Ann L. Fruhling, PhD

Grants & Contracts

Since 2002, Dr. Fruhling has received approximately $8,200,000 in funding via grants, awards, & contracts. These grants, awards, and contracts have enabled 99 funded research projects focusing on a variety of topics including public health informatics, usability, and human-computer interaction. More than 80 students have worked on these projects under Dr. Fruhling along with two full-time employees. Currently, 4 graduate students and 6 undergraduate students are working with Dr. Fruhling in the Public Health Informatics Lab.

Grants/Awards/Contracts

2020 - 2024 -- Transforming wellness and aging through business, informatics, and gerontology, UNO-SVCAA, Co-PI
2018 - 2021 -- Operationalizing Cyber Situational Awareness Research: Capability Exploration, DOD – NSRI, Co-PI
2017 - 2022 -- Real-Time Emergency Communication System for HazMat Incidents (REaCH), DOT - Region 7 UTC/MATC ($14M) – subaward from UNL - 5 years, PI
2017 - 2022 -- Great Plains IDeA CTR - Biomedical Informatics – KCA, NIH - IDeA CTR ($20M) – subaward from UNMC 5 years, Co-PI
2006 - 2017 -- KS STATPack, KDHEL, PI
2006 - 2018 -- OK STATPack, ODHSPHL, PI
2002 - 2018 -- NE STATPack, NPHL, PI
2017 - 2022 -- Region 7 UTC/MATC, DOT, Co-PI
2017 - 2022 -- IDeA CTR, NIH, Co-PI
2014 - 2019 -- RO1-NIH: Optimizing the Electronic Health Record for Cardiac Care, NIH, Co-PI
2016 - 2017 -- Citizen science as a tool for temporal water quality assessment at the major watershed scale, NSF - EAGER, Co-PI
2015 - 2017 -- Juvenile Case Management System, NE Crime Commission, PI
2011 - 2017 -- Juvenile Diversion Case Management System (JDCMS) Web Diversion Program System, NE Crime Commission, PI
2012 - 2013 -- ATR - Access to Recovery, NE Crime Comission, PI
2009 - 2010 -- P2RIC, EPA, Co-PI
2005 - 2009 -- Northrup Grumman C2SES DoD Research, DOD, Co-PI
2002 - 2005 -- Information Technology Sustaining Rural Health Delivery Systems, NE Research Initiative, PI
2019 -- Enhancing Senior Living, Quality of Life and Independence through Utilizing Assistive and Interactive Technology PI, University of Nebraska System, Co-PI
2018 -- IT Support for Watershed Citizen Scientist Computer Application, Great Plains IDeA CTR Community-Academic Partnership, Co-PI
2018 -- Development of Real-time Clinical Data Visualization Tools through User-Centered Software Design, GP IDeA CTR, Sr. Advisor
2014 -- Non-DOJ Diversion Program Effectiveness Survey Development - Technical Support, PI
2013 -- Rural Futures Initiative: Juvenile Re-Entry Program, Rural Futures Initiative, Co-PI
2013 -- TimeMatch project, Dept. of Justice, Co-PI
2013 -- Assessing USSTRATCOM Critical Research Needs, Dept. of Defense, Co-PI
2013 -- In-flight Medical Events Emergency Response Sytem for Astronauts, NASA, PI
2013 -- Rural Futures - E-mentoring, Rural Futures Institute, Co-PI
2013 -- Lancaster - E-mentoring, NE HHS, Co-PI
2012 -- Heartland 2050, Metropolitan Area Planning Agency - Decision Support GIS and GUI usability study, HUD, PI
2012 -- Behavioral Health Education Center for Nebraska - Telepsychiatry Usability Study, BHECN, PI
2012 -- Restriction Order Information Sytem Analysis - Violence Against Women Act, EJIS, PI
2010 -- SMADS Usability Study, USSTRATCOM, PI
2009 -- STD Tracking DCDC, EPSCoR/DCDC, PI
2008 -- Agile Best Practices, NASA, PI
2008 -- Childcare Tracking System, Service Learning, Co-PI
2008 -- CPHI, NU Foundation, PI
2007 -- Best Practices in Implementing & Managing Agile Information, PI
2006 -- KS Health & Human Services, KDHEL, PI
2006 -- KSU Veterinary STATPack, KDHEL, PI
2006 -- NASA Research "Improving System Requirement Elicitation & Traceability System Trace Plan", NASA, PI
2006 -- OK Health & Human Services, PI
2005 -- NE Health & Human Services STATPack, HRSA, PI
2005 -- NE Health & Human Services STATPack Expansion, HRSA, PI
2005 -- UNO/UNL Research Collaboration Proposal Request from UNL Vice Chancellor. Prem Paul, Collaborative Test Plan Creation to Accommodate Stakeholders Value Propositions in Value-Based Software Engineering, Co-PI
2004 -- Association Public Health Labs Grant, STATPack, HRSA, PI
2004 -- NE Health & Human Services STATPack, HRSA, PI
2004 -- NASA NE Space Grant Travel Award - Kim Tyser, NASA, PI
2004 -- NASA NE Space Grant Travel Award - Al Tarrell, NASA, PI

Funded Grants Non-Reviewed/External

2018 - 2019 -- Childrens Hospital EHR Usage Study, Childrens Hospital & MC, PI
2017 -- GOALS, Non-profit, PI
2012 - 2015 -- Youth Care and Beyond, Private, Non-profit, PI
2003 -- Web Portal Development for Nebraska Information Network Agency, NIN, PI
2003 -- Coordinator & Collaborator, U.S. Corp. of Engineers, BPA initiative, USCORE
2002 -- Asthma-Builders Web-enhanced survey, RUPRI Center, Rural Policy Research Institute, PI

Peer-Reviewed Grants and Contracts Related to Teaching

2020 -- Assistive and Interactive Technology Needs Assessment for Older Adults and Caregivers to Enhance Quality of Life and Independence, GRACA
2016 -- Toward Better Informed Healthcare Patients, UNO – GRACA Graduate Res.& Creative Activities
2016 -- Evaluation of Better Authentication Methods for PHRs, NASA
2008 -- NASA Nebraska Space Grant Travel Award, GRACA
? -- ?, Funding Research International (FRI)
? -- “White Powder” is it Harmful or Not?, FUSE
? -- Workflow analysis of the Juvenile Diversion Case Management System in NE, GRACA
? -- IT completion degree – with ISQA, Online World Wide
? -- IDEA Bioinformatics Distance Education Grant, Online World Wide
? -- IDEA Bioinformatics Distance Education Grant, Online World Wide
2008 -- NASA Nebraska Space Grant Travel Award, NASA
2004 -- NASA Nebraska Space Grant Travel Award, NASA