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Funded Projects
The list that follows cites investigators and projects that have received support from the Beckwith Institute in the past.

Dr. Madeline Simasek, principal investigator: "A Pilot Survey to Evaluate the Impact of the Postponing Sexual Involvement Series for Young Teens at Reizenstein Middle School," in the amount of $1,500.

Beverly Spiro, RN, MSN, CRNP: "The Shadyside Hospital Therapeutic Touch Program," in the amount of $3,500.

Karee Amato, MS, RN, CS, primary nurse care coordinator, LDRP, UPMC Shadyside: "A Comprehensive Perinatal Continuum of Care Program, A Descriptive Study of Program Outcomes," in the amount of $1,631.25.

Deborah Bond, CRNP, MSN, Senior Care Institute, UPMC Shadyside: "A Comparison of Digital Photography and Computer-Assisted Assessment With Professional Staff Assessment of Pressure Ulcers in a Long-Term Care Setting," in the amount of $3,368.75.

Mary Amanda Dew, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine: "Development of a Prototype for an Internet-Based Nursing Intervention System for Cardiothoracic Transplant Recipients," in the amount of $3,495.

Marie Fioravanti, RN, MSN, Unit 3E, UPMC Presbyterian: "Diversional Activities for Long Term Patients," in the amount of $3,500.

Deborah Leeds, BSN, RN, Hill Satellite Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic: "Brief Exercise Therapy to Enhance Rehabilitation: A Pilot Produced by Hill Satellite Consumers and a Nurse Clinician," in the amount of $3,500.

Charlene Stanich, MN, RN, NHA, ONC, CRRN, UPMC Rehabilitation Hospital: "UPMC Rehabilitation Outpatient Service," in the amount of $3,500.

Lauren Saul, RN, MSN, UPMC Shadyside: "Congestive Heart Failure Patient Scale Program," in the amount of $3,500.

Carol Hendershot, RN, BSN, UPMC Shadyside: "Total Joint Discharge Video Patient Teaching Program," in the amount of $1,200.

Raymond Paronish, CRNP, UPMC Montefiore: "Developing a Palliative Care Unit: Promoting Nurse Competency," in the amount of $2,500.

David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD, UPMC Shadyside: "Treatment of Somatoform Disorders at UPMC Shadyside," in the amount of $3,500.

Sue Niggel, RN, MN, UPMC Passavant: "A Comparison of Smoking Cessation Programs for Adolescents," in the amount of $1,000.

C. Richard Packer, MS; Jacqueline Spangler, RN, MSN; and Vincent Mosesso Jr., MD: "Delivery of Non-Emergent In-Home Wound Care by Emergency Medical Service Personnel" in the amount of $3,500.

Pamela Greenhouse, MBA, "School Outreach Initiative for Nursing Careers," in the amount of $10,000.

Barbara Bodura, MSN, CRNP, The Center for Complimentary Medicine, UPMC Shadyside, "A Heart's Journey: A Mind-Body Program to Improve Health Following Coronary Bypass Graft Surgery," in the amount of $2,684.00.