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Learn moreThe Center for Research on Management of Sleep Disturbances is part of the University of Washington School of Nursing and is funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant # 1 P30 NR 011400-01.
The University of Washington School of Nursing Center for Research on the Shared Management of Sleep Disorders (CRMSD), in collaboration with the ITHS, will fund one-year pilot research projects related to sleep-wake disturbances in individuals with chronic illness. Applications can be from investigators in the Puget Sound region, and should be designed to obtain preliminary data that will serve as the basis for a major external grant application. A total of $20,000 direct costs will be available for one pilot project award for a period of one year, plus access to ITHS core services and resources https://www.iths.org/funding/pilot#coreservices. Preference will be given to junior investigators and senior investigators moving into the area of sleep research. Small Pilot Timeline.
Sleep Study Applications do NOT require a Pre-Application and are due on
Apply for funds PLUS ITHS core services (or core services alone)
In addition to (or in place of) requesting $10,000 for a small pilot, or in addition to requesting $20,000 for a sleep & chronic illness pilot, you may request additional funding in the form of one or more of the specific ITHS services. Please see core services available at: https://www.iths.org/about/cores
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Dr. Lee is currently Associate Dean of Research at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing. Currently she holds the James and Marjorie Livingston Endowed Chair in Nursing and is the Director of the Nursing Research Training Program in Symptom Management.
Kathy is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and currently is the Chair of a NIH National Institutes of Nursing Research study section. Her own highly successful program of research has focused on women's health with an emphasis on sleep patterns, circadian rhythms, and fatigue. Studies have included childbearing women, women with HIV/AIDS, and midlife women. She is active in the Symptom Management Nursing Faculty Group at UCSF School of Nursing and the Sleep Research Society. She teaches a variety of courses at both the Master's and Doctoral level. Dr. Lee's will deliver a talk enititled "Women and Sleep: What Does Family Have to do With It?" on Thursday, January 26, 2012 from 10:30-11:30am in the Health Science Building, T661.
Studies funded through the CRMSD will include PROMIS instruments measuring sleep and wake disturbance, fatigue, depression, pain impact, and global health. PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) is a national resource funded by NIH for the development and implementation of accurate and efficient measurement of symptoms and health outcomes based on WHO’s framework of physical, mental, and social health. Six research sites and a statistical coordinating center comprise the PROMIS network which has worked extensively to develop publically available computerized adaptive tests (CAT) assessing common patient outcomes. The University of Washington is one of the PROMIS sites. Detailed information regarding the PROMIS network and instrument development is available on line at http://www.nihpromis.org/default.aspx.
Work of the PROMIS network has centered on development of test items with particular emphasis on psychometrics and item performance. Formulation of measurement scales involves distilling multiple existing measures into brief, limited item assessments with documented measurement characteristics. Instruments have been broadly tested among diverse samples. In addition to the instruments that will be used in CRMSD studies (listed above) additional instruments in the PROMIS address anger, anxiety, pain behavior, physical function, and satisfaction with social activities and social roles.
PROMIS, an outgrowth of the NIH Roadmap, is an initiative to improve the toolbox of health researchers. The PROMIS instruments offer an excellent opportunity to collect comparable data across the breadth of projects supported by CRMSD. Pooled data from the projects will be accessible to additional researchers through data sharing. Additionally data collected from the PROMIS instruments can be evaluated in light of findings from nationwide studies using the same instrumentation. The CRMSD will serve as a focal point promoting usage of this national resource.
