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| The Buffalo Center for Social Research assists researchers in
generating grant proposals that are successfully supported through
a variety of external funding sources. These include international,
national, state, and local funders who provide vital financial support
underwriting critical research in a wide range of areas. The Western
New York community provides a diverse variety of opportunities for
researchers to partner with agencies and institutions, enhancing
the viability and relevance of grant applications as evidenced by
the following examples: |
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| Name: |
OMH Deans Consortium Project |
| Description: |
In 2003 New York State Office of Mental Health (NYSOMH) and the New York State Dean’s Consortium of Schools of Social Work formed a partnership to address plans for the integration of evidence-based practices (EBP) into the graduate level social work curriculum. The University at Buffalo School of Social Work was designated under this grant to develop and implement an EBP Seminar Course, colloquia and prototype “recovery-based” field placements at Schools of Social Work in New York State. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Catherine N. Dulmus, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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New York State Office of Mental Health |
| Funding Period: |
7/1/2008 -
6/30/2009 |
| Funding Amount: |
$88,334 |
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Contact:
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Brenda Wright
716-829-3991 ext 287
bwright@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Measuring the stability of a community-based organization's culture and climate in relation to implentation of new technology |
| Description: |
The overall purpose of this pilot is to study the stability of an agency's culture and climate over a 1-year period just prior to implementing new evidence-based practices and research technologies using Glisson's Organizational Social Context Measurement as a repeated measure. |
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Principal Investigator:
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David A. Patterson--Silver Wolf (Adelv Unegv Waya), PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program |
| Funding Period: |
6/1/2008 -
6/30/2009 |
| Funding Amount: |
$8,900 |
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Contact:
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Dr. David Patterson
716-829-3991 ext. 111
dap@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Social and Individual Change Among Youth |
| Description: |
The primary objective of this project is to examine the effect of youths' activism on their identities, values, and relationships with peers and adults. This objective will be met though the use of in-depth, longituinal, and mixed-method data. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Laina Y. Bay-Cheng, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program |
| Funding Period: |
6/1/2008 -
6/30/2009 |
| Funding Amount: |
$10,000 |
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Contact:
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Dr. Laina Bay-Cheng
716-645-3381 ext 234
lb35@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Fast-food restaurants and other health-related businesses' proximity to Native American Reservations: Health disparity information analysis using GIS methodology |
| Description: |
Gall bladder disease, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease are well documented high risk health disparities in Native and First Nation communities. It is the goal of this project to determine using GIS mapping the proximity of fast-food establishments and other health-related businesses to reservation boundaries for tribes of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Nation) of New York State and high-risk dietary health disparity data. |
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Principal Investigator:
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David A. Patterson--Silver Wolf (Adelv Unegv Waya), PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program |
| Funding Period: |
11/1/2007 -
12/31/2008 |
| Funding Amount: |
$8,730 |
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Contacts:
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Dr. David Patterson
716-829-3991 ext. 111
dap29@buffalo.edu Dr. Rodney Haring
716-829-3991 ext. 111
haring@buffalo.edu
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| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Native American Performers in the Film Industry: A qualitative examination for positive organizational development |
| Description: |
Native American performers in the film industry are a minority of the minorities. The overall purpose of this study is to qualitatively investigate how Native American performers conceptualize their experience in the film industry. |
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Principal Investigator:
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David A. Patterson--Silver Wolf (Adelv Unegv Waya), PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program |
| Funding Period: |
11/1/2007 -
12/31/2008 |
| Funding Amount: |
$9,943 |
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Contacts:
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Dr. David Patterson
716-829-3991 ext. 111
dap29@buffalo.edu Dr. Rodney Haring
716-829-3991 ext. 111
haring@buffalo.edu
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| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
Yes |
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| Name: |
Coping with Breast Cancer Treatment: Comparing the Experiences of Women who have Neoadjuvant with those who have Adjuvant Chemotherapy |
| Description: |
The psychosocial outcomes of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy treatments for women are largely unknown. This study investigates the concerns, coping strategies and levels of distress and compare them in women who have adjuvant chemotherapy (N=20) with those who have neoadjuvant chemotherapy (N=20). |
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Principal Investigator:
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Deborah P. Waldrop, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program |
| Funding Period: |
7/1/2007 -
6/30/2009 |
| Funding Amount: |
$12,120 |
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Contact:
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Dr. Deborah Waldrop
716-645-3381 ext. 270
dwaldrop@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Evaluating the Hospice House: A New Model of Palliative Care |
| Description: |
The purpose of this project is to explore and describe the unique nature of palliative and psychosocial interventions that are provided for people who enter a hospice house. Mixed methods will be used to provide a descriptive profile of the care that is provided at a hospice house in Buffalo, NY. This study is guided by two research questions: 1) What is the nature of hospice house care?; 2) How does the hospice house address physical symptoms, psychological distress and meet family, social and personal care needs? This study will result in development of a descriptive profile of a new level of hospice care and contribute to its improvement. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Deborah P. Waldrop, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Fahs Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation |
| Funding Period: |
7/1/2007 -
6/30/2008 |
| Funding Amount: |
$14,971 |
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Contact:
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Dr. Deborah Waldrop
(716) 645-3381 ext. 270
dwaldrop@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
The Hospice Decision |
| Description: |
This study seeks to develop and pilot test an appropriate, sensitive and noninvasive protocol for inviting newly admitted hospice patients and their family caregivers to participate in research and to conduct a series of interviews about the factors that influenced their decision to enter hospice care. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Deborah P. Waldrop, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program |
| Funding Period: |
7/1/2007 -
8/31/2008 |
| Funding Amount: |
$11,355 |
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Contact:
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Dr. Deborah Waldrop
716-645-3381 ext. 270
dwaldrop@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
"Knock on the Door": A Study of DASTAK Women's Shelter, Lahore, Pakistan |
| Description: |
Using ethnographic research methods with interviews of clients, staff and founders of DASTAK Women's Shelter, this study aims to identify how violence transpires against women and how they take steps to resist it, service models to assist women, and the strategies women and human rights activisits are adopting to influence policy and campaign for improved status of women in Pakistan. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Filomena M. Critelli, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program |
| Funding Period: |
5/1/2007 -
6/30/2009 |
| Funding Amount: |
$10,040 |
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Contact:
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Dr. Filomena Critelli
716-645-3381 ext. 275
fmc8@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Evaluation of EPIC's interventions with parents and children |
| Description: |
This evaluation strategy for EPIC’s interventions is aimed at enhancing the well being of families and the education potential for their children. The main aim of the evaluation is to investigate the effectiveness of EPIC, i.e., the extent to which the project succeeds in having a positive impact on parenting strategies and the students’ educational performance. In addition, a formative evaluation will be conducted to investigate the implementation of the main components of the ‘ready, set, parent’ & ‘ready, set, read’ curriculum and other EPIC interventions. It will also demonstrate that these evaluation approaches can be integrated into the practice of EPIC’s regional school district based parent centers to provide an analysis of findings whenever required, in order to develop effective services for children and families and to respond to future funding opportunities. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Mansoor A. F. Kazi, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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EPIC |
| Funding Period: |
5/1/2007 -
4/30/2012 |
| Funding Amount: |
$316,638 |
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Contact:
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Dr,. Mansoor Kazi
716-829-3991 ext. 161
mkazi@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
2007 Workforce and System Development of Family Assistance and Affiliated Organizations |
| Description: |
NYS Social Work Education Consortium Western and Rochester Region Award
This grant operates out of the State University of New York at Albany as a formal partnership among the Deans of the graduate social work programs, the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, the 57 county social services commissioners, and the Administration for Children's Services in NYC. The mission of the NYS Social Work Education Consortium is to improve the quality, professional status, and stability of the public sector child welfare workforce, including better ways to recruit and retain qualified workers. Through a sub-allocation to the Office of Continuing Education and the Research Center, administrative and evaluation support is provided to the project. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Mansoor A. F. Kazi, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Sub contract from State University of New York at Albany |
| Funding Period: |
1/1/2007 -
12/31/2007 |
| Funding Amount: |
$158,106 |
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Contact:
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Mansoor Kazi
716 645 3381 ext 232
mkazi@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
NYS OMH Children, Youth and Families Mental Health Evidence Based Practice Project Award |
| Description: |
Administered through the School’s Office of Continuing Education, this grant provides support to the 19 counties of the Western Region of the New York State Office of Mental Health to assess, develop and implement:
1. Training for staff of eligible agencies in evidence based practices for children, adolescents and their families
2. A project website that provides Western New York mental health practitioners with access to current evidence based practice information and resources for children, adolescents and families. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Lesa Fichte, MSW |
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Funding Source:
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New York State Office of Mental Health |
| Funding Period: |
1/1/2007 -
12/31/2007 |
| Funding Amount: |
$158,828 |
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Contact:
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Lesa Fichte
716 829 3939
llfichte@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions: Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research: Dissemination of a MI-based Preparatory Procedure |
| Description: |
This supplement allows an opportunity to begin specializing in addictions research on a 50% effort and to relate new knowledge and skills to other research interests. The supplement activites include a series of relevant research seminars, including foundations of interdisciplinary research, grant writing, ethics, and professional and career development. |
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Principal Investigator:
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David A. Patterson--Silver Wolf (Adelv Unegv Waya), PhD |
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Funding Source:
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
| Funding Period: |
1/1/2007 -
12/31/2008 |
| Funding Amount: |
$190,178 |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Erie County Department of Social Services In-Service Training Project Award |
| Description: |
Administered through the School’s Office of Continuing Education, this grant provides customized in-service training to designated Social Services staff based upon identified training need areas such as chemical dependency, special needs, mental health, supervision and administration. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Lesa Fichte, MSW |
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Funding Source:
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Erie County Department of Social Services |
| Funding Period: |
10/1/2006 -
9/30/2007 |
| Funding Amount: |
$194,206 |
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Contact:
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Lesa Fichte
716 829 3939 ext 151
llfichte@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Development and Implementation of Continuous Quality Improvement Program |
| Description: |
Assist in the development, implementation and data collection of Gateway-Longview's Continuous Quality Improvement Program |
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Principal Investigator:
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Mansoor A. F. Kazi, PhD |
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Co-Investigator:
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Barbara A. Rittner, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Gateway Longview |
| Funding Period: |
9/1/2006 -
8/31/2007 |
| Funding Amount: |
$23,579 |
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Contact:
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Mansoor Kazi
716 645 5000 ext 232
mkazi@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Erie County Department of Social Services Masters in Social Work Degree Program and Certificate in Trauma Counseling Award |
| Description: |
Administered through the School’s Office of Continuing Education, this grant provides funding to 14 designated Social Services staff for tuition and books for their MSW degree. In addition, funding is provided for 15 Social Services staff to participate in the noncredit Certificate Program in Trauma Counseling to enable them to obtain specialized knowledge and skills in working with clients who have experienced trauma. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Lesa Fichte, MSW |
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Funding Source:
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Erie County Department of Social Services |
| Funding Period: |
9/1/2006 -
8/31/2007 |
| Funding Amount: |
$207,886 |
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Contact:
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Lesa Fichte
716 829 3939 ext 151
llfichte@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Buffalo-Rochester Practicum Partnership Program and Consortium for Gerontological Social Work |
| Description: |
The goal of the Buffalo-Rochester PPP (B-R PPP) is to build and sustain a comprehensive program in gerontological social work education that will bring together students, practitioners, and educators in preparing social workers for the comprehensive care of older adults and their families in the western regions of New York State. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Deborah P. Waldrop, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Social Work Leadership Institute |
| Funding Period: |
4/1/2006 -
3/31/2009 |
| Funding Amount: |
$74,913 |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Evaluation of Child/Youth Services at Moray Council |
| Description: |
The aim of this project is to integrate evaluation procedures into the daily practice of services and to assist in data analysis to enable the service providers to investigate the effectiveness of their services at least twice a year. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Mansoor A. F. Kazi, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Moray Council |
| Funding Period: |
9/1/2005 -
8/30/2008 |
| Funding Amount: |
$33,000 |
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Contact:
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Mansoor Kazi
716 645 3381ext. 232
mkazi@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Lancashire Children’s Fund project |
| Description: |
Complete a data analysis evaluation on the anti bullying project and the NCH Counceling project and that are using the evaluation methodology. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Mansoor A. F. Kazi, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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Nationwide Children's Research Centre |
| Funding Period: |
9/1/2005 -
8/31/2007 |
| Funding Amount: |
$18,274 |
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Contact:
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Mansoor Kazi
716 645 3381 ext 232
mkazi@buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Knowledge Exchange and Skills Training for Therapists |
| Description: |
The goal of this Research Institute on Addictions awarded study is to develop a training program for therapists using a combination of laptop computers, an interactive database, and distance learning in a state-of-the-science, innovative model of technology transfer and knowledge exchange. A clinical trial will unfold in a series of four phases that allow for ongoing development and refinement of the training materials with 90 volunteer clinicians. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Christopher G. Barrick |
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Co-Investigators:
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R. Lorraine Collins
Nancy J. Smyth, PhD |
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Funding Source:
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National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| Funding Amount: |
$1,585,000 |
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Contact:
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Dr. Chris Barrick
716-887-2538
barrick@ria.buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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| Name: |
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in Alcoholism Treatment |
| Description: |
Mindfullness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) has been shown to be efficacious in increasing the ability to cope with stress and in enhancing coping and psychological well-being. This Research Institute on Addictions awarded study evaluates MBSR in a clinical setting with alcohol dependent patients. |
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Principal Investigator:
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Gerard J. Connors |
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Co-Investigators:
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Kimberly Walitzer
Nancy J. Smyth, PhD
Craig R. Colder |
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Funding Source:
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
| Funding Amount: |
$1,977,241 |
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Contact:
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Dr. Gerard J. Connors
716-887-2566
connors@ria.buffalo.edu |
| Currently Recruiting Subjects: |
No |
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