The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has retained its top spot among other schools of nursing for research funding from the National Institutes of Health for the 2019 fiscal year with $11.3 million in awards.

Examples of newly funded research include:

• Improving Self-Care of Informal Caregivers of Adults with Heart Failure
• Palliative Care Consultations for Persons in the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Setting
• Novel Neuroendocrine Mechanisms Underlying Nicotine Seeking and Withdrawal-Induced Hyperphagia
• Effect of Opioid Taper on Pain Responses in Patients with Chronic Pain
• Multicomponent Behavioral Sleep Intervention for Insomnia in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment
• The Role of Opioid Adherence Profiles in Cancer Pain Self-Management and Outcomes
• Utilizing Twitter to Identify and Recruit Young Black Men at High Risk of HIV Infection