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Thank you for your interest in the Grant Writing Intensive (GRIT) program!
GRIT was established in 2018 to provide NIH-style grant writing instruction, coaching, and accountability to faculty and select postdocs at UAB. In its current iteration, GRIT is a partnership between the UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education (COERE) and the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). In so much, faculty and select postdocs from all institutions in the CCTS Partner Network are invited to participate.
Current program details and application links are housed on the CCTS’s GRIT website. GRIT program leadership will reach out to applicants about next steps shortly after receiving their expression of interest.
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Past GRIT Successes:
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Year 1: 2018
Tiffany Carson, PhD, MPH
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2018National Cancer Institute
Grant Mechanism: R01
Years Funded: 2021-2025
Project Title: Determining the structural- and functional-level effects of diet-specific interventions on the gut microbiota of a diverse sample of Southern United States adults
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
Grant Mechanism: R01
Years Funded: 2021-202
Project Title: Improving weight loss outcomes of black women using a culturally relevant, stress management enhancement behavioral weight loss intervention
Crystal Chapman Lambert, PhD
School of Nursing
GRIT Cohort 2018National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health
Grant Mechanism: K23
Years Funded: 2019-2023
Project Title: Feasibility of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Intervention for Black Women Living
with HIV
Bertha Hidalgo PhD, MPH
School of Public Health
GRIT Cohort 2018National Heart Lung & Blood Institute
Grant Mechanism: R01
Years Funded: 2022-2025
Project Title: Epigenetic biomarkers of preeclampsia risk among mothers with chronic hypertension
Christina Muzny, MD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2018National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Grant Mechanism: R21
Years Funded: 2021-2023
Project Title: The Impact of Testosterone Use on the Vaginal Microbiota in Transgender Men, including Susceptibility to Bacterial Vaginosis
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Grant Mechanism: R01
Years Funded: 2020-2025
Project Title: Microbial Interactions between Gardnerella, Prevotella, and Atopobium Prior to Incident Bacterial Vaginosis
Aadia Rana, MD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2017National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Grant Mechanism: R01
Years Funded: 2018-2023
Project Title: Geographic Variability in Time from HIV Diagnosis to Viral Suppression in the Deep South: A Roadmap to Accelerated Treatment Initiation -
Year 2: 2019
Nicole Bentley, MD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2019National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Grant Mechanism: K23
Years Funded: 2021-2026
Project Title: Investigating Inhibitory Control Networks in Parkinson's Disease
Kaylee Crockett, PhD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2019National Heart Lung & Blood Institute
Grant Mechanism: K23
Years Funded: 2021-2026
Project Title: Adaptation and Pilot Testing a Behavioral Physical Activity Intervention with Peer Support for Women with HIV and Co-Occurring Hypertension
Latesha Elopre, MD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2019National Institute of Mental Health
Grant Mechanism: R34
Years Funded: 2021-2024
Project Title: PrEP 4 Her: Developing a Novel Strategy to Implement PrEP into Women's Healthcare
Faith Fletcher, PhD
School of Public Health
GRIT Cohort 2019National Human Genome Research Institute
Grant Mechanism: K01
Years Funded: 2021-2024
Project Title:
Developing Evidence-Based Guidance for Engaging Rural Residents in the Deep South in Genomics Research: A Stakeholder-Driven Perspective
Trisha Parekh, DO
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2019National Heart Lung & Blood Institute
Grant Mechanism: K23
Years Funded: 2020-2025
Project Title: Development of a Community Health Worker-Led Stress Reduction Intervention for Low-Income COPD Patients
Gabrielle Rocque, MD
GRIT Cohort 2019
National Institute of Nursing Research
Grant Mechanism: R01
Years Funded: 2021-2026
Project Title: Evaluating the implementation and impact of navigator-delivered ePRO home symptom monitoring and management
Michael Seifert, MD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2019National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Grant Mechanism: R01
Years Funded: 2020-2025
Project Title: Clinical and Molecular Biomarkers of Endpoints in Pediatric Renal Transplantation -
Year 3: 2020
Ronnie "Matt" Gravett, MD
GRIT Cohort 2020
National Institute of Mental Health
Grant Mechanism: K23
Years Funded: 2022-2027
Project Title: Amplifying Our Voice: Understanding HIV PrEP Promotional Messaging to Create Authentic PrEP Content by Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Deep South
Karin Hardiman, MD, PhD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2020National Cancer Institute
Grant Mechanism: R01
Years Funded: 2022-2027
Project Title: A novel, transferable sialylation-mediated mechanism of chemoradioresistance in GI cancer
Samantha Hill, MD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2020National Institute of Mental Health
Grant Mechanism: K23
Years Funded: 2022-2027
Project Title: Integration of Trusted Adult Supports into the HealthMpowerment App to Improve Black Adolescent and Young Adult PrEP Use
Brandi Pernell, DNP
GRIT Cohort 2020
School of Medicine
Grant Mechanism: K23
Years Funded: 2022-2027
Project Title: Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Children with Sickle Cell Disease for Improved Health Outcomes
Caroline Presley, MD, MPH
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2020National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health
Grant Mechanism: K23
Years Funded: 2022-2025
Project Title: Mindfulness-Based Diabetes Education for adults with elevated diabetes distress
Rachel Sinkey, MD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2020American Heart Association
Grant Mechanism: Health Equity Research Network on Prevention of Hypertension (HERN)
Years Funded: 2022-2026
Project Title: P3 Providing an Optimized and emPowered Pregnancy for You (POPPY)National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Grant Mechanism: K23
Years Funded: 2022-2027Project Title: The ACHIEVE Trial: Achieving longer gestation in preeclampsia via antihypertensive therapy.
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Year 4: 2021
Abigail Hernandez, PhD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2021
Grant Mechanism: K99
Years Funded: 2022- 2027
Project Title: Influence of gut on metabolism and cognition in Alzheimer's disease
Ashley Holder, MD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2021
Melanoma Research Foundation
Grant Mechanism: Young Investigator Research Team Award
Years Funded: 2022- 2024
Project Title: Macrophage Regulation of the Tumor Microenvironment in Metastatic Melanoma
American College of Surgeons
Grant Mechanism: George H. A. Clowes, Jr., MD, FACS, Memorial Research Career Development Award
Years Funded: 2021-2026
Project Title: Macrophage Regulation of the Tumor Microenvironment in Metastatic Melanoma
Carrie Howell, PhD, MPH
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2021National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Grant Mechanism: K01
Years Funded: 2022- 2026
Project Title: Harnessing Social Determinant of Health Data to Identify and Engage High Risk, Socially Vulnerable Populations for Diabetes PreventionAmerican Heart Association
Grant Mechanism: Career Development Award
Years Funded: 2022- 2025
Project Title: Assessing Populations at High Risk for Major Cardiac Events using Social Determinant and Cardiometabolic data (AT-RISC)
Nicole Wright, PhD, MPH
School of Public Health
GRIT Cohort 2021
Grant Mechanism: R01
Years Funded: 2023-2028
Project Title: Evaluating the Association between Cardiometabolic Health Over the Lifespan and Vertebral Strength -
Year 5: 2022
Ryan Coute, DO
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2022Grant Mechanism: K23
Years Funded: 2023 - 2028
Project Title: Improving Community-level Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Underserved Populations
Yulia Khodneva, PhD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2022Grant Mechanism: K23
Years Funded: 2023 - 2028
Project Title: Improving diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in primary care
Megan Leask, Ph.D.
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2022Grant Mechanism: NIAMS Diversity Supplement
Years Funded: 2022 - 2024
Project Title: Functional and Integrative Omics of Recurrent Gout Flares
Rachel Skains, MD, MSPH
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2022Grant Mechanism: R03
Years Funded: 2023 - 2025
Project Title: Risk Factors and Time Course of Incident Delirium Among Older Adults in the Emergency Department (ED)Grant Mechanism: R21
Years Funded: 2023 - 2025
Project Title: Comprehensive Assessment of Delirium Risk due to Medications -
Year 6: 2023
Stephen Clarkson, MD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2023Grant Mechanism: American Heart Association Career Development Award
Years Funded: 2023-2026
Project Title: Social Determinants of Health among Rural Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
Chinenye Dike, MD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2023Grant Mechanism: K23
Years Funded: 2024-2029
Project Title: A Double Blinded Randomized Feasibility Trial on the Use of Plant Based Omega-3-Fatty Acids (Flaxseed) to Improve Inflammation Driven Pain Outcomes in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia
Lily Gutnik, MD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2023Grant Mechanism: K08
Years Funded: 2025-2030
Project Title: Global Breast and Cervical Cancer Control: Implementing a Bundled Screening Approach in a Resource Limited Setting
Raymond Jones, PhD
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2023Grant Mechanism: K01
Years Funded: 2024-2028
Project Title: A Pilot Trial of High-Intensity Exercise to Combat Vascular and Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Adults with HIV
Courtney Williams, DrPH
School of Medicine
GRIT Cohort 2023Grant Mechanism: K01
Years Funded: 2025-2030
Project Title: Evaluating the implementation and impact of standard-of-care delivered oncology financial navigation
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Year 1: 2018