{"id":26,"date":"2016-06-07T11:27:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T15:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bytelab\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:14:18","slug":"funded-submitted-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bytelab\/funded-submitted-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Funded &amp; Submitted Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Research Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">K01 Career Development Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><u>Funding Source:<\/u> National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Title:<\/u> Development of personalized healthy food incentives to improve diet and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cardiovascular risk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Goals:<\/span> To study the role of individually targeted coupons to promote healthy food purchases among adults with cardiovascular risk factors in an online environment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Dates of Project:<\/u> May 2023-April 2028<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Role:<\/u> Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s On Your Plate Rhode Island<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Funding agency: Bloomberg Philanthropies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Title: Nutrition Evaluation of the Rhode Island Retail SNAP Incentives Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Goals:<\/span> To evaluate the effect of SNAP incentives for fresh fruits and vegetables on fruit and vegetable intake in Rhode Island Households.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dates of Project: 12\/1\/22 \u2013 11\/30\/24<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Role: Co-PI (with Alison Tovar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><u>Completed Research Support<\/u><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Smart Cart Study ($600,000)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><u>Funding Source:<\/u> Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Title:<\/u> Individually-targeted incentives, diet quality, and health outcomes among adults<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Goals:<\/span> To study the role of individually targeted coupons to promote healthy food purchases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Dates of Project:<\/u> September 2017-Aug 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Role:<\/u> Principal Investigator (with Stephen A. 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(2) Utilize food systems approaches to assess and address nutrition, health and wellness challenges of vulnerable population groups, with a particular focus on food availability, appropriate policy systems, and environmental changes that would increase positive food decision making and improve health outcomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Dates of project:<\/u> 7\/1\/18-9\/30\/21<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Role:<\/u> Co-Investigator (10%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Produce for Better Health Foundation ($15,000) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><u>Funding agency:<\/u> Produce for Better Health Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Title:<\/u> Manipulating the sensory variety of fruits and vegetables to increase their intake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Goals:<\/span><\/u> The goal of this study is to investigate whether increasing variety in shapes and colors is associated with greater intake of fruits and vegetables among a convenience sample of adults.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Dates of project<\/span>: 01\/01\/15-12\/31\/16.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Role<\/u>:\u00a0PI (with Josiemer Mattei, Christina Roberto, and Vicki Morwitz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">American Heart Association Founder\u2019s Predoctoral Fellowship ($44,000)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><u>Funding agency:<\/u> American Heart Association (12PRE9320023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Title:<\/u> Associations between dietary variety and body adiposity using a novel scoring method.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Goals:<\/span><\/u> The goal of this study is to investigate the association between dietary variety assessed using a novel scoring method and obesity in a large, nationally-representative U.S. sample.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Dates of project<\/u>:\u00a01\/2012-10\/2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Role<\/u>:\u00a0Predoctoral fellow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steinhardt Summer Grant Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Development Award ($2,300)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><u>Funding Agency<\/u>: Steinhardt School, New York University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Dates of project:<\/u> 6\/2010-8\/2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marketing Science Research Award ($9,984)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><u>Funding Agency:<\/u> Marketing Science Institute (#4-1669)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Title:<\/u> Mere Belief Effects: The Effects of Food Health Labels on Consumers\u2019 Perceived and Experienced Satiety.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Goals:<\/span><\/u> The goal of this study is to investigate how different descriptive food labels influence food consumption and reported satiety among a sample of NYU students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Dates of <\/u><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Project<\/span>: 9\/2010-5\/2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Role:<\/u> Principal Investigator (with Vicki Morwitz and Pierre Chandon).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Research Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Carnegie Corporation of New York\/University of Rhode Island Global Faculty Travel Support ($10,000)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><u>Funding agency<\/u>: Carnegie Corporation of New York\/University of Rhode Island<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Title:<\/u> A model of excellence in public health: exploring opportunities for global inter-professional continuing education in Cuba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Goals:<\/span><\/u> To develop novel approaches to provide continuing education opportunities for health professionals in Rhode Island and the region<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Dates of project<\/u>: 6\/2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Role<\/u>: Nutrition Delegate; 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