# Technology Research in Chronic and Critical Illness

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2020 · $195,342

## Abstract

7. PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT
The use of technology to monitor health, deliver health care and manage chronic and critical illness is
becoming more and more pervasive. Technology is increasingly touted as transforming health care. The
speed at which the technology field is advancing, combined with the burgeoning number of elders and
persons living in the community with complex illnesses and disabilities, make it imperative that nurse
scientists be prepared to examine the vital role of technology in promoting better patient health outcomes
within an interdisciplinary context. The overarching goal of this T32 (Technology Research in Chronic and
Critical Illness) renewal is to provide rigorous research training and interdisciplinary culturalization to build the
nursing science aimed at promoting health, managing illness, reducing disability, and enhancing quality of life
through the aid of technology. Based on the growing need for nurse researchers to lead interdisciplinary
teams, contribute their unique expertise to this rapidly growing field, harness the utility of the growing volume
of `big data' and acknowledge commercialization as a potential path to promote the access and availability of
effective health technologies the specific aims of the training program are to provide: 1) the theoretical and
conceptual foundation to support the development of a program of research that examines ways that
technological applications may enable the prevention, detection, or resolution of health problems, 2) the
methodological skills to support of the development of an academic research career, 3) an environment that
promotes, supports, and sustains scholarly inquiry within an interdisciplinary context, and 4) opportunities to
develop, evaluate, translate and consider commercialization of high-tech solutions in real-world settings, and
5) opportunities to join in on projects that rely on data science and computing to evaluate and/or monitor the
impact of high-tech solutions on bio-behavioral health of patients. Funding is requested to continue the
program for five years to support five pre-doctoral and four post-doctoral fellows for a maximum of two years
each. A sixth pre doctoral and a fifth post-doctoral fellow would be appointed in year 05 for only one
guaranteed year of support. Clearly, nurse researchers need to be able to examine the effectiveness, as well
as the appropriateness, acceptability, and adherence of patients and providers to high-tech health solutions
and collaborate with the multiple disciplines that contribute to such efforts. Unquestionably, this program will
enable nurse trainees to be well-positioned to conduct innovative, state-of-the-art research in this growing
field.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9979959
- **Project number:** 5T32NR008857-14
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** ANNETTE J DE VITO DABBS
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $195,342
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2005-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9979959

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9979959, Technology Research in Chronic and Critical Illness (5T32NR008857-14). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9979959. Licensed CC0.

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