Current Research
Updated: 04/2013
Process Evaluation of Older Americans Act Title III-E National Family Caregiver Support Program
Funded by: The Lewin Group, Inc. - (7/2012-4/2015)
Principal Investigator: S. Kunkel
The Ohio Long-Term Care Research Project
Refunded Biennially since 1989 by the Ohio Board of Regents - (7/2012-6/2013)
Principal Investigator: S. Kunkel
Building the Business Capacity of Aging and Disability Community-Based Networks for Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
Funded by: Administration for Community Living (ACL) - (9/2012-9/2013)
Principal Investigator: S. Kunkel
Common Sense for Caring Organizations: A Proposal for a Web-Based Educational Course forLong-Term Service and Supports Organizations
Funded by: Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) - (11/2012-6/2013)
Principal Investigator: J. Straker
Regional and International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages
Funded by: Department of Health and Human Services - (7/2012-8/2013)
Principal Investigator: S. Brown
Long Term Care Direct Care Workforce Project
Funded by: DHHS - Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) - (7/2012-6/2013)
Principal Investigator: J. Straker
Proposal to Provide Data to Improve Ohio’s Long-Term Services
and Support System: Phase 2
Funded by: State of Ohio, Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) - (7/12/11-6/30/13)
Principal Investigator: R. Applebaum, S. Mehdizadeh
Other team members: M. Nelson, J. Straker
Tracking Long-Term Care Utilization in Ohio: July 2011 - June 2013
Funded by: Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) - (7/1/11-6/30/13)
Principal Investigator: R. Applebaum, S. Mehdizadeh
Other team members: M. Nelson, J. Straker
Genetics of Bone Structure and Metabolism
Funded by: Southwest Foundation of Biomedical Research, National Institutes of Health - (3/15/10-7/31/14)
Principal Investigator: A. Subedi
Creation of SASI Data Set
Funded by: Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio - (5/1/12-4/30/13)
Principal Investigator: M. Nelson, K. Chow
Understanding US Regional Health & Mortality Disparities: A Life Course Approach
Funded by: National Institutes of Health (NIH) / Princeton University - (9/1/11-8/31/16)
Principal Investigator: S. Brown
Partner Agency: Princeton
Generativity in the Lives of Older Women
Funded by: Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, Univ of Maryland (UMBC) - (8/1/11-1/31/13)
Principal Investigator: K. de Medeiros
Partner Agency: Bob Rubinstein, UMBC
Opening Minds through Art (OMA): An Intergenerational Art Program for People with Dementia
Funded by: Catholic Health Partners for OMA programming at Mercy Health Schroder - (1/1/12-12/31/12)
Principal Investigator: E. Lokon
Genetic Architecture of the Human Dentognathic Complex
Funded by: National Institutes of Health (NIH) / subcontract: Wright State University (WSU) - (4/1/12-3/31/13)
Principal Investigator: A. Subedi
Partner Agency: Wright State University
2012 ODA Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey
Funded by: Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) - (4/27/12-6/30/13)
Principal Investigator: J. Straker
Other team member: K. Chow
Opening Minds through Art (OMA): An Intergenerational Art Program for People with Dementia
Funded by: Kappa Kappa Gamma - (10/12–6/13)
Principal Investigator: E. Lokon
Opening Minds through Art (OMA): An Intergenerational Art Program for People with Dementia
Funded by: The Knolls of Oxford - (2/1/08-12/31/12)
Principal Investigator: E. Lokon
Opening Minds through Art (OMA): An Intergenerational Art Program for People with Dementia
Funded by: Kappa Kappa Gamma - (10/2012-06/2013)
Principal Investigator: E. Lokon
Opening Minds through Art (OMA): An Intergenerational Art Program for People with Dementia
Funded by: Colonial Senior Services - (1/1/11-12/31/12)
Principal Investigator: E. Lokon
Projecting Ohio’s Population and Need for Long-Term Care Services and Supports
Funded by: The Ohio Long-Term Care Project - (7/1/11-6/30/13)
Principal Investigator: S. Mehdizadeh
Other team members: K. Chow, T. Yamashita

