Crean College Faculty Receive Kay Foundation Funding for COVID-19 Rapid Research
April 16, 2020
In communities around the world, scientists are coming together like never before to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost all other research pursuits have been put on hold so scientists can study the virus and its impact on the world. Chapman research faculty are no exception. Four Crean College faculty members are the recipients of Kay Family Foundation research grants. Their projects addressed the funding call-to-action: COVID-19 Rapid Research. Only seven of 19 submitted proposals were funded. Out of the seven, awards went to the following:
Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
Project: Viral Pandemic Health Disparities: An Examination of Social and Environmental Determinants of COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in New York and Los Angeles
Dr. Tara Gruenewald
Associate Professor of Psychology and Chair
Project: Prosociality as a Resilience Factor for Mitigating the Detrimental Mental, Physical, and Social Well-Being Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr. Uri Maoz
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Member of the Brain Institute
Project: Understanding Relations between Emotional Biases, Decision-making, and Behavior in the COVID-19 Pandemic in a National Sample
Dr. Dave Frederick
Associate Professor of Psychology
Project: Identifying Risk and Promoting Resilience in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic
We are deeply grateful to the Kay Family for providing this opportunity to the Chapman University faculty. We congratulate these faculty members and look forward to sharing their research findings with the campus community in the future.
