Research Funding

EXTERNAL: GRANTS

under review	Situating Health Literacy and Social Support in the Management of Diabetes. Grant application (#1P20RR024487-01) for National Institutes of Health (Title: Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence [CoBRE]; RFA-RR-06-002). Role: Principal Junior Investigator. 2nd resubmission in April, 2009. [1st revision: Priority score: 192; Scientific Evaluation rating: Excellent], $1,229,446.
under review	Interpreters' Impact on LEP Parents' Communicative Competence in Pediatric Oncology. Grant application (#1R01CA151841-01) for National Institutes of Health (PA-07-392: Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children [R01]). Role: Principal Investigator. Submitted in October, 2009. Anticipated Period 06/01/2010-05/30/2013. $1,490,742.
2009	Illness as a Coordinated Family Activity: Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine by Elderly Chinese in the United States, Oklahoma Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (OCTSI) Scholar Program funded by the Clinical and Translational Science Award Planning Grant (NIH-NCRR-1 P20 RR023477-01P) and the College of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center. Role: Faculty mentor to OCTIS scholar: Haiying Kong. Period: 06/01/2009-07/31/2009.
2006-2009	Providers' Views of the Roles of Medical Interpreters. Grant (#1R03MH76205-01-A1) funded by National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health. Role: Principal Investigator. Period: 09/01/2006-08/31/2009. $146,417.
2003	Grant application (#1 R03 HS013877-01) for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Priority Score: 288 (initial review) Grants were provided to projects with priority score under 250

INTERNAL: GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

2009	Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma.
2007, 2008, 2009	Faculty Travel Assistance Grants Program, Vice President of Research, University of Oklahoma.
2007, 2008, 2009	Matching Travel Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma.
2006	Junior Faculty Research Program, Vice President of Research, University of Oklahoma.
2005	Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma.
2003	Competitive Dissertation Travel Grant, Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2003	Summer Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Department of Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2003	Competitive Conference Travel Grant, Department of Education, Taiwan.
2000, 2001 2002, 2003	Competitive Conference Travel Grants for Graduate Students, Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.