Accolades 2023 | Grants

R. Brian Bowman

Assistant Professor Communication Studies
College of Arts & Sciences

Funded Grant

  • Program Development Grant: Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NETVUE), Council of Independent Colleges, ($50,000), 2023-2025. R. Brian Bowman and Rev. Colin Kroll co-principal investigators. The program establishes faculty learning communities to enhance understanding of vocation and provide resources to help instructors integrate vocational exploration into instruction across all courses of study.
Dr. Bonnie Brenseke

Associate Professor and Biomedical Chair of Pathology
Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine

Funded Grant

  • Awarded CUSOM Seed Grant (March 2023) for project: Surveillance of Trypanosoma cruzi along the Eastern United States
Dr. Jenna P. Carpenter

Dean and Professor
School of Engineering

Funded Grant

  • “Conference: Weeding In Not Weeding Out in Engineering Education,” NSF BPE, $99,414, 2022-2023, Jenna Carpenter, principal investigator, Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering, and Jacqueline El Sayed, American Society for Engineering Education, co-principal investigators. 
  • “Research for All,” Kern Family Foundation, $2.02 million, 2022-2025, Jason Zara, George Washington University, principal investigator; Anastasia Rynearson and Jenna P. Carpenter, co-principal investigators for Campbell University.  
  • “Developing a National Framework for Recognition of Engineering and Engineering Technology Faculty Instructional Excellence,” NSF IUSE, $149,992, 2021-2023, Donald Visco, principal investigator, Jenna P. Carpenter, Alan Cheville, Douglas G. Bohl, Jacqueline El-Sayed, co-principal investigators. 
Dr. Kathleen Castillo-Clark

Assistant Professor of Education, Elementary Education Program Coordinator
School of Education & Human Sciences

Funded Grant

  • North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities Science of Reading Subgrant, Principal Investigator. Awarded $15,600 in 2022.
  • Leading Workforce Effectiveness: Inhibiting and Supporting Factors, Covid-19 Learning Impact Program. Grant, Co-Principal Investigator, $150,000 in 2022.

Grant Reviewer

  • Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund, Grant Reviewer/Judge
  • NCICU Science of Reading Subgrant, Grant Reviewer
Dr. Richard Drew

Professor of Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Funded Grant

  • Drew RH, Brenneman E, Funaro J, Dicks K, Yarrington M, Lee H. Utility of an Electronic Health Record Embedded Readmissions Tool in Predicting 30-day Unplanned Hospital Readmission in Adult Patients Receiving Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT).  Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Internal Research Grant. May 15, 2022-May 15, 2023. Award amount $4,748.
Dr. Laura Lunsford

Professor of Psychology
School of Education

Funded Grant

  • Lunsford, L.G. (PI) Inhibiting and Supporting Factors: Teacher Workforce Retention, Funded, $149,997 by NC Collaboratory.
Dr. Chris Godwin

Assistant Dean/Chair of Professional Education
School of Education

Funded Grant

  • Godwin, C., Hampton Jones, T. (2023) Grant awarded from the Anonymous Trust Fund to begin and support a “Community Collaborative Support Center” at Dunn Elementary for grades 3-5 students.  This is a unique partnership and collaboration between the Duke Ormond Center, Harnett County Schools, and Campbell University’s Professional Education Department. The goals of this community collaborative support center (CCTC) are:
      1. to provide struggling students within a rural community access to an equitable and research based tutoring program to support academic achievement and wellbeing
      2. to provide teacher education candidates within a rural Educator Preparation Program access to actual tutoring opportunities to apply skillsets learned within a teacher education training program
      3. to provide students seeking ministerial degrees or positions opportunities to engage the local faith congregations, communities and schools
      4. to provide the local school district support in the academic achievement of students within their care
      5. to provide the local community (faith based, etc.) support through outreach and “in reach” through workshops, seminars, and information sessions
Dr. Amy Hinkelman

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine

Funded Grant

  • Subcontract/subaward with Vysnova Partners, Inc. for CDC Collaboration on CRP Study $14,976.60. Project ID:  SC.75D30120C08405.Campbell. Providing expertise for CDC priority manuscripts and the interpretation of corresponding data investigating the spectrum of COVID-19 illness, sequelae and predictors; vaccine effectiveness; self-reported behavioral risk factors; and antibody responses to vaccine or natural infection.
Dr. Stephen P. Holly

Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Sciences
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

NIH Grant Reviewer

  • Grant reviewer for NHLBI Program Project Review Committee, (SRO Giuseppe Pintucci, PhD), May 11, 2023.
Dr. Timothy Marks

Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Funded Grant

  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund STEM Student Enrichment Fund Grant- Awarded Sept 2022. 3 year grant- $58,000 each year. I serve as grant director. The grant team consists of myself, Dr. Charles Carter, Dr. Vanessa Ayer-Miller, Dr. Stephan Sharkady, Dr. Sarah Liu, Dr. Dorothea Thompson, Ms. April Daniels, Ms. Monica Fanjoy, Ms. Martha Bizzell, and Dr. Allison Lee. Grant activities include visits to Tier 1 and Tier 2 high schools each fall with interactive activities, on-campus workshops each spring, and a 6-night residential camp on campus each summer. All activities are designed to bring STEM to students in underserved areas.
Dr. Vanessa L. Ayer Miller

Assistant Professor of Clinical Research
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Funded Grant

  • Burroughs Welcome Fund, Student STEM Enrichment Program. Academy for Emerging Scholars Exploring Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Science Careers. Role: Co-Principal Investigator with Time Marks, PhD – PI; and Steven Sharkady, PhD – Co-PI. Total Award: $172,422.84. Project period: Sept. 2022 through Aug. 2025.

Internal Research Grant 

  • Development of an e-learning training tool for a hospital-based cancer registry in hospitals in Ethiopia. Role: Principal Investigator. Total Award: $4979.78. Project Period: July 2022-2023.
Kellie Nothstine

Associate Vice President of Campus Life
Student Life

Funded Grant

  • “iBELONG MALE MENTORING PROGRAMS,” North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, $5,000, Kellie Nothstine and Marqiece Cunningham co-principal investigators.
  • “QPR Suicide Prevention Training,” State of North Carolina, $10,000, Kellie Nothstine and Amy Johnson co-principal investigators. 
Dr. Jim Powers

Professor of Emergency Medicine;  Associate Dean for Clinical Integration
Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine

Funded Grant

  • National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners Grant: “NBOME Core Competency Capstone for DOs (C3DO) Pilot”. PI, E. Gignac; Co-PI, J.E. Powers.  Period of Support: 1/15/2023 – 7/31/2023.  Amount: $75,000
Dr. Victor Pulgar

Associate Professor of Pharmacology
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Unfunded Grant Submission

  • RO1 Grant Application. Title: Neuroprotective actions of APJ system on long-term consequences of preeclampsia. PI: Liliya Yamaleyeva (WFUSOM). Role: Co-PI
  • R21 Grant Application. Title: Apelin receptor axis and long-term consequences of preeclampsia. PI: Liliya Yamaleyeva (WFUSOM). Role: Consultant. Funder: NIH (in review)

Grant Reviewer

  • Member of the American Heart Association (AHA) Review Committee. 2023 AHA Fellowship Vascular Endothelial Biology Peer Review (Predoctoral and Postdoctoral).
Dr. Jaclyn Stanke

Associate Professor of History
College of Arts & Sciences

Funded Grant

  • Faculty grant with co-mentor Dr. Sherry Truffin (English) of Howard Undergraduate Summer 2022 Research Fellowship (Campbell University) to direct Callen Toscano’s project, “Symphony of Destruction: Gothic Romanticism and Nuclear Culture in 1980s Thrash Metal”
Dr. Michelle S. Thomas

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences

Funded Grant

  • Campbell University Faculty Development Grant.  Improving Critical Thinking. Funded, $595.
Dr. Dorothea K. Thompson

Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Funded Grant

  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Student STEM Enrichment Program (SSEP). Academy for Emerging Scholars Exploring Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Science Careers. Role:  Co-Proposal Developer w/ Tim Marks, Steve Sharkady, Sarah Liu, Vanessa Miller, Charles Carter, and April Daniels. Total Award:  $172,422.84. Project Period: Sept. 1, 2022 through July 31, 2025.