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Congratulations to our SMHS first quarter FY26 award recipients

July Awards
Award Date P.I. Total Amount Sponsor Title
7/2/2025 Mary Ann Sens $420,000 CDC NDSCR CDC – Year 4
7/31/2025 Sens, Donald $3,627,776 National Institutes of Health ND INBRE Health & the Environment – Supplement Year 23
7/22/2025 Hur, Jung $149,133 University of Michigan/NIH VIOLIN 2.0: Vaccine Information and Ontology Linked Knowledge base
7/29/2025 Hur, Jung $240,460 University of Michigan/NIH Metabolic coupling between Schwann cells and axons is functionally distinct from myelination and is disrupted in obesity, prediabetes, and diabetes
7/29/2025 Combs, Colin $204,527 West Virginia University Research Corporation Impact of sex differences on molecular determinants of AD risk and responsiveness to treatment
7/30/2025 Doze, Van $522,000 NSF Collaborative Research: E-CORE RII: Sustainable Programs Advancing Research and Knowledge (SPARK)”
7/15/2025 McLean, Andrew $100,000 ND DHHS NDDHS NDSH 2025-27
7/8/2025 Schmitz, David $438,405 ND Department of Health & Human Services ND Quits 25-26
7/14/2025 Sauter, Shannon $80,000 ND Department of Health & Human Services Regional Children’s Asthma Clinic (2025-2027)
7/25/2025 Quinn, Rebecca $996,483 ND HHS North Dakota Brain Injury Network (NDBIN) 25-27
7/29/2025 Warren, Jacob $244,230 US DHHS AHEC NCC 2025-2026
7/23/2025 Schwartz, Gary $2,146,647 National Institutes of Health Translational Science Engaging North Dakota (TRANSCEND) – Year 2
7/22/2025 Steele, Joel $780,024 NIH Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center – Year 5
7/24/2025 Williams, Andrew $200,000 HRSA Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health State Capacity Program
August Awards
8/11/2025 Sens, Mary Ann $98,000 ND DHHS NDSCR State Match 25-27
8/8/2025 Chen, Xuesong $444,498 NIH Year 3 – 17α-estradiol and sex-differences in HAND with methamphetamine
8/13/2025 Brown-Borg, Holly $702,240 Hevolution Foundation Cellular Mechanisms of Frailty Onset – Year 3
8/8/2025 Takaku, Motoki $296,100 NIH Role of nucleosome architecture in cellular reprogramming
8/14/2025 Dhasarathy, Archana $14,167 NSF GRFP Year 2
8/27/2025 Bradley, David $738,765 National Institute of Health Center for Excellence in Host Pathogen Interactions -Year 5
8/19/2025 Connell, Joan $14,996 ND HHS Special Health Services/Newborn Screening Medical Director FY26-27
8/29/2025 Sauter, Shannon $2,000 NDDHHS HIV.HCV Prevention FY26
8/26/2025 Waubanascum, Cary $21,600 University of Washington Health Impacts of the Indian Child Welfare Act: A Scoping Review Through the Lens of Indigenous Social Determinants of Health
8/26/2025 Threadgold, Nicole $67,025 HRSA STATE OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH (SORH)
8/19/2025 Sande, Kristin $550,000 HRSA Amendment RHI Hub
8/19/2025 Ward, Jody $939,181 HRSA Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility
8/14/2025 Williams, Andrew $48,275 HRSA Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health State Capacity Program
8/21/2025 Williams, Andrew $76,240 CDC North and South Dakota Perinatal Quality Collaborative
September Awards
9/12/2025 Nechaev, Sergei $38,070 North Dakota State University Stem cell-Derived Exosomes, MrgD and Vascular Cognitive Impairment in Aging
9/29/2025 Quisno, Jacqueline $62,202 ND Department of Health & Human Services Family Planning Grant 2025-2026
9/5/2025 Adamsen, Collette $250,000 Administration for Community Living Tribal Long-Term Services and Support National Resource Center
9/10/2025 Warren, Jacob $78,192 Health Resources and Services Administration Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program 2022-2027 Competing Continuation
9/25/2025 Adamsen, Collette $72,000 USAging Understanding, Testing, and Evaluating Caregiver Navigator Services
9/10/2025 Long, Holly $12,800 Jacobson Memorial Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) – Elgin, ND – Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center
9/26/2025 Adamsen, Collette $323,015 Administration for Community Living National Resource Center on Native American Aging – Supplemental 1-Year Ext. (2025-2026)
9/29/2025 Adamsen, Collette $7,310 Washington State University SAGE: Exploring Impact of Caregiving on Depression and Cogitative Function in AI/AN Elders
9/18/2025 Schroeder, Shawnda $55,000 ND Department of Health & Human Services 25-26 Evaluation of the North Dakota Oral Health Program’s CDC State Promotion of Oral Health Grant
9/18/2025 Schroeder, Shawnda $30,000 ND Department of Health & Human Services 25-26 Evaluation of the North Dakota Oral Health Program’s HRSA Oral Health Workforce Grant
9/9/2025 Jurivich, Donald $230,000 Health Resources and Services Administration 2024-2029 Dakota Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program Amendment – Year 2