CANCER
Palliative Care Intervention for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
Advanced Cancer Patients
Purpose — To test the efficacy of a collaborative
care intervention to reduce symptoms of pain, depression, and
fatigue in patients diagnosed with cancer. The study will also
assess the predictors of caregiving on cardiovascular risk.
Principal Investigator — Jennifer Steel, PhD
| Funding Agency |
Title |
Role |
Year(s) |
Amount |
National Cancer Institute
R01CA196953
|
Palliative care intervention for socioeconomically
disadvantaged cancer patients
|
PI
16% effort
|
2016-2021 |
Total: $3,784,611
Direct: $396,167
Indirect: $222,844
|
Dyadic Sleep Intervention
Purpose — To test the efficacy of a dyadic sleep
intervention for those diagnosed with cancer and their spouses or
intimate partners.
Principal Investigator — Jennifer Steel, PhD
Distress after Stopping Immunotherapy
Purpose — To test the efficacy of an intervention
to reduce distress and fear of recurrence after stopping
immunotherapy.
Principal Investigator — Jennifer Steel, PhD
KIDNEY DISEASE
Pain Reduction and Opioid Medication Safety in ESRD (PROMISE)
study
Purpose — To test the efficacy of a pain coping
skills intervention and buprenorphine in patients diagnosed with
advanced kidney disease.
Principal Investigator — Jennifer Steel, PhD
| Funding Agency |
Title |
Role |
Year(s) |
Amount |
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney
Diseases
U01DK123812
|
Pain reduction and opioid medication safety in ESRD
(PROMISE) study
|
Co-PI
15% effort
|
2019-2023 |
Total: $46,233
Direct: $29,542
Indirect: $16,691
Total Pitt: $2,480,789
Total: ~$27,000,000
|
Technology Assisted Stepped Collaborative Care Intervention to
Improve Patient Centered Outcomes in Hemodialysis Patients
Purpose — To test the efficacy of a collaborative
care intervention to reduce symptoms of pain, depression, and
fatigue in patients diagnosed with cancer.
Principal Investigator — Jennifer Steel, PhD
| Funding Agency |
Title |
Role |
Year(s) |
Amount |
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney
Diseases
R01DK114085
|
Technology assisted stepped collaborative care to improve
patient-centered outcomes in hemodialysis patients
|
Co-I
15% effort
|
2018-2022 |
Total: $3,750,000
Direct: $509,258
Indirect: $162,010
|
TRANSPLANT
Advancing treatment for pancreatitis: A prospective observational
study of TPIAT
Purpose — To test the efficacy of islet cell
transplant in patients with chronic pancreatitis.
Co-Investigator — Jennifer Steel, PhD
| Funding Agency |
Title |
Role |
Year(s) |
Amount |
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney
Diseases
R01DK109124
|
Advancing treatment for pancreatitis: A prospective
observational study of TPIAT
|
Co-I
1% effort
|
2016-2022 |
Total: $3,744,935
Direct: $513,774
Indirect: $162,591
|
Physical Activity and Renal Transplant Patients and their Family
Caregivers
Purpose — To test the efficacy of a physical
activity intervention to reduce frailty and improve transplant
outcomes.
Co-Investigator — Jennifer Steel, PhD
Medical, Psychosocial and Financial Outcomes of living donation
Purpose — To examine the psychosocial, medical,
and financial outcomes of living donors.
Principal Investigator — Jennifer Steel, PhD
CAREGIVING AND BEREAVEMENT
Purpose — To examine the psychosocial,
behavioral, gut bacterial, and biological predictors of
cardiovascular disease during caregiving and bereavement.
Principal Investigator — Jennifer Steel, PhD
