Current Grant Support Project: An Assessment of the Structure and Process of Acute Stroke Rehabilitation in Nebraska Hospitals Source:Nebraska Health & Human Services System Dates/Amt: February - December 2009; $5,835 (direct costs $4,706) Role: K Jones (PI) Project: Analysis and Interpretation of Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Data for 13 Minnesota Critical Access Hospitals Source: Stratis Health Dates/Amt: January – April 2009; $12,605 (direct costs $9,050) Role: K Jones (PI) Project: Evaluating the Effect of TeamSTEPPS Training on the Culture of Safety in 25 Critical Access Hospitals Source: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program and Good Samaritan Health System Critical Access Hospital Network Dates/Amt: June 30, 2008 – June 15, 2009; $66,219 (direct costs $54,225) Role: K Jones Project: National Implementation of TeamSTEPPSTM Source:American Institutes for Research Subcontract Grant Dates: 2007 – 2009 Role: Consultant; Principal Investigator is Chad Bauerly, MD; Creighton University Medical Center, K Jones (CI) Project: Measuring and Improving the Culture of Safety in Small Rural Hospitals Source: National Rural Health Association Dates/Amt: March 2008 – August 2008; $46,200 direct costs Role: K Jone (PI) Project: TeamSTEPPS Training in Critical Access Hospitals Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality through The Lewin Group, Inc. Dates/Amt: February 2008 – November 2008; $37,370 direct costs Role: K Jone (PI)
Project: Implementing and Evaluating TeamSTEPPS Training in Critical Access Hospitals|}Source: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program and St. Elizabeth Regional Health Center Critical Access Hospital Network|Dates/Amt:January 2009 – December 2010; $62,112 (direct costs $54,225)
Role: K Jones (PI)
Funding Agency: Kelly Foundation
Start and end dates: July, 2008 to June, 2009
Total Dollars: $28,000
Investigators: KP Meyer (PI), GM Karst (I), J Tompkins (I), L Fell (I), J Temme (I)
Title: NEBGEC (The Nebraska Geriatric Education Center)
Funding Agency: DHHS/HRSA 1D31HP0884-01-00
Start and end dates: 9/01/07-6/30/10
Total Direct Costs: $1,200,000 ($400,000 direct costs for 3 yrs)
Principal Investigator: J Potter (OI), E Vanderberg (Co-PI), PA Hageman (member, Executive Committee), K Jones (member Executive Committee)
Title: Modifying lifestyle in prehypertensive older rural women Funding Agency: NINR/NIH 2RO1 NRO4861-05A2 Start and end dates: 08/01/06-11/30/10 Total Direct Costs: $1,992,071 Principal Investigator: SW Walker (PI), CH Pullen (Co-PI), L Boeckner (I), PA Hageman (I)
Title: NEBGEC (The Nebraska Geriatric Education Center)
Funding Agency: DHHS/HRSA 1D31HP0884-01-00)
Start and end dates: 9/01/07-6/30/10
Total Dollars: Funded $1,200,000 ($400,000) direct costs for 3 yrs)
Principal Investigator - J Potter (PI), E Vanderberg (Co-PI), PA Hageman (member, Executive Committee) K Jones (member, Executive Committee)
“Investigation of Sitting Postural Control Intervention for Young Children with Moderate to Severe Cerebral Palsy”, 2008-2011; R Harbourne (CI) for NIDRR grant
“Nonlinear Analysis of Postural Function in Infants”, 2005-2010, R Harbourne (CI) for NIH grant
Title: Audio System and Monitor for Student Physical Rehabilitation Lab
Funding Agency: UNMC, College of Medicine Education Support Grant
Start and end dates: 3/31/09 – 4/01/10
Total Direct Costs: $5,000
Investigators: J.F. Norman (PI)
Title:
Effect of Exercise on Cytokine Levels in Heart FailureFunding Agency: School of Allied Health Professions Pilot Research Program
Start and End dates: 11/1/07-10/31/08
Total dollars (direct costs): $25,000
Investigators: PI: J.F. Norman. Co-I: L.D. Bilek, B.J. Pozehl and K.A. Duncan.
Title: NEBGEC: The Nebraska Geriatric Education Center. (Grant# 1D31HP 08840-01-00)
Funding Agency: Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration
Start and End dates: 9/1/07-6/30/10
Total dollars (direct costs):$1,200,000
Investigators:PI: J.F. Potter. Core Faculty: J.F. Norman.
Title: Psychometric Testing of Measures to Estimate Energy Expenditure in Elderly Heart Failure Patients
Funding Agency: American Nurses Foundation
Start and End dates: 10/1/07-9/30/09
Total dollars (direct costs): 16,135
Investigators: PI: B.J. Pozehl. Co-I: J.F. Norman, K.A. Duncan, and M.A. Hertzog
Title: Telemetry Module for VO-2000 Metabolic Gas Analyzer
Funding Agency: UNMC, College of Medicine Educational Support Grant
Start and End dates: 3/30/07-4/1/08
Total dollars: (direct costs) $4,718
Investigators: PI: J.F. Norman
Title: Oximetry regulated oxygen flow device
Funding Agency: Departmental Research and Development Grant, UNMC Division of PT Education
Start and End dates: 6/7/06-6/30/09
Total dollars (direct costs): $2,500
Investigators: PI: J.F. Norman
Title: Heart Failure Exercise and Resistance Training Camp
Funding Agency: UNMC Research Support Fund
Start and End dates: 6/1/05-5/30/08
Total dollars (direct costs): $2300
Investigators: PI: B.J. Pozehl. Co-I: J.F. Norman and K.A. Duncan
Title: Comparison of the Energy Expenditure Index and Oxygen Consumption Index During Self-
Propelled Wheelchair Propulsion in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Funding Agency: Nebraska Foundation for Physical Therapy, George Blanton Research Grant Program
Start and End dates: 9/1/05-8/31/08
Total dollars (direct costs): $2000
Investigators: PI: R.H. Fuchs. Co-I: J.F. Norman
Title: Gait and Balance Disability Created by Peripheral Arterial Disease in Elderly Patients with Response to Revascularization.
Funding Agent: Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Award: American Geriatrics Society
Start and End Dates: July 2006 - July 2008
Total Dollars: $150,000
Investigators: Johanning, (PI), D Venema (CI)
Funding Agent: College of Medicine Educational Support Grant
Starting and End DatesFebruary 2008 to February 2009
Total Dollars: $4745
Investigator: K Volkman (PI)
Title: Investigation of Interventions for Sitting Postural Control in Young Children with Moderate to Severe Cerebral Palsy.Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education, Field Initiated Program (H133G080023).Start and End Dates: 10/01/08-9/30/11.
Total Dollars: $600,000.
nvestigators: Nicholas Stergiou, PI, Regina Harbourne, Co-PI. Support Personnel: Sandy Willett, Amy Beyersdorf.
Publications
Walker SN, Pullen CH, Boeckner L, Hageman PA, Hertzog M, Oberdorfer M, Rutledge MJ. (in press). Community-based clinical trial of tailored newsletters to influence physical activity and healthy eating in older rural women. Nursing
Research
Pullen CH, Hageman PA, Boeckner L, Oberdorfer MK, Walker SN. Feasibility of Internet-delivered weight loss
intereventions among older rural women ages 50-69. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 31:105-111, 2008.
Jones, K.J., Cochran, G., Xu, L., Skinner, A., Knudson, A. Hicks, R.W. (2008). The association between pharmacist support and voluntary reporting of medication errors: an analysis of MEDMARX® data. In Henriksen, K., Battles, J.B., Keyes, M.A., Grady, M.L. (Eds.), Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, Vol. 1 Assessment. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0034-1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Jones, K.J., Skinner, A., Xu, L., Sun, J., Mueller, K. (2008). The AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: a tool to plan and evaluate patient safety programs. In Henriksen, K., Battles, J.B., Keyes, M.A., Grady, M.L. (Eds.), Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, Vol. 2. Culture and Redesign. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0034-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Potach DH, Katsavelis D, Karts GM, Latin RW, Stergiou N. The effects of a plyometric training program on the latency time of the quadriceps femoris and gastrocnemius short-latency responses. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 49:35-43, 2009.
Norman JF, Pozehl BJ, Duncan KA, Hertzog MA, Elokda AS and Krueger S. Relationship of resting B-type natriuretic peptide level to cardiac work and total physical work capacities in heart failure patients. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. (in press)
Norman, J.F., Hopkins E.C. and Crapo E.E.. Validity of the Counting Talk Test Compared to Standard Methods of Estimating Exercise Intensity in Young Healthy Adults. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 28(3):199-202, 2008.
Willett GM, Sharp JG, Smith LM. A comparative evaluation of teaching methods in an introductory neuroscience course for physical therapy students. Journal of Allied Health 2008;37(3):177E-197E. Bilek LD, Venema DM, Willett GM, Lyden ER. Use of the human activity profile for estimating fitness in persons with arthritis. Arthritis Care & Research. 2008;59(5):659-664.,
Facilities
The Division's offices, teaching laboratories, and research laboratories are located in the new Student Life Center on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus, directly adjacent to the state-of-the-art fitness facilities of the UNMC Center for Health Living. The Division’s Clinical Movement Science Laboratory and Physical Activity Research Laboratory provide capabilities for the study of kinematic, kinetic, electromyographic, and metabolic aspects of human movement.
