Our providers have received numerous funding grants and done extensive research to better the lives of patients across the globe. See many of our previously funded projects listed by faculty name below.

  1. 1D58HP23233-01-00 (Health Resources and Services Administration) 
    Expanding the Medical Home through Mental Health Collaboration 
    Project Dates: 09/30/11 - 09/29/16 
    Co-Principal Investigators: Bergus, GR and Thoma, K

Grant Number and Funder: NOMAD PROJ-03855 Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Rural Health Resource Center – Iowa City

Title: Evaluation of Rural Mental Health Disparities in Veteran Women with Breast Cancer

PI: Stephanie K. Bunt

Co-PI: Jeffrey D. Quinlan

Grant Amount: $159,164

Project Dates: 10/01/2022-09/30/2023

  1. 5 R18 HL116259 (National Institutes of Health) 
    Project Dates: 04/01/2014 – 03/31/2019 
    MEDication Focused Outpatient Care for Underutilization of Secondary Prevention 
    Role: Principal Investigator
  2. 5 R01 HL116311 (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) 
    Improved Cardiovascular Risk Reduction to Enhance Rural Primary Care (ICARE) Trial 
    Project Dates: 08/08/2013 – 07/31/2018 
    Role: Co-Principal Investigators: Carter, B and Levy, B
  3. R01 HS018381-01A1 (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) 
    Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment Combination Post-MI in the Elderly 
    Project Dates: 07/01/10 - 06/30/15 
    Principal Investigator: Brooks 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  4. HFP 04-149 (Veterans Affairs HSR&D) 
    Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice (CRIISP) 
    Project Dates: 7/01/04 - 06/30/14 
    Principal Investigator: Rosenthal 
    Role: Senior Scientist/Mentor/Co-Investigator
  5. Veterans Affairs HSR&D 
    Trial of Low and High Intensity Strategies to Maintain Blood Pressure 
    Project Dates: 01/01/09 - 12/31/13 
    Principal Investigator: Rosenthal 
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  6. Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 23 
    Rural Health Resource Center 
    Project Dates: 09/01/08 - 08/31/13 
    Principal Investigator: Kaboli 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  7. R01 HL082711-01 A2 (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) 
    Enhanced Continuity of Pharmacy Care for Cardiovascular or Pulmonary Diseases 
    Project Dates: 06/01/07 - 03/31/12 
    Principal Investigator: Carter

  1. Forsyth Institute 
    The Metagenome and Metatranscriptome of Early Childhood Caries 
    Project Dates: 07/01/2014 – 06/30/2017 
    Principal Investigator: Margherita Fontana, DDS, PhD, University of Michigan & Steven Levy, DDS, University of Iowa 
    Role: Site Coordinator
  2. "Meta-network Learning and Research Center (Meta-LARC)" 
    Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research. 
    Project dates: 07/01/12 – 06/30/17 
    Consortium Principal Investigator: Lyle Fagnan, MD from Oregan Health & Sciences University (ORPRN) 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  3. Subcontract from University of Michigan (National Institute Of Dental & Craniofacial Research) 
    Predicting Caries Risk in Underserved Toddlers in Primary Healthcare Settings (U01DE021412) 
    Project Dates: 09/01/11 - 06/30/17
    Principal Investigator: Fontana, M. at U. Michigan 
    UI Subcontract PI: Levy, S 
    Role: Iowa Research Network Coordinator
  4. 5 U34 AR065739 (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)  
    Project Dates: 02/01/2015 – 06/30/2016 
    Principal Investigator: Eric Simpson, MD, Oregon Health & Science University 
    Role: Site Coordinator
  5. 1003199_IRENE (Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality) 
    Project Dates: 09/30/2013 – 03/31/2015 
    INSTTEPP—Implementing Networks’ Self-management Tools Through Engaging Patients and Practices 
    Subaward through Meta-LARC Oregon Health & Sciences University Consortium
    Principal Investigator: Lyle Fagnan, MD 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  6. A Pilot Study to Investigate the Operational Feasibility and Testing Effectiveness of Telephonic Administration of Scales for the Assessment of Possible Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care Practice Settings 
    Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 
    Project Dates: 07/16/2016 – 10/31/2013 
    Role: Site Coordinator
  7. R18 HS019355-01 (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) 
    Project Dates: 09/30/10 - 09/29/13 
    IA-ADAPT: Improving Antipsychotic Appropriateness in Dementia Patients 
    Principal Investigator: Carnahan, R 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  8. RC4 CA153493-01 (National Institutes of Health) 
    Project Dates: 08/30/10 - 07/31/13 
    ARRA: Enhancing Community-Based Cancer Control in Iowa 
    Principal Investigator: Levy, B 
    Role: IRENE Project Coordinator
  9. RSGT-08-148-01-CPPB (American Cancer Society) 
    Interventions to Improve Colon Cancer Screening in Poor Rural Iowa Counties 
    Project Dates: 07/01/08 - 01/31/13 
    Principal Investigator: Levy, B
  10. Nursing Home Telemedicine

    Implementing Networks' Self-Management Tools Through Engaging Patient and Practices (INSTTEPP)

  11. Grant Number and Funder: NIH NCBI

Title: RADx AcceleRATeD study (Rapid Assessment of Technology for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

PI: David McManus and Laura Gibson (University of Massachusetts Medical School)

Co-PI or collaborators: Barcey T. Levy and Jeanette Daly

Grant Amount: $770,000

Project dates: 7/17/2020-6/30/2021

12. Grant Number and Funder: National Institutes of Health, subaward through the University of Massachusetts

Title: Biorepository - RADx SARS-CoV-2 Detection

Co-PIs: Jeanette Daly, Barcey Levy

Dates: 5/2021 through 6/30/2022

13. Grant Number and Funder: NIH NCBI

Title: RADx AcceleRATeD study (Rapid Assessment of Technology for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

PI: David McManus and Laura Gibson (University of Massachusetts Medical School)

Co-PI or collaborators: Barcey T. Levy and Jeanette Daly

Grant Amount: $2500 per subject 

Project dates: 7/17/2020-6/30/2021

  1. IA715-B17 (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development) 
    The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics eHealth Extension Network Project
    Project Dates: 11/26/2014 – 11/25/2017 
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator

  1. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 
    The Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes Effectiveness (GRADE): A Comparative Effectiveness Study 
    Project dates: 2012 - 2020 
    Principal Investigator: Chahal, J at George Washington University 
    Role: Co-investigator for UI subcontract
  2. U01 AG029824 (National Institutes of Health) 
    ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) 
    Project Dates: 2010 - 2017 
    Principal Investigator: Grimm, R at the Berman Center for Outcomes and Research 
    UI Subcontract PI: Ernst
  3. 1D58HP23233-01-00 (Health Resources and Services Administration) 
    Expanding the Medical Home through Mental Health Collaboration 
    Project Dates: 09/30/11 - 09/29/16 
    Co-Principal Investigators: Bergus, GR and Thoma, K 
    Role: Clinical Pharmacist
  4. R01 HL082711-01 A2 (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) 
    Enhanced Continuity of Pharmacy Care for Cardiovascular or Pulmonary Diseases 
    Project Dates: 06/01/07 - 03/31/12 
    Principal Investigator: Carter 
    Role: Co-investigator
  5. ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE)

    ASPREE is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with the purpose of measuring aspirin's capacity to prolong a life free of functional disability—induced by dementia, cancer, and cardiovascular events—in an aging population. The ASPREE study will enroll 6,500 healthy individuals over age 70 in the US and another 12,500 in Australia. Enrollment at the University of Iowa is currently closed (two hundred of the participants were enrolled at the University of Iowa).

  1. 1D58HP23233-01-00 (Health Resources and Services Administration) 
    Expanding the Medical Home through Mental Health Collaboration 
    Project Dates: 09/30/11 - 09/29/16 
    Co-Principal Investigators: Bergus, GR and Thoma, K 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  2. RC4 CA153493-01 (National Institutes of Health) 
    Enhancing Community-Based Cancer Control in Iowa 
    Project Dates: 08/30/10 - 07/31/13 
    Principal Investigator: Levy, B

  1. 5 R18 HL 116259 (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) 
    MEDication Focused Outpatient Care for Underutilization of Secondary Prevention (MED FOCUS)
    Project Dates: 04/01/2014 – 03/31/2019 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  2. 5 R01 HL116311 (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) 
    Improved Cardiovascular Risk Reduction to Enhance Rural Primary Care (ICARE) Trial 
    Project Dates: 08/08/2013 – 07/31/2018 
    Role: Co-investigator
  3. R01 HL091841-02 (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) 
    A collaborative model to improve BP control and minimize racial disparities 
    Project Dates: 04/15/09 - 02/28/14 
    Principal Investigator: Carter 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  4. RSGT-08-148-01-CPPB (American Cancer Society) 
    Interventions to Improve Colon Cancer Screening in Poor Rural Iowa Counties 
    Project Dates: 07/01/08 - 01/31/13 
    Principal Investigator: Levy, B 
    Role: Co-Investigator

  1. 5 U1Q HP28731 (Health Resources and Services Administration) 
    Project Dates: 07/01/2015 – 06/30/2018 
    Interprofessional Strategic Healthcare Alliance for Rural Education: iSHARE 
    Principal Investigator: Marianne Smith 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  2. UB4 HP19054-01 (Health Resources and Services Administration) 
    The Iowa Geriatric Education Center 
    Project Dates: 07/01/10 - 06/30/15 
    Principal Investigator: Mulhausen, P 
    Role: Activity Director for "Activity 2.1: Teaching Geriatrics in the Patient Centered Medical Home: Retraining Faculty."
  3. Nursing Home Telemedicine

    Implementing Networks' Self-Management Tools Through Engaging Patient and Practices (INSTTEPP)

  1. 5 R01 HL116311 (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) 
    Improved Cardiovascular Risk Reduction to Enhance Rural Primary Care (ICARE) Trial 
    Project Dates: 08/08/2013 – 07/31/2018 
    Role: Co-Principal Investigators: Carter, B and Levy, B
  2. Forsyth Institute 
    The Metagenome and Metatranscriptome of Early Childhood Caries 
    Project Dates: 07/01/2014 – 06/30/2017 
    Principal Investigator: Margherita Fontana, DDS, PhD, University of Michigan & Steven Levy, DDS, University of Iowa 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  3. "Meta-network Learning and Research Center (Meta-LARC)" 
    Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research. 
    Project dates: 07/01/12 – 06/30/17  
    Consortium Principal Investigator: Lyle Fagnan, MD from Oregan Health & Sciences University (ORPRN) 
    Role: Co-Investigator 
  4. Subcontract from University of Michigan (National Institute Of Dental & Craniofacial Research) 
    Predicting Caries Risk in Underserved Toddlers in Primary Healthcare Settings (U01DE021412) 
    Project Dates: 09/01/11 - 06/30/17
    Principal Investigator: Fontana, M. at U. Michigan 
    UI Subcontract PI: Levy, S 
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  5. 5 U34 AR065739 (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)  
    Project Dates: 02/01/2015 – 06/30/2016 
    Principal Investigator: Eric Simpson, MD, Oregon Health & Science University 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  6. 1003199_IRENE (Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality) 
    Project Dates: 09/30/2013 – 03/31/2015 
    INSTTEPP—Implementing Networks’ Self-management Tools Through Engaging Patients and Practices 
    Subaward through Meta-LARC Oregon Health & Sciences University Consortium
    Principal Investigator: Lyle Fagnan, MD 
    Role: Site Principal Investigator
  7. R18 HS19966-01 (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) 
    Project Dates: 12/01/10 - 11/30/13 
    Epidemiology of Rural MRSA: Is Livestock Contact a Risk Factor? 
    Principal Investigator: Smith 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  8. A Pilot Study to Investigate the Operational Feasibility and Testing Effectiveness of Telephonic Administration of Scales for the Assessment of Possible Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care Practice Settings 
    Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 
    Project Dates: 07/16/2016 – 10/31/2013 
    Role: Principal Investigator
  9. RC4 CA153493-01 (National Institutes of Health) 
    ARRA: Enhancing Community-Based Cancer Control in Iowa 
    Project Dates: 08/30/10 - 07/31/13 
    Principal Investigator: Levy, B
  10. Radon Testing in Plymouth and Surrounding Counties 
    Iowa Department of Public Health
    Project dates: 11/15/2012-06/01/2013
    Role: Principal Investigator
  11. RSGT-08-148-01-CPPB (American Cancer Society) 
    Interventions to Improve Colon Cancer Screening in Poor Rural Iowa Counties 
    Project Dates: 07/01/08 - 01/31/13 
    Principal Investigator: Levy, B
  12. VA Medical Center (VA Rural Health Research Center) 
    Pilot Intervention to Improve Colon Cancer Screening Rates in Eastern Iowa Veterans 
    Project Dates: 11/01/10 - 09/30/12 
    Principal Investigator: Charlton, M 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  13. Grant Number and Funder: R01 CA215034-01 US DHHS, National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Title: Comparative Effectiveness of Fecal Immunochemical Tests with Optical Colonoscopy

PI: Barcey T. Levy

Co-PI or collaborators:

Grant Amount: $4,489,703

Project dates: 08/01/2017–07/31/2022

14. Grant Number and Funder: 1011154_UIA PCORI

Title: A Cluster-Randomized Trial Comparing Team-Based versus Primary Care Clinician-Focused Advance Care Planning in Practice-Based Research Networks

PI: A. Totten (Oregon Health and Sciences University) and F. Legare (Laval University)

Co-PI or collaborators: B. Levy

Grant Amount: $560,000

Project dates: 11/15/2017-11/14/2021

15. Grant Number and Funder: NIH NCBI

Title: RADx AcceleRATeD study (Rapid Assessment of Technology for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

PI: David McManus and Laura Gibson (University of Massachusetts Medical School)

Co-PI or collaborators: Barcey T. Levy and Jeanette Daly

Grant Amount: $770,000

Project dates: 7/17/2020-6/30/2021

16. Grant Number and Funder: National Institutes of Health, subaward through the University of Massachusetts

Title: Biorepository - RADx SARS-CoV-2 Detection

Co-PIs: Jeanette Daly, Barcey Levy

Dates: 5/2021 through 6/30/2022

17. Grant Number and Funder: NIH NCBI

Title: RADx AcceleRATeD study (Rapid Assessment of Technology for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

PI: David McManus and Laura Gibson (University of Massachusetts Medical School)

Co-PI or collaborators: Barcey T. Levy and Jeanette Daly

Grant Amount: $2500 per subject 

Project dates: 7/17/2020-6/30/2021

  1. 46563 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 
    Project Dates: 10/01/2016 – 12/31/2017
    Summer Medical and Dental Education Program: Interprofessional Pilot 
    Role: Principal Investigator

  1. US PHS - Health Resources Services Administration 
    The Iowa LEND Project (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and other related Disabilities) 
    Project Dates: 2012 - 2017 
    Principal Investigator: Lenore Holte 
    Role: Evaluation Consultant

  1. 5 U1Q HP28731 (Health Resources and Services Administration) 
    Project Dates: 07/01/2015 – 06/30/2018 
    Interprofessional Strategic Healthcare Alliance for Rural Education: iSHARE 
    Principal Investigator: Marianne Smith 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  2. 1D58HP23233-01-00 (Health Resources and Services Administration) 
    Expanding the Medical Home through Mental Health Collaboration 
    Project Dates: 09/30/11 - 09/29/16 
    Co-Principal Investigators: Bergus, GR and Thoma, K

  1. 5 U1Q HP28731 (Health Resources and Services Administration) 
    Project Dates: 07/01/2015 – 06/30/2018 
    Interprofessional Strategic Healthcare Alliance for Rural Education: iSHARE 
    Principal Investigator: Marianne Smith 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  2. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute 
    Project Dates: 05/01/2013 – 05/31/2018 
    Extension Connection: Advancing Dementia Care for Rural and Hispanic Populations 
    Principal Investigator: Ryan Carnahan 
    Role: Co-Investigator
  3. 1 R18 HS022666-01 
    Project Dates: 09/03/2013 – 11/30/2015 
    Using the EMR to Identify and Screen Patients at Risk for Delirium 
    Role: Principal Investigator
  4. UB4 HP19054-01 (Health Resources and Services Administration) 
    The Iowa Geriatric Education Center: Implementing Evidence Based Practice for Delirium Prevention, Screening, and Management at the University of Iowa Hospital 
    Project Dates: 07/01/10 - 06/30/15 
    Principal Investigator: Mulhausen 
    Role: Key personnel
  5. R18 HS019355-01 (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) 
    Project Dates: 09/30/10 - 09/29/13 
    IA-ADAPT: Improving Antipsychotic Appropriateness in Dementia Patients 
    Principal Investigator: Carnahan, R 
    Role: Key personnel
  6. PEP-11-166-01-PCSM (American Cancer Society) 
    Feasibility of prophylactic haldol to prevent delirium in cancer patients 
    Project Dates: 07/01/11 - 12/31/12 
    Principal Investigator: Weckmann