Grants
After earning her doctorate in epidemiology at UC Berkeley in 1988, Dr. Winkleby came to Stanford where she leads a research group that focuses on social determinants of health. Her scientific grants during this time have been from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the State of California, other governmental agencies, and local foundations. This section on past and current grants provides the scientific abstracts from the grants and related publications.
Current grants
| 2001-2007 | Principal Investigator, Neighborhood-Level Influences on All-Cause Mortality, NHLBI, R01. |
| 2002-2007 | Co-Investigator (subcontract with Jan Sundquist, Karolinksa Institute, Stockholm, Sweden), Longitudinal Study of Neighborhood Predictors of CVD, NHLBI, RO1. |
| 2003-2008 | Co-Principal Investigator (subcontract with John Snider, Monterey County Department of Health), Salud! Salinas STEPS to Health, CDC. |
| 2003-2008 | Principal Investigator, Stanford MKITS Science Program: a Focus on CVD and Public Health, NHLBI. |
| 2004-2007 | Principal Investigator, Stanford Medical Youth Science Program School-Based Science Initiative, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education |
Past grants
| 1977-1979 | Co-Principal Investigator, A Cooperative Study of Risk Factors for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, NIH, NICHD, RO1. |
| 1990-1991 | Principal Investigator, Health and Homelessness: A Study of Precipitating Factors, The Valley Foundation. |
| 1991-1996 | Co-Investigator, CVD Nutrition Education in Low Literate Adults, NIH, NHLBI. |
| 1991-1996 | Investigator, Stanford Five-City Multifactor Risk Reduction Study, NIH, NHLBI. |
| 1994-1997 | Principal Investigator, Teen Advocates for Community Change and Leadership Education (TACCLE), California Wellness Foundation. |
| 1996-1998 | Principal Investigator, Hispanic and White Women’s Cardiovascular Health, NIH, NHLBI. |
| 1996-1999 | Investigator, Stanford Minority Center of Excellence, HRSA. |
| 1996-2001 | Principal Investigator, Impact of Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status on Women’s Cardiovascular Health: Implications for Community Interventions, Established Investigatorship Award, National American Heart Association. |
| 1996-2002 | Principal Investigator, Interactions of Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status on Women’s Cardiovascular Health: Implications from NHANES III Data, American Heart Association Grant-in-Aid. |
| 1998-2002 | Principal Investigator, High Risk Teen Tobacco Use Prevention through Advocacy, NIDA, RO1. |
| 1999-2000 | Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Robert Melton, Director, Monterey County Department of Health), IMPACTO II: The Monterey County Hispanic Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Study . |
| 1999-2001 | Principal Investigator, Overweight Adults: Ethnic, SES, and Behavioral Influences, NIH, NHLBI, RO3. |
| 2000-2003 | Co-Principal Investigator (with Robert Egnew, Director, Monterey County Department of Health), IMPACTO II: Monterey’s Hispanic Behavioral Risk Factor Study, California Cancer Research Program. |
| 2001-2004 | Principal Investigator, CHOICE, Stanford Medical Youth Science Program, The California Endowment. |
| 2003 | Principal Investigator, Research Award, Iris F. Litt, MD Fund, Stanford University Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Cancer-related Health Behaviors and Screening Practices in Latina Women. |
