Eight University of Nebraska-Lincoln research teams in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected for internal funding from the Office of Research and Economic Development’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Program, supporting short-term activities that respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Trey Andrews, psychology and Institute for Ethnic Studies: "Delineating the Impact of Evolving COVID-19 Changes on General and COVID-specific Healthcare Utilization among High Risk Groups."
- Rebecca Brock, psychology: "Family Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Identifying Sources of Resiliency and Risk."
- James Checco, chemistry (with Jiri Adamec, biochemistry): "Development of Point-of-Care Device for Quantification of Anti-SARS-CoV2 Immunoglobulins M and G."
- Allan Donsig, mathematics: "Communities of Practice in First Year Math Courses: Investigating the Transition to Remote Learning."
- Jenna Finch, psychology: "Family Environments and Child Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic."
- Jody Kellas, communication studies: "Narrative Connection in the Face of Physical Distancing: Testing a Translational Storytelling Intervention for Parents and Military Personnel Coping with the Stresses of COVID-19."
- Tim Nelson, psychology: "COVID in Context: Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Mental and Physical Health Trajectories in a Longitudinal Sample of Adolescents."
- Angela Palmer-Wackerly, communication studies (with Virginia Chaidez, nutrition and health sciences): "Systems-based Community Intervention Development: A Multilevel CBPR Approach to Enhancing Health Care Services and Communication in Meatpacking Communities."
“The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a wide range of problems, from the obvious medical and biology questions to issues in education, mental and social health, and health inequities,” said Bob Wilhelm, vice chancellor of research and economic development. “We’re proud to support Nebraska researchers from a variety of disciplines as they study and develop solutions to these problems.”
ORED led development of the rapid response program and is funding more than 50% of the total investment. Partners in funding include the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education and Human Sciences, Engineering, Architecture and Law, in addition to the Agricultural Research Division and the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. UNO’s College of Information Science and Technology and UNMC’s Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health also contributed to one grant each.
Article adapted from "ORED awards 20 grants supporting COVID-19-related work" by Tiffany Lee, Office of Research and Economic Development
