Translation and Dissemination Awards

ARRA Awards

Recovery Act funds will be used to expand AHRQ's translation and dissemination activities and strengthen the infrastructure supporting these activities. Select for a fact sheet on this topic.

1. Continuing Dissemination and Translation Innovation Grants

Award Type: Grants
Awardees:

• Adaptation, Education and Motivation: Improving Evidence-Based Medication Adhere
  Robert M. Mayberry, Morehouse School of Medicine (R18 HS19259-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to Grants On-Line Database (GOLD): http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19259-01
• Adaptation of Consumer Guides for Patients with Low Health Literacy
  Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (R18 HS19354-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19354-01
• Adapting Hypertension and Diabetes Guides for Hard-to-Reach African-American Men
  Jennifer L. Lauby, Philadelphia Health Management Corp. (R18 HS19366-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010 Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19366-01
• AHRQ's Ischemic Heart Disease Products Translated for High School Populations
  Nancy P. Moreno, Baylor College of Medicine (1 R18 HS019248-01)
  Award Date: August 12, 2010
  Award Type: Grant
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19248-01
• Application and Dissemination of a Culture-Centered Approach to Tailoring Comparative Effectiveness Research Summary Guides (CERSGs)
  Mohan Dutta-Bergman, Purdue University West Lafayette (R18 HS19329-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19329-01
• Comprehensive Informatics Framework for CER Dissemination
  Joseph E. Finkelstein, Johns Hopkins University (R18 HS19313-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19313-01
• Disseminating Adapted Diabetes Evidence to Clinicians Through a Patient Portal
  Samuel T. Rosenbloom, Vanderbilt University (R18 HS19276-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19276-01
• Disseminating Breast Cancer Prevention to African American Women
  Chanita A. Hughes-Halbert, University of Pennsylvania (R18 HS19339-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19339-01
• IA-ADAPT: Improving Antipsychotic Appropriateness in Dementia Patients
  Ryan M. Carnahan, University of Iowa (R18 HS19355-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19355-01
• iADAPT: Off-Label Use of Antipsychotics in the Nursing Home
  Jerry H. Gurwitz, University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester (R18 HS19351-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19351-01
• Informing Latinas About Medications To Reduce Risk For Breast Cancer
  Marielena Lara, RAND Corporation (R18 HS19264-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19264-01
• Innovative Adaptation & Dissemination of CER Products: Autism (iADAPT-ASD)
  Mark J. Harris, University of Southern California (R18 HS19271-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19271-01
• Innovative Diffusion of Comparative Effectiveness Research
  Daniel C. Malone, University of Arizona (R18 HS19220-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19220-01
• A Low Literacy Multimedia Approach to Disseminate Bilingual Diabetes CERSGs
  Elizabeth A. Hahn, Northwestern University R18 HS19335-01
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19335-01
• Medication Summary Guides for Vulnerable Populations with Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Grant Awardee: Edward H. Yelin, University Of California, San Francisco (R18 HS19209-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19209-01
• A National Academic Detailing Resource to Adapt and Disseminate CER Findings
  Michael A. Fischer, Brigham and Women's Hospital (R18 HS19202-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19202-01
• The New England RAPiD (Regional Adaptation for Payer Policy Decisions) Project Grant
  Steven Pearson, Massachusetts General Hospital (1 R18 HS019212-01)
  Award Date: August 12, 2010
  Award Type: Grant
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19212-01
• Story Guides—Making Comparative Effectiveness Useful for Vulnerable Patients
  Jeroan J. Allison, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester (R18 HS19353-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19353-01
• Technologically Enhanced Community Health Worker (CHW) Delivery of Personalized Patient Education Materials
  Mary Ellen M. Heisler, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (R18 HS19256-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19256-01
• Translation of Comparative Effectiveness of Depression Medications into Practice
  Victor M Montori, Mayo Clinic (R18 HS19214-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19214-01
• Using CERs to Optimize Quality of Life for Persons with Diabetes and Chronic Pain
  Monika M. Safford, University Of Alabama at Birmingham (R18 HS19239-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R18+HS19239-01

E-mail comments: ARRA_Support@AHRQ.HHS.GOV

2. Eisenberg Center Modification

Awardee: Baylor College of Medicine
ARRA: John M. Eisenberg Clinical Decisions and Communications Science Center
Award Type: Contract
Award Amount: $5,000,000
Award Date: October 1, 2009
E-mail comments: ARRA_Support@AHRQ.HHS.GOV