MCW Comprehensive Injury Center Research Grants and Awards

Injury Control Research Center Grant
2024-2029
$4.25 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Principal Investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS 

Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program
2022-2027
Funder: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Principal Investigator: Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH

Building Sustainable Infrastructure for Youth Suicide Prevention in Wisconsin
2022-2027
Funder: Mental Health America of Wisconsin
Principal Investigator: Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH

Adapting an Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention Program for Black LGBTQ+ Youth
2024-2026
$247,315 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Co-Investigator: Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH

Milwaukee Overdose Response Initiative: Enhancing Outreach for Disparately Impacted Communities
2024-2026
$249,982 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Constance Kostelac, PhD

Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI)
2024-2025
$1.84 million from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs
Principal Investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS 

Engineering Safety into US Firearms, 1750-2010
2023-2025
$149,563 from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Co-Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH

“Healthiest Manitowoc County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition”
2020-2025
$168,442 from the Northeast Wisconsin Area Health Education Center
Principal Investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS 

Immigrant Farmworker Behavioral Health Promotion
2024-2025
$12,984 from the NIOSH Center of Excellence for Total Worker Health
Principal Investigator: Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH 

“Acute Predictors of Long-term Post-trauma Outcomes in Youth Victims of Violence”
2020-2025
$684,963 from NIMH
Principal Investigator: Michael Levas, MD 

Assessing community implementation of Wisconsin-focused tools for reducing underage access to alcohol
2024-2025
$34,915 from the MCW Research Affairs Committee (New Faculty Pilot Award)
Principal Investigator: Felice Borisy-Rudin, JD, PhD

Community Living Room
1/1/2024-12/31/2024
Funder: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH

Enhancing Suicide Review in Wisconsin: Elevating Data and Collaboration for Prevention
1/1/2024-12/31/2024
$46,254 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH
Co-Investigator: Jacey Kant

Exploring First-to-Arrive Scene Transport for Penetrating Thoracoabdominal Injuries in Milwaukee
1/1/2024-12/31/2024
$49,372 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
CIC Co-Investigators: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS and Constance Kostelac, PhD

Investigating potential misclassification of traumatic injuries: Are we missing suicide attempts?
1/1/2024-12/31/2024
$35,000 from the MCW Research Affairs Committee (New Faculty Pilot Award)
Principal Investigator: Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH

“Project AWARE”
2019-2024
$300,000 (sub-contract) from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH 

Recovering after Denial: Evaluating Eligibility Criteria for the Crime Victims Compensation Program
1/1/2024-12/31/2024
$49,937 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Mary "Libby" Schroeder, MD
Co-Investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

Understanding Relationships between Colleges, Local Alcohol Policies, Drinking, and Health Outcomes
1/1/2024-12/31/2024
$49,998 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Felice Borisy-Rudin, JD, PhD
Co-Investigator: Constance Kostelac, PhD

“Advanced Topics Mandated Reporter Training Module
Non-Restricted Dates
$2,000 from Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin – Child Abuse Prevention Fund
Principal Investigator: Lynn Sheets

The following list includes the research grants, contracts, and awards that ended in 2024 or earlier

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Post-Discharge Team to Improve Care of Gun Violence Survivors
2022-2024
$200,000 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Mary "Libby" Schroeder, MD
Co-Investigators: David Milia, MD; Colleen Trevino, DNP, RN, APNP; and Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

Moving to Healing: Developing a Trauma-Informed Care Training for a Hospital System
2022-2024
$199,999 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
CIC Co-Investigators: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS and Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH

Reducing Opioid Overdose through Coordinated, Multisectoral Response
2022-2024
$199,001 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Co-Investigator: Constance Kostelac, PhD

School to Suicide Pipeline
2023-2024
Funder: Comprehensive Injury Center
Principal Investigator: Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH

Structural Discrimination and Health Outcomes in Milwaukee at the Community and Individual Level
2022-2024
$200,000 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS
CIC Co-Investigators: Carissa Tomas, PhD

Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project (WisAPP)
2021-2022; 2022-2023; 2023-2024
Funder: SAMHSA - Subaward from Wisconsin Department of Health Services Division of Care and Treatment Services

Advancing Alcohol and Violence Research: Developing New Partnerships and Sharing Learnings
January 2023-December 2023
$50,000 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Constance Kostelac, PhD

Assessing Suicide Risk and Preventing Suicide among Black Students in Milwaukee
2022-2023
Funder: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Michelle Pickett, MD

Creating a Municipal Inventory for Alcohol Policy in Calumet County
1/1/2023-12/31/2023
$29,000 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Felice Borisy-Rudin, JD, PhD

Impact of Alcohol Policies on Health in Rural Northern Wisconsin
1/1/2023-12/31/2023
$49,964 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Felice Borisy-Rudin, JD, PhD

Marathon County Minimum Legal Drinking Age Compliance Checks
1/1/2023-12/31/2023
$50,000 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Felice Borisy-Rudin, JD, PhD

A Pilot Trauma Resuscitation Intervention to Reduce Perceived Life Thread
1/1/2023-12/31/2023
$49,462 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Mary "Libby" Schroeder, MD
Co-Investigators: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS; David Milia, MD; and Kathleen Williams, MD

“Dissociation and Trauma in the Latinx population: Cultural x Biological Model”
2019-2022
$73,908 from NIH/NIDA
Co-Mentor: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

“Effects of State Laws to Reduce Opioid Diversion on Transitions to Injection Drug Use and HIV/HCV Transmission”
2019-2022
$34,833 from NIH/NIDA
Co-mentor: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

“Medical Student Summer Research Training in Aging & Injury”
2017-2022
Principal Investigator: Linda Meurer, MD, MPH and Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH

“Project Zero: Every One Matters”
2020-2024
$316,760 from AHW-Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program
Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH

“Remembering the Lost: How Investigation of Military Suicides Can Improve Prevention Resources”
2020-2024
$316,576 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH

“A Translational Study of Epigenetic and Neural Mechanisms of Risk Phenotypes for PTSD”
2020-2022
$250,000 from CTSI MCW
Principal Co-investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

The Wisconsin Violence Prevention Project
3/1/2021-9/30/2022
$216,000 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS
Co-Investigator: Michael Levas, MD

“Acute endocannabinoid activity involved in hyperarousal, memory formation, and non-remitting PTSD: A dense sampling approach”
2019-2021
$376,484 from NIH
Principal Investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

Advancing Comprehensive Victim Services at a Pediatric Trauma Center: Project Ujima
2018-2021
$950,000 from U.S. DOJ Office for Victims of Crime
Site Principal Investigator: Michael Levas, MD

“Avielle Foundation: Cardiff Translation”
2019-2021
$50,000 from the Avielle Foundation
Principal Investigator: Jennifer-Hernandez-Meier, PhD

“Cardiff: Information Sharing Partnerships to Reduce Opioid Misuse and Violence”
2018-2021
$761,919 (sub-contract) from the West Allis Health Department
Principal Investigator: Jennifer-Hernandez-Meier, PhD
Co-Investigator: Michael Levas, MD

“Dissociation and Trauma in the Latinx population: Cultural x Biological Model”
2019-2021
$36,954 from CTSI Start TL1 Mentored Research Training Program
Co-Mentor: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

“Evidence for the Gut-Brain Axis: Intestinal Bacterial Composition Changes in Trauma Survivors with Non-remitting PTSD”
2019-2021
$75,000 from Comprehensive Injury Center
Principal Co-investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

“Evidence for the Gut-Brain Axis: Intestinal Bacterial Composition Changes in Trauma Survivors with Non-remitting PTSD”
2019-2021
$25,000 from Imagine More Foundation
Principal Co-investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

Planning for the Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project
3/1/2021-8/31/2021
$32,403 from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Principal Investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS
Co-Investigator: Michael Levas, MD

“Structured cognitive therapy to improve neurocognitive dysfunction in older intensive care unit sepsis survivors”
2019-2021
$50,000 from CTSI MCW
Principal Co-investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

"Using Hospital Records of Patients Presenting to Froedtert Hospital to Predict Risk of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), Fatal and Non-fatal Opioid Overdose, and ED Readmission."
2020-2021
$50,000 from CTSI
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hargarten

“Utilization of Healthcare in Children at Risk for Suicide”
2020-2021
$75,000 from the Children’s Research Institute
Principal Investigator: Michelle Pickett, MD

“Resilience Building through a Novel Virtual Mental Health Clinic”
May 2020-Oct 2020
$25,000 from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Principal Co-investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

“WVDRS and SUDORS Contract”
2019-2020
$170,440 (sub-contract) from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH

“Feasibility of a validation study of the injured trauma survivor screen”
2019-2020
$50,000 from CTSI MCW
Principal Co-investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

FY20 DOC Contract
2019-2020
$99,874 from the WI Department of Corrections
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hargarten

“Microbial dysbiosis and gene expression may explain disparate health outcomes in ethnic minorities”
2018-2020
$50,000 from CTSI Pilot Award
Principal Co-investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

“Destination Zero: Zero Suicide in Fond du Lac County”
2018-2020
$419,691 from AHW-Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program
Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH

“Medical Student Summer Research Training in Aging and Injury”
2017-2020
$68,940 from National Institute on Aging: Institutional National Research Service Award
Research Faculty (as needed): Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

“Milwaukee Trauma Outcomes Project (MTOP)”
2017-2020
$150,000 from Marquette University 2017 Innovation Fund
Principal Co-investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS.