特色奖 – July 2019

Please join us in congratulating the following MSU faculty and staff who received awards this month.

Gerard Costa and Kaitlin Mulcahy • Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health
FY19 Socio-Emotional Formation Initiative (SEFI)
New Jersey Department of Human Services
$1,700,000
SEFI supports the statewide integration of professional development opportunities aimed at promoting the social and emotional well-being and inclusion of all infants, toddlers and young children with and without developmental, emotional and behavioral difficulties. SEFI approaches this work through the full continuum of promotion, 预防, 干预措施. SEFI works with the state’s Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS), called “Grow NJ Kids”. SEFI staff work with the early childhood education and care centers throughout the state, 提供教育, support and soon will expand to provide infant & early childhood mental health consultation services.

威拉德金格里奇 •学术事务
乔安娜·多斯桑托斯 •大学设施
Saliya德西尔瓦 • Chemistry and Biochemistry
GROWING APPRENTICESHIP IN NONTRADITIONAL SECTORS (GAINS): MSU New Jersey DOL Apprenticeship Program (MAP)
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
$523,380
的 MSU地图程序 establishes apprenticeships that align with MSU’s mission to serve the educational needs of New Jersey through a comprehensive range of programs. 的y include an Employer Model Apprenticeship in Facilities, and Workforce Intermediary Apprenticeships in Child Advocacy and Social Work and Chemical/Medical Technology.

同样底线 •数学科学
Statistical analysis of QTVI data during sleep
约翰霍普金斯大学
$30,000
This collaborative project with 约翰霍普金斯大学 is focused on modeling QTVI data during sleep for study participants who are healthy as well as study participants who take methadone. 的 difference between these groups will be analyzed during different stages of sleep while accounting for time to sleep onset and other baseline covariates. Dr. Ivanescu will be involved in collaborative initiatives for research on QTVI modeling using statistical methods with the JHU Department of Medicine research group.

Reva Jaffe-Walter •教育领导
Improving the Experiences and Outcomes of Immigrant Youth: an Examination of the INPS – Year 3
威廉T. 格兰特基金会
$25,299
In participation with researchers from New York 大学 and the 研究 Alliance for New York City Public Schools on this $600,000年授予项目, Dr. Jaffe-Walter will lead qualitative research in four immigrant serving case study schools in order to understand the practices and structures that promote positive outcomes for recently immigrant students.

克里斯托弗Leberknight •计算机科学
安娜·费尔德曼 •语言学
SaTC: CORE: Medium: Collaborative: A Linguistically-Informed Approach for Measuring and Circumventing Internet Censorship – Year 3
National Science Foundation
$171,497
This collaborative project with Princeton 大学—with a total award of $1,040,850 between both institutions—will apply computer science and linguistics to develop new Internet censorship detection and circumvention techniques.

罗伯特·里德 • Family and Child Studies
波林Garcia-Reid • Family and Child Studies
项目C.O.P.E. -五年级
美国卫生部 & 人类服务/ SAMHSA
$283,875
Dr. 里德和博士. 加西亚·里德的C项目.O.P.E. works to prevent substance abuse and the spread of HIV among African American and Latino youth in Paterson, NJ.

裘德Uy •咨询 & 心理服务
Project Suicide Awareness Violence Education and Response (Project SAVER) at 十大博彩推荐排名州立 大学 – Year 3
U.S. 卫生署 & Human Services/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
$102,000
In year three of a three year program, Project SAVER will support mental health services on campus focused on suicide and self and other directed violence 预防. 的 initiatives proposed by Project SAVER are comprised of two major components, a 大学 on-campus initiative, known as Project HawkSAVER, and an off-campus initiative to establish a consortium for suicide 预防 among institutions of higher education throughout the state of New Jersey, or 的 大学 and College Alliance for Prevention of Suicide (UCAPS).