The National Coalition of 100 Black Women Delaware Chapter (NC100BW-DE) recently released the results of a year-long study, “The State of Our Union: Black Girls… Read More »Nat’l Coalition of 100 Black Women DE Chapter shares findings of year-long study
Dr. Erica Sood is the first psychologist to receive the Newburger-Bellinger Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Award. In the coming weeks, former ACCEL grant awardee Erica Sood, PhD,… Read More »Former ACCEL awardee receives international cardiac neurodevelopmental award
Members of the Delaware Clinical and Translational Research ACCEL Program were recognized as New Castle County COVID-19 All-Stars for their efforts to curtail the pandemic… Read More »COVID-19 All-Stars Curtail Pandemic in Delaware
Buchanan stepped down in June After more than a decade of working to promote clinical and translational research in Delaware and training the upcoming investigators… Read More »ACCEL’s Program Coordinator, UD Site PI resigns, makes way for upcoming leaders
Dr. Heather Bittner Fagan steps down at the end of June. “When ACCEL first started reaching out to the community and saying, ‘Come help us,’… Read More »ACCEL’s Community Engagement & Outreach Core Lead resigns
This year’s ACCEL Community Research Exchange demonstrated how Delaware’s health industry is reaching into Delaware’s diverse communities and focusing on equitable care and spread of… Read More »Annual community research exchange aims to ‘bridge the gap’ between health research, implementation
A new National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences initiative now provides clinicians and researchers a centralized national data resource known as the National COVID Cohort… Read More »Nationwide COVID-19 health records at your fingertips via data enclave, accelerating research and care
Professor Hicks is a clinician-scientist and a full professor in the University of Delaware Department of Physical Therapy, which ranks #1 nationally. Recently, he completed a successful five-year term as Department Chair, during which time the DPT program thrived, expanded and became more diverse. Dr. Hicks’ laboratory has had significant funding from the National Institutes of Health since 2008, including major funding for projects focused on the development and testing of interventions to improve physical function for older adults with chronic low back pain. His publication record and ongoing research demonstrates a deep understanding of the relationships between spinal disorders and functional performance in the older population, as well as his ability to conduct studies of adults with painful conditions. In addition to this primary line of work, he has been intimately involved as a collaborator in NIH-funded studies focused on understanding physical function drivers among typically aging adults and older adults post hip fracture. Professor Hicks received two B.A. degrees and a MPT degree from the University of Delaware, a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute on Aging.
Meet Sue Giancola, PhD, ACCEL’s Core Lead for Tracking and Evaluation. Dr. Giancola has over twenty years of experience in the field of evaluation. Beginning in July 2018, she joined the ACCEL team and has been working to restructure and refocus the evaluation. The ACCEL evaluation uses a theory-based approach, and is both stakeholder-driven and results-focused. Evaluation is built into the logic of the ACCEL Program, and is outcomes-oriented within a continuous improvement framework.
