Research, Projects & Grants

Below is a listing of our current projects and grants. If you are interested in becoming a potential collaborator, student, or participant, please contact the faculty member directly.


Christina Burke, PT, DPT, NCS
Email: christina.burke@stonybrook.edu

  • Three-year study examining individuals with PD and the effects of providing Large Amplitude Movements, Aerobic and Balance intervention on gait speed and balance scores
  • Beginning to investigate the collection of gait analysis for pre and post 6MWT on individuals with MS and comparing this to healthy controls.  We will be studying individuals who are minimally disabled with an EDSS of below 2.

Dale Coffin, EdD, OTR/L
Email: dale.coffin@stonybrook.edu

GRANT

  • Interprofessional Telehealth Training for Healthcare Students: Working Together to Teach Effectively in a Virtual World.
    PI: Dr. Erin Hulfish; Co-I: Nancy Jane Krisch, PT, DPT, PhD; Co-PIs: Dale Coffin, EdD, OTR/L; Melissa Earle, PhD, LCSW; Bini John, PhD, CMSRN
    Funded by the Association of American Medical Colleges. $40,000

Ann D. Cuccia, MPH, RRT-NPS, RPFT, AE-C, FAARC
Email: ann.cuccia@stonybrook.edu 

  • Development of a novel breath-enhanced jet nebulizer: Collaboration with Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Stony Brook University, and InspiRx Inc. 
  • Control of aerosol drug delivery during mechanical ventilation: Collaboration with Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Stony Brook University
  • "Multidrug Aerosol Delivery During Mechanical Ventilation": Collaboration with Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Stony Brook University
  • Breath Enhanced Aerosol Delivery During High Flow Nasal Cannula: Collaboration with Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Stony Brook University

Sharon Cuff, LMSW
Email: sharon.cuff@stonybrook.edu

RESEARCH

  • Social media ethnography: Content analysis of posts by parents of children with autism. Team member on project with Kathleen McGoldrick, Principal Investigator.
  • A quantitative study exploring parents' perceptions of their child's participation in an adaptive soccer program. ROLE: Principal Investigator

GRANTS

  • Creating and exploring the effects of an interdisciplinary service-learning project for health professional students on the health and wellness of children who are overweight or obese. Team member on project with Sharon Martino, Principal Investigator.

Nadya Dimitrov, DPM, PAC
Email: nadya.dimitrov@stonybrook.edu

  • Revision of Online Training Module entitled “What Every Physician Assistant Needs to Know About Palliative Care” sponsored by CSU Institute for Palliative Care.
  • "Community Based Interprofessional Palliative Care Training in a Spiritual Setting”, with Lisa Johson and Nadya Dimitrov, to involve Physician Assistant and Respiratory Therapy students with African American seniors in serious illness conversations.
  • Rounding with the Chaplain: Spirituality Training and Service Learning for PA students. Pre-and-post tests and surveys are conducted for students and chaplains, with orientation and debriefing buy the chaplains.
  • "Strengthening the Palliative Care Team through Interprofessional Education". IPE project with Physician Assistant, Respiratory, Occupational, and Physical Therapy programs. Josiah Macy Foundation grant proposal.
  • Cambia Health Foundation Sojourn Scholars Leadership Program project to develop a credentialing pathway for Palliative Medicine and Hospice appropriate for Physician Assistants

GRANT

  • MJS Foundation to support Palliative Medicine Training for Physician Assistants 

Lisa Endee, MPHc, RRT-SDS, RPSGT, RST
Email: lisa.endee@stonybrook.edu

Projects and Grants

  • Funded General Highway Safety Grant Improving Fatigue and Healthy Lifestyle Practices of NY State Law Enforcement Professionals 2021-2022
    Role: Principal Investigator
  • Survey of post-COVID-19 symptoms and impact in Long Island State Veterans Home (LISVH) Healthcare Workers: A pilot study 2021-2022
    Role: Co-Investigator
  • Endee, Lisa M.  Spriggs's Essentials of Polysomnography: A Training Guide and Reference for Sleep Technicians, 3rd Edition. Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN-13: 978-1284172218
  • Funded General Highway Safety Grant, Evaluation of Fatigue and Lifestyle Practices of NY State Law Enforcement Professionals  2019-2020
    Role: Co-Investigator
  • Funded Governor’s Highway Safety Association and National Road Safety Association’s State Grant, Drowsy Driving Awareness Social Media Campaign 2017-2018 
    Role: Principal Investigator
  • American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s Clinical Sleep Health Educator Online Webinar Collaborative Sleep Programs 2021
  • American  Association of Sleep Technologists Educational Webinar Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology 2021
  • New York State Partnership Against Drowsy Driving, 2020, 2021, 2022 Stay Awake! Stay Alive! Public Service Announcement Challenge NY Campaign
  • Chair, New York State Society for Respiratory Care Education and Research Committee
  • Chair, American Association of Sleep Technologists Standards and Guidelines Committee

Renee Fabus, PhD, CCC-SLP, TSHH
Email: renee.fabus@stonybrook.edu  

  • Lip Reading by Unobstrusive Multimodal Sensors and Machine Learning Algorithms (EAGER Grant) with Dr. Shanshan Yao and Dr. Petar Djuric

Erik Flynn, MS
Email: Erik.Flynn@stonybrook.edu

  • Mechanismic’s U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase II project on development of A Design-driven Educational Robotics Framework. I have been working weekly to assist with Dr. Anurag Purward and Riverhead Central School District to administer Phase II of SnappyXO program as a Key Personnel.
  • Mentorship and Empowerment program with Eastern Suffolk BOCES. I have been a Faculty Advisor to several Stony Brook University undergraduate students to implement an online high school mentoring program, for 20 high school students, in Spring 2022.

Jeannie Guglielmo, MS, MAT, MLS(ASCP)CM
E-mail: jeannie.guglielmo@stonybrook.edu 

GRANT

  • PI: DOH Grant for Online Retraining for Laboratory Personnel as Clinical Laboratory Technologists for Long Island
  • Collaboration with TRUETOX Laboratory studying the consumption of Hemp-Based products and their impact on THC detection in oral and urine fluids using EMIT/LC-MS-MS platforms
  • My Brother's Keeper (Project Director along with Erik Flynn)New York State Department of Education grant to raise college and career readiness for 90 9th grade students in Brentwood Union Free School District. Project leaders will provide STEM and healthcare educational activities, and college mentoring services for participating students.

Nancy Jane Krisch, PT, DPT, PhD
Email: Nancy.krisch@stonybrook.edu

  • Interprofessional Telehealth Training for Healthcare Students: Working Together to Teach Effectively in a Virtual World.
    PI: Dr. Erin Hulfish; Co-I: Nancy Jane Krisch, PT, DPT, PhD; Co-PIs: Dale Coffin, EdD, OTR/L; Melissa Earle, PhD, LCSW; Bini John, PhD, CMSRN
    Funded by the Association of American Medical Colleges

Eric Lamberg, PT, EdD, CPed
Email: eric.lamberg@stonybrook.edu 

  • Assessment of prosthetic mass and mass location for people living with TT amputation
  • Assessment of the soccer athlete living with limb difference

Sharon Martino, PT, PhD
Email: sharon.martino@stonybrook.edu 

  • Longitudinal data base for the Fit Kids for Life program  - ongoing, collecting baseline data (anthropometrics (ht, wt, BMI, waist circum, hip circum), blood pressure, heart rate on participants of the program.  Measures are done at baseline, after 10-week program, 6 months after ending program and 1 year after ending program
  • Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on eating behaviors and physical activity levels in children who are overweight /obese - Collaboration with Peter Morelli, MD,(Stony Brook Children's Hospital) and Amy Canterella, RD (SBU Healthy Weight Center)
  • Presidential Mini Grant,2021-2022. Martino, SA, Mercier, H, Ballan, M, Cuff, S, Truhlar, M. Empowering Students with Disabilities to Advance Accessible Health and Wellness at Stony Brook University. Role: Co-Investigator
  • Presidential Mini Grant For Departmental Diversity Initiative, 2019-2020.Martino, SA, Greco, J, McKenna, R. Weight bias and healthcare students.Role: Principle Investigator
  • NYPTA, Alfred J. Nelson Foundation, 9/2018- Martino, SA, Morelli, PJ, McKenna, R. The effect of exercise intensity on cardiovascular health and body composition in children who are overweight or obese: A pilot study.  Role: Principle Investigator
  • COVID-19 Survey for LISVH employees. PI: Kelly Warren, Co-PIs: Lisa Kayser, Jillian O'Brien, Sharon Martino, Stephen Smith, Jeannie Guglielmo, Lisa Endee and Russell Rozensky
  • Feasibility trial on the use of the Styku, 3D body composition system among pediatric overweight and obese children, Collaboration with Raymond McKenna  
  • The effect of 10 weeks of strengthening and aerobic exercise on resting metabolic rate,functional capacity and body composition in female adults undergoing sleeve gastrectomy: a pilot study.
    Investigators: Catherine Tuppo PT, Kelly Warren PhD, Sharon Martino PhD PT, Aurora Pryor, MD  [was on hold due to COVID - hoping to resume this Fall]
  • Creating an interdisciplinary service-learning project for health professionals to promote health and wellness of children who are obese. Investigators: Sharon Martino, PT, PhD, Peter Morelli, MD, Amy Canterella, RD, Russell Rozensky, MS, RT, Lisa Endee, MPH, RT,  Kelly Warren, PhD, Maria Milazzo, PhD, CPNP-PC,  Sharon Cuff, LMSW, Paul-Neil Czujko, PT, DPT.

Hannah Mercier, PhD, OTR/L
Email: Hannah.Mercier@stonybrook.edu

  • Healthcare experiences during COVID-19 for adults with mobility limitations (with SBU Student Research Assistants)
  • Characterizing Patterns of Depression, Community Mobility, and Social Engagement in Sub-acute Spinal Cord Injury- (with SBU Student Research Assistants) (Funded by National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Administration for Community Living Switzer Research Fellowship Program grant: # 90SFGE0024-01-00)
  • Digital phenotyping to evaluate psychosocial well-being and the effect of exercise in spinal cord injury (Ongoing work, previously funded by Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Psychosocial Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant #542007)
  • Effects of short-term residential rehabilitation programs on physical independence and psychosocial wellbeing for adults with spinal cord injury (with Empower SCI, Inc.)
  • An Interdisciplinary Pilot Telerehabilitation Study to Increase Functional Independence after Spinal Cord Injury- SBU Co-investigator Christina Burke, Physical Therapy (Funded SHTM Inaugural Innovation Seed Grant)
  • A Culture of Self-Protection through Empowerment for Women with Spinal Cord Injury: Addressing the Knowledge Gap among Rehabilitation Professionals- SBU Co-PI Michelle Ballan, School of Social Welfare (Funded Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Creating Opportunity & Independence Community Support Grant #853991)
  • Empowering Students with Disabilities to Advance Accessible Health and Wellness at Stony Brook University- SBU Collaborators Sharon Martino, Sharon Cuff, Maria Milazzo, Michelle Ballan, Mary Truhlar (Funded by SBU Presidential Award Presidential Mini-Grant for Departmental Diversity Initiative)
  • Working Together: Interprofessional Telehealth Interactions- SBU Collaborators Erin Hulfish, Mary Truhlar, Wei-Hsin Lu, Melissa Earle

Lisa Muratori, PT, EdD
Email: Lisa.muratori@stonybrook.edu

  • PI: Sonification of Gait to Create Real-Time Auditory Feedback for People with Parkinson’s Disease, Stony Brook collaborators: Margaret Schedel, PhD, Department of Music
  • PI: Dual-task treadmill training to improve gait and cognition in Parkinson's disease (D3T_PD). Stony Brook Collaborators: Christina Burke, PT, DPT;  Maryjo Kaleda PT, DPT; Raymond McKenna, PT, PhD, Department of Physical Therapy.
  • PI: Achieving impact through translation of novel findings of motion perception deficits in Huntington’s disease to therapeutic interventions; Stony Brook Collaborators: Hoi-Chung Leung, Department of Psychology
  • Key Personnel: Development and validation of a balance outcome measure for Huntington's disease (Balance_HD).
  • co-I: Huntington's Disease Center of Excellence; Stony Brook Collaborators: Guy Schwartz, MD, Department of Neurology (PI)
  • co-I: DIRECTION: A Multicentre, Interventional, Post-marketing, Randomised, Double-blind, Crossover Study to Evaluate the Clinical Safety and Efficacy of AbobotulinumtoxinA (Dysport®) in Comparison with OnabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®) when Treating Adults with Upper Limb Spasticity; Stony Brook Collaborators: Guy Schwartz, Department of Neurology (PI)

Jillian O'Brien MSPAS, PA-C
EmailJillian.OBrien@stonybrook.edu

  • PI: Examining Social Determinants of Health and Opioid Use Crisis: Educating School of Professions Students and Faculty in Risk Factor Recognition and Equity of Treatment in Patient with Opioid Use Disorders.
    Presidential Mini-Grant

Russell Rozensky, MS, RT, RRT-SDS, CPFT, RPSGT, CCSH
Email: Russell.rozensky@stonybrook.edu

GRANTS

  • Improving Fatigue and Healthy Lifestyle Practices of NY State Law Enforcement Professionals         
    $130,501; 1-year 2021-2022
    Principal Investigator: Lisa M. Endee; Co-PIs: Russell Rozensky and Stephen G. Smith.
  • Role of the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 5 in Circadian Rhythm Misalignment and Depression: Implications for treatment:           
    $5,000,000; 5 years 2019
    Principal Investigator: Christine DeLorenzo PhD, Co-Is: Ramin Parsey, Mark Slifstein, Wenchao Qu, Paul Vaska, Dinko Francheschi, Chuan Huang, Xiang He, Russell Rozensky
  • Pilot Implementation of a Sleep and Health Educational Program for NY State Law Enforcement Professionals
    $135,000; 1-year 2022-2023
    Principal Investigator: Lisa M. Endee; Co-PI: Russell Rozensky
  • Stony Brook University's Evaluation old Sleep, Depression, Fatigue among Stony Brook Students
    $60,000; 1.5 years 2022-2024
    Principal Investigator: Russell Rozensky; Co-PIs: Christine DeLorenzo, Lisa M. Endee
  • Funded General Highway Safety Grant, Evaluation of Fatigue and Lifestyle Practices of NY State Law Enforcement Professionals
    2019-2020
    Role: Investigator
  • Funded Governor's Highway Safety Association and National Road Safety Association's State Grant, Drowsy Driving Awareness Social Media Campaign
    2017-2018
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator

PROJECTS

  • Survey of post-COVID-19 symptoms and impact in Long Island State Veterans Home (LISVH) Healthcare Workers: A pilot study
  • American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s Clinical Sleep Health Educator Online Webinar : Co-Author on Module on Evaluation of Sleep Treatment and Therapies
  • National Board for Respiratory Care’s Sleep Disorders Specialist Examination Committee National Job Analysis Study 2021
  • New York State Partnership Against Drowsy Driving, 2022 Annual Stay Awake! Stay Alive! Public Service Announcement Challenge
  • Board Member on the New York State Respiratory Therapy Licensing Board
  • Chair: Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists, Professional Review Committee
  • American Association of Sleep Technologists; Standards and Guidelines Committee
  • American Association of Sleep Technologists; Education Advisory Committee  

Richard Thailer, MS, PA-C
Email:  Richard.Thailer@stonybrook.edu

  • Jena Nicols Curtis, Richard Thailer, Vincent Mascarenhas , "Leveraging mobile phone technology to improve community and public health interventions in India: a review of current initiatives and directions for future innovation", https://www.ijltet.org/journal_details.php?id=908&j_id=3445, Special Issue - SACAIM - November 2016, 266-272 

Lynn Timko-Swaim, MS, PA-C
Email: lynn.timko-swaim@stonybrook.edu

PROJECTS

  • Learning Ethical Principles and Perspectives on Competency Based Ethical Decision Making via Interprofessional Education Among Health Professional Trainees
  • Virtual Interviewing and Changes in Diversity Among Applicants, Interviewed and Accepted PA Students
  • Healthy Libraries Interprofessional Program
  • Enhancing Health Professional Students’ Communication Skills in an Interprofessional Telehealth Environment

GRANTS

  • Sponsor: 2021 and 2022 Presidential Mini-Grant for Departmental Diversity Initiative
    Project Name: Stony Brook PA Mentoring Program Diversity Initiative
    Dates: July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022; July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023

Gloria Viboud, PhD
E-mail: gloria.viboud@stonybrook.edu

  • Diverse roles of the global transcriptional regulator PhoP in the life cycle of Yersinia pestis. In collaboration with Vadyvaloo V. from Washington State University and Hana Fukuto. 2020

  • Effectiveness of molecular diagnostic training program for medical laboratory scientists in a low- income country. In collaboration with Hana Fukuto, Iulian Nelepcu and Steliana Necula from Roche -Romania. PI Funded by Roche Romania. 2021-2022

  • Development and Pilot Testing of an Open Access, Modular Bioinformatics Lab for Remote Learning of Graduate, Undergraduate and High School Students”. Funded by SHTM Inaugural Seed Grant in collaboration with Hana Fukuto (PI). 2021

  • Cytometry Analysis of Histone Acetylation Combined with Lymphocyte Typing for the Detection of Epigenetics Modification in Cancers and Immune Pathologies. In collaboration with the Department of Pathology. Rebecca Connor, Hong Lin Smith-Jones, and Gloria Viboud. Funded by ASCLS Graduate Student Research Project I.Dean Spradling Graduate Research Grant 2019

  • Comparison of a PCR/Microarray-Based Dermatophyte Detection System with culture for the Identification for dermatophytes. In collaboration with Hana Fukuto and Jakub Micko. 2020


Center for Community Engagement & Leadership Development

Currently Funded Projects:

Rajiv Lajmi, MBA, MS, PMP
Email: 
Rajiv.lajmi@stonybrook.edu

The Long Island Digital Inclusion Coalition (LIDIC) is a collaborative group of Long Island community organizations, libraries, government entities, education institutions and businesses focused on addressing the three “pillars” of the digital divide – internet access, device access, and digital skills – on Long Island. 

Vision

Every Long Islander has access and the skills to take advantage of digital resources needed to thrive in our society and current environment.

Mission

To foster collaboration and innovation among organizations and initiatives working to promote digital inclusion on Long Island.

Goals

  • Serve as a hub and resource center for digital inclusion activities on Long Island
  • Identify and understand digital inclusion challenges faced by Long Island residents
  • Create awareness of digital inclusion challenges and activities on Long Island
  • Foster programmatic and service innovation