GRANTS
External (direct costs):
Principal Investigator, Developing an Interdisciplinary Sociomedical Theory and Practice. American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline and the National Science Foundation ($2,500; with William Cockerham and Kenneth Wilson, Investigators).
Principal Investigator, Sociomedical Theory and Practice. Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee ($2,000).
Principal Investigator, Old Age and Communication Problems During Medical Encounters AARP Andrus Foundation, Washington, D.C. ($74,425).
Medical Interviewing Coordinator, Residency Training in General Internal Medicine. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service Grant No. 2-D28-PE-14283-07 ($420,000; Alan Stamm, M.D., Principal Investigator).
Principal Investigator, Patient Care Relationships and Ethics: Advancing the Use of Sociological Theory and Methodology in Behavioral and Biomedical Research. American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline and the National Science Foundation ($1,500).
Principal Investigator, The Management of Dying: Tasks and Social Relationships in Patient Care. Doctoral Dissertation Grant from the National Science Foundation. NSF Grant No. SES-8518847 ($4,788).
Internal:
Principal Investigator, American Refugees, Faculty Development Award, University of Alabama at Birmingham ($10,000).
Principal Investigator, Perceived Sources of Support and Psychosocial Distress Among Persons Living with AIDS. Program in Social Medicine, University of Alabama Birmingham, ($20,000).
Principal Investigator, Social and Physical Covariates of Falls Among the U.S. Elderly. UAB Injury Prevention Center ($10,000).
Principal Investigator, A Longitudinal Analysis of Physician-Geriatric Patient Relationships. Graduate School Faculty Research Award from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. UAB Grant No. 211601 ($2,000).
Co-Principal Investigator, Discourse Analysis of Patient-Doctor Clinical Encounters. University Hospital Continuous Innovations in Patient Care Research Award. Grant No. 709945 ($27,390; with Richard M. Allman, Co-Principal Investigator).
Co-Principal Investigator, The Residency Experience: A Multi-Specialty Examination. University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Medicine Social Science and Medicine Research Assistantship Program ($2,500).
Principal Investigator, Satisfaction with Clinical Encounters among Geriatric Patients and Caregivers. University Center for Aging Seed Grant, University of Alabama at Birmingham. UAB Grant No. 208004 ($2,000).
Principal Investigator, Caregiver’s Satisfaction with Physician Communication Style. Graduate School Faculty Research Award from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. UAB Grant No. 212706 ($1,995).
Principal Investigator, Patient Care Relationships and Ethics. Innovative Studies Program Grant from the University of Alabama at Birmingham ($4,500).
