2010 Major Sponsored Program and Faculty Awards - Office of ...

DeKraai, MarkPsychology/Public Policy CenterChild Mental Health State Infrastructure Grant$3,129,313 Nebraska Departmentof Health and Human Services4/1/05 – 9/30/10Gallagher, KennethSpecial Education andCommunication DisordersThe Nebraska Department of Health andHuman Services is supporting a five-yearproject directed by Mark DeKraai of UNL’sPublic Policy Center to build on majorbehavioral health system reform efforts todevelop systems of care specifically forchildren (age birth to 5; youth; youth withco-occurring disorders; substance abuse; transition age youth).The project aims to individualize service models for children andyouth, establish culturally and linguistically appropriate practices,and form a coalition for an integrated, family-centered system forchildren and families.DiLillo, DavidPsychology* Sexual Revictimization: Emotional and Psychosocial Mechanisms$3,135,821 NIH-NICHD7/15/10 – 6/30/15Hoffman, LesaPsychologyThe National Institute of Child Health andHuman Development is supporting the workof psychologist David DiLillo to study theproblem of “revictimization” – thephenomenon in which women who sufferedabuse during childhood or adolescence areup to 10 times more likely to be sexuallyvictimized again as adults. This multi-site project will examine theprocesses that link early maltreatment to adult revictimization, inparticular focusing on mechanisms related to psychopathology,sexual risk taking and alcohol use. Drawing on recent theoreticaland empirical findings, DiLillo’s team proposes that difficultiesregulating emotions stemming from early abuse create underlyingrisk factors for the more immediate predictors of revictimization.Together, these findings will permit the testing of a comprehensivemodel of revictimization.AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE5