Submission Requirements / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 /

Faculty Grants for Pilot Research Projects 2005

The closing date for pilot research project applications was February 15, 2005. Of the 34 received applications, 10 projects received funding.

"Dynamic Brain Function as Biomarker for Mental Aging," Yue Chen Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital. Interim Report.

"Reducing Obesity in a Culture that Values ‘Traditionally Built’ Women: A Pilot Study Assessing Feasibility for a Weight Reduction Clinical Trial," Rosemary Duda and Allan Hill, Surgical Oncology, BIDMC. Interim Report.

"Do Payments Incentives Influence Use of Home Health Care among the Elderly?" David Grabowski, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School. Interim Report. Final Report.

"Incongruities between Policy Positions, Party Loyalties, and Presidential Voting: The Age Dynamic" D. Sunshine Hillygus, Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Interim Report.

"A Cross-National Investigation of Social Capital in Relation to Individual Health and Subjective Well-Being," Ichiro Kawachi, Harvard School of Public Health. Interim Report.

"AIDS: Aging and Education," Michael Kremer, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Interim Report.

"The Aging Heart as a Criterion for Aging Populations," Richard Levins and Tamara Awerbuch-Friedlander, Harvard School of Public Health. Interim Report.

"Mental Health Outcomes of Caregiving and Bereavement in Elderly Spouses," Muriel Gillick, Kara Zivin Bambauer, PhD Department of Psychiatry, BWH and Director Department of Ambulatory Care & Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Interim Report.

"Antiretroviral Adherence Across Age Groups In A Resource-Limited Setting," Lisa Hirschhorn (pending approval), Harvard Medical School, Till Barnighausen. Harvard School of Public Health. Interim Report.

"The Impacts of Migration on the Health and Well-Being of Elderly in Rural China: An Interdisciplinary Pilot Study," Winnie Yip, Norman Daniels, Martin Whyte, Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Interim Report.