Grants
“I have a strong commitment to applying psychological theory to anything that would benefit society, and have concentrated my efforts in modifying behaviors that pose risks to health.”
— Dolores Albarracín
In the more than 20 years the world has been dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic, a large amount of resources have been dedicated to prevention programs aimed at persuading people to use protection during sex, though very little time has been spent determining whether these messages are packaged in the most effective way to increase condom use. Associate Professor of Psychology Dolores Albarracín has received more than $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to identify and create ways to reach even the most reluctant audience.
“There is the possibility when you are designing a program that it does not reach the audience that it really needs to,” Albarracín says. “Often, those who don’t really need the message are the ones who will read it, because people generally like to read information that confirms what they already believe, while those who are at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS won’t read the information because they don’t want to deal with the threatening situation of having to change.”
In collaboration with the Alachua County Health Department, Albarracín and her 30-member research team are in the process of exposing more than 1,100 participants to HIV/AIDS prevention materials and observing which are most attractive and effective. The group also is analyzing 3,000 articles and 200 prior studies on the success of previous HIV intervention programs. They hope to identify the conditions that increase participation in intervention programs and to design new messages that have the potential to attract the unreachable and influence their actions.
The five-year project, which Albarracín began in 2002, is an offshoot of her career-long research interest in the cognitive and motivational underpinnings of judgment and behavior change. Her dissertation work, which she defended in 1997 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, investigated the specific cognitions people form when asked to discuss a particular topic while distracted by an unrelated memory from the past. Albarracín said she decided to pursue HIV/AIDS research because it was a way to complement her PhDs in both social and clinical psychology.
“I have a strong commitment to applying psychological theory to anything that would benefit society, and have concentrated my efforts in modifying behaviors that pose risks to health,” she says.
Albarracín says she is in the process of applying for federal funding to begin testing other ways of attracting reluctant audiences, such as selecting the most effective information sources, which she will pursue upon completion of her current project in 2007.
Grants through the Division of Sponsored Research
October–November 2004 Total: $7,676,110
October 2004: Total $3,795,963 | ||||
WARREN M W |
ANTHROPOLOGY |
MULTIPLE SPONSORS |
$681 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
GOTTESMAN S T |
ASTRONOMY |
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FL SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM |
$1,500 |
NON LINEAR DYNAMICS IN ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS |
BARTLETT R J |
CHEMISTRY |
UNIV OF MISSOURI |
$60,735 |
DETERMINATION OF POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES FOR ENERGETIC MOLECULES |
DOLBIER JR W R |
CHEMISTRY |
SPECIALTY COATING SYSTEMS INC |
$96,000 |
SYNTHESIS OF PERFLUORO[2.2]PARACYCLOPHANE (PARYLENE-F8) |
DURAN R S PEARTON S J |
CHEMISTRY |
U S AIR FORCE |
$111,375 |
IMMOBILIZED ION CHANNELS CONTAINING MODIFIED MAXI-K CHANNELS -ADD ON TO EXISITING GRANT F49620-03-1-0393. |
HIRATA S |
CHEMISTRY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$66,383 |
ITR/AP: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH - SYNTHESIS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE ALGORITHMS FOR ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE-CALCULATIONS |
HIRATA S |
CHEMISTRY |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY |
$142,208 |
BREAKTHROUGH DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MANY THEORIES FOR ELECTRON CORRELATION |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
ARKAT USA |
$21,818 |
FLORIDA HETEROCYCLIC CONFERENCE AND ARKIVOC ELECTRONIC JOURNAL |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION |
$20,030 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM (AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT #57821) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION |
$16,150 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$275 |
SOFTWARE RESEARCH SUPPORT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$288 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$9,545 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$1,636 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$2,618 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$300 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$272 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$250 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
U S ARMY |
$130,615 |
LOW TEMPERATURE ADDITIVES |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
U S NAVY |
$39,381 |
SYNTHETIC METHODS AND SYNTHESIS OF AZIDO- AND ACETLYENE- TRMINATED OLIGOMERS |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
U S NAVY |
$196,907 |
SYNTHESIS OF ACETYLENES/DI-ACETYLENES, STUDY OF THEIR 1,3- DIPOLAR CYCLOADDITIONS WITH AZIDES/POLYAZIDES AND PREPARATIO |
KLEIMAN V D |
CHEMISTRY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$44,000 |
CAREER:ULTRAFAST STUDIES OF EXCITON TRANSPORT IN CONJUGATED POLYMERS |
MCELWEE-WHITE L A |
CHEMISTRY |
WILLIAM & MARY |
$174,388 |
HIGH BRIGHTNESS ELECTRON SOURCE DEVELOPMENT |
REYNOLDS J R |
CHEMISTRY |
EIC LABORATORIES INC |
$37,740 |
CROSSLINKED CONJUGATED OLIGOMERS |
TAN W |
CHEMISTRY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$128,174 |
NANOSCALE ARRAYS FOR DIRECT RNA PROFILING IN SINGLE CELLS AND THEIR COMPARTMENTS |
TAN W |
CHEMISTRY |
PACKARD FOUNDATION |
$105,978 |
NANOSCOPIC, BIOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS OF NEURONALDIVERSITY |
TAN W MARTINEZ DIAZ K |
CHEMISTRY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
$49,917 |
NANOSCALE DNA ARRAYS FOR SINGLE NEURON PROFILING - MINORITY SUPPLEMENT |
TAN W MOROZ L L |
CHEMISTRY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
$171,812 |
NANOSCALE DNA ARRAYS FOR SINGLE NEURON PROFILING |
VEIGE A S |
CHEMISTRY |
DREYFUS FDTN, CAMILLE & HENRY |
$50,000 |
THE DREYFUS NEW FACULTY AWARD |
WINEFORDNER J D SMITH B W |
CHEMISTRY |
AERODYNE RESEARCH INC |
$61,257 |
PORTABLE LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS) SENSOR FOR DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS |
ALTMANN L J |
COMM PROCESS & DISORDERS |
U S DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS |
$13,140 |
LEXICAL ACCESS IMPAIRMENTS IN PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
BINFORD M W VAN HOLT T |
GEOGRAPHY |
NASA |
$17,000 |
TWENTY YEARS OF LAND-COVER AND LAND-USE CHANGE EFFECTS ON NEARSHORE MARINE RESOURCES IN SOUTHERN CHILE |
MOSSA J |
GEOGRAPHY |
U S DEPT OF THE INTERIOR |
$56,447 |
GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF CHANNEL PLANFORM CHANGE IN MINED RIVE R FLOODPLAINS: IMPACTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR |
MUELLER P A FOSTER D A |
GEOLOGY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$22,250 |
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WORKSHOP FOR INTEGRATED EARTHSCOPE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS |
GREGORY F G MCKNIGHT S A |
HISTORY |
UNIV OF SIEGEN |
$30,765 |
MYSTICISM AND MODERNITY |
SAPIENZA C M |
INST ADV STDY OF COMMUN PROCES |
U S DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS |
$62,002 |
NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH |
SAPIENZA C M |
INST ADV STDY OF COMMUN PROCES |
U S DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS |
$2,892 |
EXPIRATORY MUSCLE TRAINING IN PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON'S : A PILOT PROJECT |
SAPIENZA C M |
INST ADV STDY OF COMMUN PROCES |
U S DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS |
$5,000 |
MATLAB PROGRAMMER |
MAIR B A |
MATHEMATICS |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
$140,535 |
GATED CARDIAC ECT RECONSTRUCTION WITH MOTION ANALYSIS |
MAIR B A |
MATHEMATICS |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
$121,058 |
GATED CARDIAC ECT RECONSTRUCTION WITH MOTION ANALYSIS |
HEBARD A F |
PHYSICS |
NORTH CAROLINA A&T UNIVERSITY |
$190,798 |
SYNTHGESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SELF-ASSEMBLED ORDERED NANO ARRAYS FOR MAGNETIC & SUPERCONDUCTING APPLICATIONS |
MITSELMAKHER G KORYTOV A |
PHYSICS |
FERMILAB |
$90,916 |
ENDCAP MUON SYSTEM BACKPLANE PRODUCTION |
MITSELMAKHER G KORYTOV A |
PHYSICS |
FERMILAB |
$341,020 |
ENDCAP MUON SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CMS PROJECT FY 2004 |
MITSELMAKHER G KORYTOV A |
PHYSICS |
FERMILAB |
$282,184 |
ENDCAP MUON SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CMS PROJECT FY 2004 |
MULLER G |
PHYSICS |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$127,832 |
ADVANCED LIGO: RESEARCH ON MODE MATCHING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS |
WOODARD R P |
PHYSICS |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$39,382 |
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY AND COSMOLOGY |
HOLLINGER R C |
SOCIOLOGY |
MULTIPLE SOURCES |
$20,000 |
SECURITY RESEARCH PROJECT |
YANG M C |
STATISTICS |
UNIV OF MIAMI |
$5,685 |
AIRWAY CLEARANCE TRIAL AND ADOLESCENT ADHERENCE TRIAL PROJECTS DATA ANALYSIS |
LEVEY D J ANDINO J M |
ZOOLOGY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$484,824 |
SCIENCE PARTNERS IN INQUIRY-BASED COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION (S.P.I.C.E.) |
November 2004: Total $3,880,147 |
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SASSAMAN JR K E |
ANTHROPOLOGY |
WENNER-GREN FDTN ANTHRO RES |
$5,000 |
GHEBREIGZIABIHER, ASMERET, U. OF ASMARA, ERITREA--TO AID IN TRAINING IN ANTHROPOLOGY/ARCHAEOLOGY AT THE UNIV OF FLA |
GE J |
ASTRONOMY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$334,780 |
DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED DELAY INTERFEROMETRY FOR DETECTING EXTRASOLAR PLANETS |
GE J |
ASTRONOMY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$295,147 |
DEVELOPMENT OF SILICON IMMERSION GRATING TECHNOLOGY FORG ROUND-BASED ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY |
GUSTAFSON B A |
ASTRONOMY |
NASA |
$105,017 |
COMPLEX DUST STRUCTURES |
SARAJEDINI A |
ASTRONOMY |
SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INST |
$50,110 |
MAIN SEQUENCE TURNOFF AGES FOR SECOND PARAMETER CLUSTERS IN M33 |
SARAJEDINI A |
ASTRONOMY |
SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INST |
$45,002 |
THE STAR FORMATION HISTORY AND METALLICITY EVOLUTION OF M33: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF DISK EVOLUTION |
MACK M C |
BOTANY |
MELLON FOUNDATION, ANDREW W |
$2,566 |
THE ROLE OF PLANT TRAITS IN ECOSYSTEM NUTRIENT CYCLING |
OPPENHEIMER D G |
BOTANY |
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$264,664 |
THE FLORAL GENOME PROJECT: ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE FL GENETIC PROGRAM AND PHYLOGENETIC TOOLS FOR EVOLUTION AND |
SCHUUR E A |
BOTANY |
MELLON FOUNDATION, ANDREW W |
$3,556 |
THE SENSITIVITY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS TO PRECIPITATION |
SOLTIS D E SOLTIS P S |
BOTANY |
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$94,485 |
REQUEST FOR THE FLORAL GENOME PROJECT SUPPLEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENTAL MORPHOLOGY |
SOLTIS D E SOLTIS P S |
BOTANY |
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$458,841 |
THE FLORAL GENOME PROJECT:ORIGIN & EVOLUTION OF THE FLORIDA GENETIC PROGRAM AND PHYLOGENETIC TOOLS FOR EVOLUTIONARY AND |
DOLBIER JR W R |
CHEMISTRY |
ATOFINA CHEMICALS |
$91,379 |
SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL FLUORINATED POLYMERS DERIVED FROM OCTAFLUORO(2.2) PARACYCLOPHANE (AF4) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION |
$19,491 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION |
$8,353 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM (AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT #57821) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
FLEXSYS AMERICA L P |
$36,000 |
STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS IN CISCOUS SUBSTANCES |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$272 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHEMISTRY |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$523 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KLEIMAN V D |
CHEMISTRY |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY |
$82,042 |
NANOSCALE ASSEMBLIES OF CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES, ENERGY TRANSPORT, ENERGY TRANSDUCTION AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES |
POWELL D H |
CHEMISTRY |
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY |
$960 |
MASS SPECTROMETRY SERVICES |
REYNOLDS J R |
CHEMISTRY |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY |
$128,536 |
NANOSCALE ASSEMBLIES OF CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES, ENERGY TRANSPORT, ENERGY TRANSDUCTION AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES |
RICHARDSON D E |
CHEMISTRY |
U S ARMY |
$52,508 |
DEVELOPMENT OF BICARBONATE-ACTIVATED PEROXIDE AS A CHEMICAL ANDBIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT DECONTAMINANT |
SCHANZE K S |
CHEMISTRY |
AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
$1,783 |
ACS EDITORIALSHIP |
SCHANZE K S REYNOLDS J R |
CHEMISTRY |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY |
$128,536 |
NANOSCALE ASSEMBLIES OF CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES, ENERGY TRANSPORT, ENERGY TRANSDUCTION AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES |
WAGENER K B |
CHEMISTRY |
U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE |
$127,753 |
POLYCARBOSILANE ELASTOMERS VIA CHAIN-INTERNAL AND CHAIN-END LATENT CROSSLINKING |
LANE J S |
CRIMINAL JUSTICE |
DEPT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE |
$122,221 |
EVALUATION OF FAITH AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVE |
WAYLEN P R |
GEOGRAPHY |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
$580 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
COLBURN D R |
HISTORY |
FL INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT |
$75,000 |
THE REUBEN O'D. ASKEW INSTITUTE ON POLITICS AND SOCIETY |
BONA M WHITE N L |
MATHEMATICS |
NATL SECURITY AGENCY |
$4,400 |
A WORKSHOP ON AUTOMATED DEDUCTION IN GEOMETRY & A CONFERENCEON PATTERN AVOIDING PERMULATIONS |
TIEP P H |
MATHEMATICS |
NATL SECURITY AGENCY |
$26,883 |
RESEARCH IN GROUP THEORY AND APPLICATIONS |
ACOSTA D E MITSELMAKHER G |
PHYSICS |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY |
$74,873 |
US CMS TRIGGER SUBSYSTEM FY 2004 |
ACOSTA D E MITSELMAKHER G |
PHYSICS |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY |
$70,356 |
US CMS TRIGGER SUBSYSTEM FY 2004 |
BISWAS A |
PHYSICS |
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$86,170 |
INVESTIGATION OF THE NORMAL STATE OF ELECTRON-DOPED CUPRATES IN HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS |
CHENG H P |
PHYSICS |
UT-BATTELLE |
$3,500 |
MOLECULAR-NANO-WIRES PROPERTIES AND CONTROL |
MATCHEV K T |
PHYSICS |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY |
$55,000 |
TASK G: EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN COLLIDER PHYSICS AT CMS |
MITSELMAKHER G KORYTOV A |
PHYSICS |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY |
$177,598 |
TASK G: EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN COLLIDER PHYSICS AT CMS |
MITSELMAKHER G KORYTOV A |
PHYSICS |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY |
$194,538 |
TASK G: EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN COLLIDER PHYSICS AT CMS |
ALBARRACIN D |
PSYCHOLOGY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
$134,246 |
COGNITIVE STRUCTURE AND CHANGE IN MARITAL SATISFACTION |
GRABER J A |
PSYCHOLOGY |
CORNELL UNIVERSITY |
$43,057 |
MULTI-ETHNC DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AMONG NEW YORK YOUTH |
TUCKER C M CURRY JR R W |
PSYCHOLOGY |
AGCY HEALTHCARE RES & QUALITY |
$367,782 |
A PATIENT-CENTERED CULTURALLY SENSITIVE CARE MODEL |
DANIELS M J |
STATISTICS |
BROWN UNIVERSITY |
$93,639 |
ANALYZING COMPLEX LONGITUDINAL DATA IN BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE |
OSENBERG C W |
ZOOLOGY |
SPRINGER-VERLAG |
$13,000 |
OECOLOGIA EDITORIAL OFFICE |
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