Funded Projects
We have received research grants totaling about $24 million from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA), U.S. Department of Transportation, William T. Grant Foundation, Ameritech, and other sources. The following are some of my recent projects.
- “Acquisition of a National CyberGIS Facility for Computing and Data-Intensive Geospatial Research and Education.” National Science Foundation, Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program ($2.5 million) 2014-2017. (SP)
- “CISSDA: A Unified Cyberinfrastructure Framework for Scalable Spatiotemporal Data Analytics.” National Science Foundation, Big Data Science & Engineering Program ($300,000) 2013-2015. (Co-PI)
- “Linking Biological and Social Pathways to Adolescent Health and Well-Being.” National Institute of Drug Abuse ($255,194) 2013-2014. (SP)
- “Addressing Challenges for Geospatial Data-Intensive Research Communities: Research on Unique Confidentiality Risks & Geospatial Data Sharing within a Virtual Data Enclave.” National Science Foundation ($400,000) 2012-2014. (Co-PI)
- “Adolescent Health and Development in Context.” National Institutes of Health ($3 million) 2011-2016. (Co-PI)
- “Activity Space, Social Network, and Community Influences on Adolescent Risk.” William T. Grant Foundation ($605,600) 2012-2014. (Co-PI)
- “Evolving HIV/STI Risk Environments of FSWs on the Mexico/U.S. Border.” National Institutes of Health ($3.6 million) 2010-2014. (PI of OSU)
- “Tobacco Cessation Interventions with Ohio Appalachian Smokers.” National Institute of Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health ($3.5 million) 2009-2014. (Co-PI)
- “Initiative in Population Research.” National Institutes of Health ($2.4 million), 2009-2014. (Co-PI)
- “Spatial Patterns of Social Isolation, Youthful Marijuana Use, and Sexual/HIV Risk.” National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health ($700,000), 2009-2011. (Co-PI)
- “Dynamics of Space and Time Use: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences for Crime and Problem Behaviors.” National Science Foundation, Human and Social Dynamics Program ($700,000), 2008-2010. (Co-PI)
- “Smokeless Tobacco Marketing Approaches to Ohio Appalachian Populations.” National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health ($360,000), 2008-2010. (Co-PI)
- “Segregation and Local Crime: An Integrated Spatial Analysis.” National Science Foundation, Sociology and Law and Social Science Programs ($250,000), 2005-2007. (Co-PI)
- “SPACE – Spatial Perspectives for Analysis in Curriculum Enhancement.” National Science Foundation, CCLI National Dissemination Program ($1.4 million), 2003-2006. (PI for OSU)
- “The Impact of Internet Use on Women’s Activity Patterns and the Gender Division of Household Labor.” National Science Foundation, Information Technology Research (NSF-ITR) Program ($200,000), 2001-2003. (PI)