Grant Awards

Anneliese Johnson, Principal, A. Sophie Rogers School for Early Learning

This project provides support for literacy initiatives at the A. Sophie Rogers School for Early Learning and positions our program as a model demonstration site for Ohio Department of Education in language and literacy education of young children.

Brian Focht, Professor, Kinesiology

The primary aim of this project is to determine the feasibility of a 15-week telephone-based lifestyle intervention combining exercise and diet for weight loss in obese rural populations. The exploratory aim is to estimate the preliminary efficacy of the lifestyle intervention in weight loss, body composition, lipid profiles, and inflammation biomarkers. We hypothesize that a 15-week telephone weight loss intervention with the group-mediated activity that tailored to rural populations is feasible and will produce moderate effect size in weight loss, improvements in body composition and inflammation biomarkers.

Tiffany Wild, Associate Professor

The conference will convene researchers and other stakeholders to develop a STEM education research plan that will focus on STEM education of students with visual impairments. The goal is to identity and prioritize agenda topics that address the needs of this population, and to build capacity to conduct robust research focused on those needs. The conference agenda will include an analysis of gaps in the research, appropriate methodologies for this type of research, and strategies for translating the research to practice. The project is expected to advance knowledge and understanding about STEM education for students with visual impairments by defining a focused research agenda and positioning scholars who can conduct high quality fundamental STEM education research and build a community of practice. Project Details

Barbara Boone, Program Director of Family Engagement

In collaboration with the Ohio Department of Education, CETE has developed and implement professional development and tools for educators to increase skill proficiency in family and community engagement targeted to supporting students’ early language and literacy. The professional development is delivered as the Partnerships for Literacy program and through online modules, Partnering with Families for Early Literacy.  Teams from 15 Ohio school districts and 16 Ohio regional State Support Teams as well as the Ohio Department of Education, have been trained and will continue to receive coaching and technical assistance in the fifth year of the project.

Kenyona Walker, Research Specialist

The Racial Justice and Equity in Early Childhood Settings project was undertaken by The Ohio State University Center on Education and Training for Employment’s (CETE) Equity, Engagement, and Evaluation team in partnership with the Ohio Department of Education’s Head Start Collaboration Office. CETE associates designed online professional development modules to enhance the capacity of Ohio’s early childhood providers to understand and mitigate their implicit biases and identify opportunities to incorporate a racial justice and equity focus into their classroom practices.

Rachel Kopec, Assistant Professor, Department of Human SciencesRachel Kopec

The focus of this work is to understand how a proprietary blend of phospholipids influence the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of common carotenoids. Both in vitro digestion and Caco-2 cell models are being employed to answer these questions.

David Julian, Program Director of Equity, Engagement and Evaluation

Ohio is engaged in a cooperative agreement with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). States develop and implement a comprehensive, strategic plan to improve treatment for transitional-aged youth (aged 16-25) with substance-use disorders (SUD) and or co-occurring substance-use and mental health disorders.  Such plans are designed to ensure that youth have access to evidence-based assessments, treatment models and recovery services. The planning process brings together stakeholders across systems serving transitional-aged youth to plan and implement a coordinated, statewide network that develops policies, expands workforce capacity, disseminates evidence-based practices, and implements financial mechanisms and other reforms. The aim is to improve the integration and efficiency of the treatment and recovery support system.