Projects

South Carolina's Commission on Higher Education, 2022-2023

Title/Objective:              Developing a research data analytics repository and a portal for SC Teacher Performance Reporting for “South Carolina Teacher Education Advancement Consortium through Higher Education Research (SC-TEACHER)”.

Role:                              PI

National Institute Science, 2022-2023

Title/Objective:              VICEROY DoD Electromagnetic and Cyber Research and Experiential Education (VICEROY DECREE)

Role:                              PI

National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases NIAID/NIH(1T35AI165252-01) 2021-2026

Title/Objective:              Big Data Health Science Scholar Program for Infectious Diseases

Role:                              MPI

National Institute Science, 2021-2025

Title/Objective:              CyberTraining: Implementation: Small: Cybertraining on P4 Programmable Devices using an Online Scalable Platform with Physical and Virtual Switches and Real Protocol Stacks

Role:                              Co-PI

National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/NIH, 2020-2022

Title/Objective:              BDD CIS: Big Data Driven Clinical Informatics & Surveillance - A Multimodal Database Focused Clinical, Community, & Multi-Omics Surveillance Plan for COVID19

Role:                              PI for sub award ($98,349)

University of South Carolina ASPIRE-III, 2020-2021

Title/Objective:             Students with Disabilities in STEM (SWDiSTEM) Multi-User Lab for Research, Training, and Outreach.

Role:                              Co-investigator.

South Carolina's Commission on Higher Education/US Department of Education, 2019-2023

Title/Objective:              Developing a research data analytics repository for “South Carolina Teacher Education Advancement Consortium through Higher Education Research (SC-TEACHER)”.

Role:                              Principal investigator.

Office of the Vice President for Research, UofSC, 2019-2020

Title/Objective:             Southeastern Corridor Defense Initiative

Role:                              Co-investigator.

National Science Foundation, 2019-2022

Title/Objective:             Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) Networking Infrastructure: Building a Science DMZ for Data-intensive Research and Computation at UofSC.

Role:                              Co-investigator.

South Carolina Department of Commerce, 2019

Title/Objective:             Telehealth Integration and Decision Support for South Carolina

Role:                              Co-investigator.

College of Nursing – College of Computing and Engineering, UofSC, 2018-2019

Title/Objective:              Physical activity promotion for older cancer survivors using a virtual coach.

Role:                              Co-Principal investigator.

Siemens Healthineers and UofSC Office of Economic Engagement, 2018

Title/Objective:             Establishing “Innovation Think Tank Lab” at the UofSC

Role:                              Director - Principal Investigator

College of Nursing University of South Carolina, 2018-2019

Title/Objective:              Developing “Academic Dashboard” for real time and on-demand reporting

Role:                              Principal investigator.

South Carolina Department of Commerce, 2018-2019

Title/Objective:             Unified, Cloud-Based Platform to Support South Carolina Logistics

Role:                              Co-investigator.

HP Inc., 2017-2018

Title/Objective:             HP Mobility and Interactive Patient Engagement

Role:                              Co-investigator.

South Carolina Department of Commerce, 2017-2018

Title/Objective:             South Carolina Center for Cybersecurity Innovation (SC3I)

Role:                              Co-investigator.

The Duke Endowment, 2017-2019

Title/Objective:              Developing a Health and Education Information Exchange for Children & Youth in Foster Care in South Carolina

Role:                              Co-Principal investigator and PI for sub award ($267,630)

Private Funder, 2017-2018

Title/Objective:             Data analytics to assess factors associated with muscle weakness in the elderly population.

Role:                              Co-investigator.

South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, 2014-2017

Funding Organization:  Office of Adolescent Health, Health and Human Services Agency, Children’s Trust (Prime)

Title/Objective:             Web based data collection and decision support tool for case workers in the Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF) grant.

Role:                              Co-Principal Investigator

Center for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Sciences (CRRS), 2014-2016

Funding Organization:  Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

Title/Objective:             HIPAA compliant data analytics infrastructure for health sciences research.

Role:                              System Director

Secure Services – Data Center, 2014-2020

Funding Organization:  SCANA Corporation

Title/Objective:             Facilitating HIPAA Compliant data and web services infrastructure.

Role:                              System Director.

South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, 2013-2018

Funding Organization:  Health Resources and Services Agency

Title/Objective:              Web based data collection and decision support tool for nurse home visitors to collect and store data needed for the evaluation of Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visitation Program grant.

Role:                              Co-investigator.

Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina, 2013

Funding Organization:  Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation

Title/Objective:              Develop and manage a web-based survey and data analytics capability for “Organizational Census and Market Analysis”.

Role:                              Director, Co-investigator.

South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, 2013

Funding Organization:  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration.

Title/Objective:              Developing web-based survey to assess the interest in and feasibility of using Tele-Dentistry in South Carolina.

Role:                              Principal investigator.

University of South Carolina, College of HRSM, 2013

Funding Organization:  Internal grant

Title/Objective:              Quality in healthcare service delivery: Measuring the role and impact of information technology on decision to adopt hospital accreditation.

Role:                              Principal investigator.

South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, 2013

Funding Organization:  The American Thrombosis and Hemostatis Network/USDHHS/ HRSA/MCHB.

Title/Objective:              Developing web-based survey for the evaluation II of The American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network.

Role:                              Principal investigator.

Manatee County Chamber of Commerce, 2008

Funding Organization:  Manatee County Government

Title/Objective:              Health System Assessment: Factors that Affect the Efficacy of Health Care Delivery in Manatee County.

Role:                              Director, Co-investigator

U.S. Department of Education, 2005-2006

Funding Organization:  U.S. Department of Education

Title/Objective:             Advancement of Health Practice and Policy Formation.

Role:                              Director and Co-investigator

U.S. Health Resources & Service Administration, 2004-2006

Funding Organization:  HRSA U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Title/Objective:              Advancement of Health Practice and Policy Formation.

Role:                              Director and Co-investigator

University of South Florida Collaborative for Children, Families & Communities Faculty Grant project, 2002

Funding Organization:   Internal grant

Title/Objective:              Differences between Physicians and Nurses: Perception of Usability of Clinical Information Systems.

Role:                              Co-investigator.

Human Resources Office, Department of Mental Retardation and Hospitals, Rhode Island, 1997

Funding Organization:  State of Rhode Island

Title/Objective:              Information System Need Assessment and Information Flow Analysis.

Role:                              Co-investigator.

American Society for Quality Control, 1996

Funding Organization:   American Society for Quality

Title/Objective:              Experiences of U.S. and Foreign owned Firms: A New Perspective on ISO 9000 Implementation.

Role:                              Co-investigator