Principal Investigator, "Intensive Communication for Chronically Critically Ill," National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, R01-NR008941, 2005-2008.
Principal Investigator, "Disease Management of the Chronically Critically Ill," National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, RO1-NR05207-01, 2001-2004.
Co-Investigator, "Adult Failure to Thrive in Long-Term Ventilator Patients," Patricia A. Higgins, Principal Investigator, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, RO1-NR05005-01A2, 2001-2005.
Co-Investigator, "Donation After Cardiac Death: Validating Identification Criteria," M. DeVita, Principal Investigator, Funded by the Division of Transplantation, 2003-2005.