Grants
- Development and Validation of a Smoking Media Literacy Scale. Principal Investigator, 75% effort. National Cancer Institute. Awarded $667,695. Project period August 1, 2006 to July 31, 2011.
- School-Based Media Literacy to Reduce Adolescent Smoking. Principal Investigator, 25% effort. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Awarded $300,000. Project period July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2009.
- Computer-Based Health and Media Education in Needy Area High Schools. Principal Investigator, 10% effort. Maurice Falk Foundation. Awarded $100,000. Project period January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009.
- The Effect of a Targeted Video Intervention on Beliefs Regarding Hypertension. Co-Investigator and Research Mentor, 5% effort. American Academy of Family Physicians. Awarded $30,000. Project period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.
- Assessing Links between Depression and Media Use with Ecological Momentary Assessment. Co-Principal Investigator, 10% effort. RAND-University of Pittsburgh Partnership. Awarded $25,000. Project period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.
- Improving Medical Students' Cultural Competency through Developing Community Patient Education Materials: Health Literacy Meets Social Marketing. Principal Investigator, 3% effort. Provost of the University of Pittsburgh. Awarded $13,435. Project period January 1, 2005 to January 1, 2006.
- Ad It Up: Integration of Video Production into Smoking Prevention Media Literacy Programs. Principal Investigator, 10% effort. Maurice Falk Fund. Awarded $65,765. Project period April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2007.
- Health, Media Exposure, and Media Literacy: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Principal Investigator, 10% effort. Tobacco-Free Allegheny. Awarded $20,264. Project period November 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005.
- Media Literacy for Health Education and Disease Prevention. Principal Investigator, 10% effort. Maurice Falk Fund. Awarded $26,365. Project period February 1, 2003 to January 31, 2004.