CHHS Research

Faculty members’ research in the College of Health and Human Services focuses on improving the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. The search for solutions to health and social problems often involves multidisciplinary research teams and a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods.  Faculty research projects are designed with a goal of producing results useful in the shaping of evidence-based practice and policy at local, state, national and global levels. Current research in CHHS clusters around six broad foci:

• access to health and social services
• determinants of health behaviors
• health care financing and efficiency
• child and adolescent nutrition
• function and rehabilitation in chronic illness and disability
• health informatics

About Us

One of the primary functions of the Office of Research and Program Evaluation is to strengthen the research infrastructure important to faculty and student research. Additionally, the office coordinates evaluations of academic programs, including university-wide accreditations. In carrying out these primary functions, office personnel interact regularly with individual faculty members, the Provost’s Office, the dean of CHHS, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), similar offices in Mason’s other colleges and schools, as well as administrators in CHHS academic units.

General services provided to support faculty research include:

• Arranging internal and external reviews of journal manuscripts and funding proposals
• Identifying funding sources for faculty and student research projects
• Assisting faculty members and OSP in the preparation of funding proposals
• Providing post-award support to faculty members with externally funded projects
• Developing and organizing research seminars, symposia, and presentations
• Disseminating faculty and student research activities on CHHS and university websites
• Maintaining a database on faculty research publications, presentations, grants, and contracts

Our research portfolio includes funding from many sources, including the following:

• AARP
• CDC – National Center for Health Statistics
• Center for Studying Health System Change
• Inova Health System
• Institute for Geriatric Social Work
• The John A. Hartford Foundation
• National Institutes of Health
• National Science Foundation
• PNC Foundation
• RCM Health Care Services
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• U.S. Department of Education
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Virginia Center on Aging
• Virginia Department of Health
• World Health Organization

Helpful Links

Office of Research Administration
http://research.gmu.edu/

Office of Research Development’s Funding Sources Database
http://research.gmu.edu/ResearchDev/fundingsourcedatabase.html

Office of Sponsored Programs
http://research.gmu.edu/OSP/

Office of the Provost Funding Program
http://provost.gmu.edu/support/studyleave.html

Fenwick Fellows
http://library.gmu.edu/fenwickfellow/FF_guidelines_2009.pdf

Research Proposals

Since July 1, 2009, CHHS faculty have submitted grant proposals totaling $49,320,555 to the following potential sponsors:

• AARP
• Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityAlliance Healthcare Foundation
• American Cancer Society
• American College of Sports Medicine
• American Heart Association
• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Statistical Association
• The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• The California Endowment
• CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
• Center for the Study of Health System Change
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation
• Colorado Health Foundation
• Columbia University
• The Commonwealth Fund
• Commonwealth Health Research Board
• Commonwealth of Virginia (under the Department of Health Professions)
• Council on Social Work Education
• The Dominion Guild
• Economic Systems, Inc.
• Gay and Lesbian Health Fund
• Georgetown University
• Gerontological Society of America
• Harvard University Medical Center
• Health Information Technology (under U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Henry M. Jackson Foundation
• IMC, Inc.,
• Inova Health Systems
• John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• Kurdish Human Rights Watch
• Liberty’s Promise
• The Lois and Samuel Silberman Fund
• Multicultural Human Services (previously known as the Center for Multicultural Human Services)
• National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
• National Child Welfare Workforce Institute
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• National Institutes of Health
• National League for Nursing
• National Palliative Care Research Center
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• National Science Foundation
• Northrop Grumman
• Pan American Health and Education Foundation
• PNC Institutional Investments
• Pregnancy Aid Center
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• The Salvation Army
• The SCAN Foundation
• Temple University
• U.S. Administration on Aging
• U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
• U.S. Department of Justice
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Department of State
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• United States Agency for International Development
• Virginia Center on Aging
• Virginia Department of Health
• William T. Grant Foundation
• World Health Organization