Funded Seed Grants

This is a list of Seed Grants awarded since the start of the program in 2003.

2008

Making a Difference in the Lives of Chicago Girls: Evaluating the Girls in the Game After-School Program
Amy Bohnert, PhD, Loyola University Chicago
Our Bodies, God's Temples: A Church-Based Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, and Positive Body Image Among Young African American Children
Dawnavan S. Davis, PhD, Univeristy of Chicago School of Medicine

Urban Initiatives: A Preliminary Investigation of Short-Term Health Outcomes
James Dower, Urban Initiatives and Jocelyn Carter, PhD, DePaul University

2007

Developing and Testing Feasibility of a Home-based Lifestyle Intervention for a Pilot Study
Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Logan Square Integrated Evaluation
Beverly McElmurry, EdD, FAAN, UIC College of Nursing

2006

Northeastern Illinois Community Food Security Assessment Dissemination
Daniel Block, PhD, Chicago State University, and Noel Chavez, RD, PhD, University of Illinois Chicago
Go Healthy!
Nick Jackson, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation
Evaluating the Impact of Nutritionally Designed Dining Ware on Food Choices: A Pilot Study
Amy Bohnert, PhD, Loyola University Chicago
Organic School Project: A Proposal to Help Students Grow
Meg Trausch, Organic School Project
The Chicago Food Access Network
LaDonna Redmond, Institute for Community Resource Development, and William Kling, JD, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Rolek, PC
Developing and Testing Feasibility of a Tailored Lifestyle Intervention Program to Assist Clinic Practices in Their Efforts to Prevent and Treat Overweight: Planning for a Pilot Study
Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

2005

Choosing Essential Foods (CHEF)
Elizabeth Lynch, PhD, Northwestern University
Bush Community Garden of Hope
Sylvia Ortega and Dinah Ramirez, RN, Bush Home Owner and Tenants Association
Implementing a Growth Interpretation System
Walter Daniel Perez, MD, Alivio Medical Center
Development and Validation of a Measurement Device of Children’s Physical Activity Weimo Zhu, PhD, University of Illinois
Literature Review of School-Based Nutrition Education Curricula
Weimo Zhu, PhD, University of Illinois
FitMatters: Hands-On Healthy Cooking for Low-Income Families Combating Obesity
Julie Germann, PhD, La Rabida Children’s Hospital
Go Healthy!
Rob Sadowsky, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation

2004

Fresh from the Farm
Gary Cuneen, Seven Generations Ahead
Clinic-Based Strategies to Addressing Child Overweight
Inyang Isong, MD, Lawndale Christian Health Center
Worms, Bees, and Bicycles: A Lively Neighborhood Project to Lower Obesity in Humboldt Park and Logan Square Children
Reverend Clare Butterfield, Faith in Place
Education Program on Children’s Eating Patterns and Attitudes: A Pilot Study in a Chicago Public School
Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar, PhD, University of Illinois Chicago, LaDonna Redmond, Institute for Community Resource Development, and Joanne Kouba, MS, RD, Loyola University Chicago
An Ecological Approach to Understanding Factors that Influence Dietary Practices in African-American Children and their Caregivers
Angela Odoms-Young, PhD, Northern Illinois University
ACCESS Weight Management Program and Childhood Obesity Intervention
Elizabeth Calhoun, PhD, ACCESS Community Health
Chicago Public Schools Participation in Statewide Health/Fitness Project
M. Elizabeth Verner, EdD, IAHPERD

2003

Physical Education Instructional Profile and Needs Assessment in Chicago Public Schools
David Q. Thomas, PhD, Illinois State University, and Patricia Faire, Chicago Public Schools
Overweight in Chicagoland Preschool Children: Prevalence and Environmental Influences
Lindsey Turner, PhD, University of Illinois Chicago
Measuring Community Walkability for Children: How Do Parental/Caregiver Perception(s) Compare to Other Measures of Walkability?
Jan Metzger, Center for Neighborhood Technology