee
    • Amount: $9,000 | Timeframe: 07/01/2025 - 06/30/2026
    Funding Type: Internal
    Funding Agency: UCF: College of Health Professions and Sciences
    Health Sciences

    Dog-Facilitated Physical Activity: A Culturally Tailored mHealth Intervention to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce Sedentary Behavior Among Hispanic/Latinx Families with Children

  • PI: Qianxia Jiang
    • Amount: $12,000 | Timeframe: 03/01/2025 - 02/28/2026
    Funding Type: Internal
    Funding Agency: UCF Seed Funding Tier-1 2024-2025 cycle

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