1. Research and Development
Year in Review v

2. Associate Dean for Research
Susan A. Bloomfield, Ph.D.
Dr. Bloomfield joined the faculty in Health & Kinesiology in 1993 and assumed the Associate Dean position in July 2016.

3. Research Development Officer
Pre Award Services
Jesús Palomo
Research Development Officer
Amy Jurica Hinnant
Outreach Coordinator
Windy Hollis Turner
Assistant Director

4. Business Administrator
Post Award Services
Clayton Holle
Business Administrator
Adriana Burnett
Business Coordinator
Mary Seifert
Business Coordinator
Pam Parks
Business Coordinator

5. New Award Totals
$30.8 M
$17.3 M
2016
2017
Dr. Kay Wijekumar (TLAC) – Multiple grants from USDE-IES

6. Notable New Awards Rafael Lara-Alecio, PI (EPSY)
Literacy-Infused Science Using Technology Innovation Opportunity (LISTO), a 5-Year Longitudinal Validation Project US Department of Education (Federal) 01/01/ /31/2021 Total Funding: $12,000,000
Jean Madsen, PI (EAHR)
Strategies for School Improvement and Inclusion in Schools with Demographically Diverse Students Kellogg Foundation (Private) 03/01/ /28/2020 Total Funding: $1,493,754

7. Notable New Awards Noboru Matsuda, PI (TLAC)
Exploratory Study on the Adaptive Online Course and its Implication on Synergetic Competency NSF (Federal) 09/01/ /31/2018 Total Funding: $566,000
Kelly Wilson, PI (HLKN)
Integrating Teen Pregnancy Prevention Innovative Practices (iTIP)
US DHHS—Office of Adolescent Health 06/01/ /31/2018 Total Funding: $1,500,00

8. Annual Research Expenditures
$24,477, $20,250,760
Dr. Mary Alfred (EAHR) – TCALL Funding from Texas Workforce Commission

9. Proposals Submitted
192
174
2016
2017
Dr. Whitney Garney (HLKN) – PI with funding from American Heart Association and Texas Department of State Health Services

10. Outreach Services
Amy Hinnant with Dan Rather at TX Administrators & Supervisors Mid-Winter Conference, Austin –Jan 2017

11. Regular newsletters to share information, hot topics, and
CERD ACTIVITIES 2017
Regular newsletters to share information, hot topics, and
good news

12. Interdisciplinary Teams were awarded
CERD ACTIVITIES 2017
Catapult 2017
Funding to support the development of research, teaching or outreach focused projects that directly address the Quality of Life Transformational Impact Area
Interdisciplinary Teams were awarded
$265,000

13. Faculty, Staff, and Students
CERD ACTIVITIES 2017
Two STATA Workshops
Attended by 60
Faculty, Staff, and Students
Data Analysis and Statistical Software

14. Pre Award Team presented two
CERD ACTIVITIES 2017
Pre Award Team presented two
Tips and Tricks of
Budget Development
Workshops

15. Grand Opening of the Human Clinical Research Facility (HCRF)
April 11, 2017
Housing the Center for Translational Research
in Aging and Longevity (CTRAL) and the
Exercise & Sports Nutrition Lab (ESNL)

16. # of Current Project Accounts
436
Dr. Oi-Man Kwok (EPSY) – Co-PI on Federal and State Projects, as well one of our Representatives to the University CPI

17. Proposed CERD Initiatives for 2018
US Dept. of Education Mock Review Panel-- invite DOE program officer
Grant writing groups
Support for external friendly reviews of grant applications
Revised Catapult program: supporting junior faculty and interdisciplinary research
Dr. Beverly Irby (EAHR) – Co-PI on Five USDE Projects

18. Survey We want your feedback!
COMING SOON watch your in the next few days for a survey to rate your experience using the CERD Office and to collect your ideas for the future.

19. Your Associate Dean wants to hear your feedback!
I would love to hear what’s on your mind. Please work with me to fix anything that is not working well. Let’s create together strategic plans for supporting our research faculty and making CEHD a nexus of research productivity and thought leaders in the nation and world.