2021-2022 RDC Grant Awardees
The Research Development Committee (RDC), composed of two - three faculty members from each college, is responsible for distributing internal funds to support research. RDC grants are intended to support and encourage research and scholarship which is broadly interpreted to include the sciences and non-sciences, including the humanities and the fine and performing arts. The ETSU College of Public Health had several faculty and alumni awarded grants for the 2021 and 2022 fiscal years.
Dr. Suman Dalal, Department of Health Sciences
2022 Major RDC Grant
Title: Role of ATM in peroxisome biogenesis and pexophagy in the heart
Dr. KariLynn Dowling, Alumna
2022 Major RDC Grant
Title: Comparing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs About Differing Models of Pharmacist-Prescribed Contraception in Central Appalachia
Dr. Sean Fox, Department of Health Sciences
2022 Major RDC Grant
Title: Construction of a genetic library to characterize polymicrobial interactions & identify potential novel therapeutic targets
Dr. Meredith Ginley, Department of Psychology, Addiction Science Center
Co-I: Dr. Joyce Troxler, Family Medicine; Dr. Bill Brooks, Department of Biostatistics
and Epidemiology
2022 Interdisciplinary RDC Grant
Title: Leveraging interdisciplinary relationships to provide evidence-based treatment for psychostimulant use in a primary care setting
Dr. Jusung Lee, Department of Health Services Management and Policy
2021 Small RDC Grant
Title: The impact of the Affordable Care Act on racial/ethnic disparities in diabetes health outcomes
Dr. Wondi Manalew, Department of Health Services Management and Policy
2021 Small RDC Grant
Title: Adversity in Infancy, and Childhood Cognitive Development: Evidence from four developing countries
Dr. Sylvester Orimaye, Department of Health Services Management and Policy
2022 Major RDC Grant
Title: Sociodemographic & structural factors contributing to the association between depression & Alzheimer's disease among women in rural Central Appalachia
Dr. Jonathan Peterson, Department of Health Sciences
2022 Major RDC Grant
Title: Estrogen accelerates alcohol overconsumption induced disruption of the intestine-adipose-liver cross-talk pathway
Dr. Chris Pritchett, Department of Health Sciences
2022 Major RDC Grant
Title: Pseudomonas aeruginosa PilY1 as a vaccine candidate
Dr. Chris Pritchett, Department of Health Sciences
2021 Small RDC Grant
Title: Pseudomonas PilY1 as an anti-virulence target
Dr. Megan Quinn, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
2021 Small RDC Grant
Title: Vaccine Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs among Members of a University Community