Current Funding *Indicates trainee investigator
Kendzor DE (PI), Ahluwalia J (Co-PI), Businelle MS (Co-Investigator), Frank-Pearce SG (Co-Investigator), Baranskaya IV (Co-Investigator), Sifat M (Co-Investigator)*, Hébert ET (Co-Investigator)
Randomized Factorial Trial of Varenicline with Nicotine Lozenges and a Smartphone Medication Adherence Intervention to Promote Smoking Cessation
Sponsored by National Cancer Institute, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: R01CA298165
Total Direct Costs: $2,229,393
2025 – 2029
Kendzor DE (PI), Cohn AM (Co-PI), Doescher MP (Co-PI), McQuoid JM (Co-PI), Neil JM (Co-PI)
Oklahoma Cancer Health Equity Research Center (CHERC)
Sponsored by American Cancer Society, Non-Profit
Grant/Contract Number: CHERC-24-1160021-01-CHERC
Total Direct Costs: $3,999,646
2025 – 2028
Kendzor DE (PI) 30% Effort, Businelle MS (Co-Investigator), Vidrine DJ (Co-Investigator), Pearce-Frank S (Co-Investigator), Alexander AC (Co-Investigator)*, Dallery J (Co-Investigator), Shih Y-C (Co-Investigator)
Automated Mobile Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adults
Sponsored by National Cancer Institute, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: R01CA251451
Total Direct Costs: $2,240,653
2021 – 2026
Kendzor DE (PI), Businelle MS (Co-PI)
TSET Health Promotion Research Center
Sponsored by Oklahoma TSET, State
Grant/Contract Number: R23-02
Current Funding (Total Cost per Year): $15,100,000
2023 – 2026
Ogunsanya M (PI)*, Kendzor DE (Co-Investigator)
Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a Tailored mHealth App Designed to Improve Quality of-Life Outcomes in Prostate Cancer Survivors
Sponsored by Department of Defense, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: PC230551/13963800
Total Direct Costs: $898,842
2024 – 2027
Froehlich-Grobe K (PI), Kendzor DE (Co-Investigator)
Addressing Tobacco Cessation among Smokers with Spinal Cord Injury and their Healthcare Providers
Sponsored by Craig H. Neilson Foundation, Private
Grant/Contract Number: 1149537
Total Direct Costs: $550,000
2024 – 2027
Mannel RS (PI), Kendzor DE (Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program) 5% Effort
Stephenson Cancer Center – Cancer Center Support Grant
Sponsored by National Cancer Institute, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: P30CA225520
2019 – 2028
Mentored Grants
Alexander AC (PI)*, Kendzor DE (Primary Mentor), Businelle MS (Mentor), Cheney M (Mentor), McNeill LH (Mentor), Cohn AM (Mentor)
HealthyCells: A Culturally-Tailored Smoking Cessation Smartphone Intervention for African Americans with Adjunctive Treatment for Sedentary Behavior
Sponsored by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: K01MD015295
Total Direct Costs: $621,735
2021 – 2026
Pope Z* (Co-PI), Klinedinst T* (Co-PI), Robertson MC* (Co-PI), Kendzor DE (Mentor)
A Digitally Mediated Occupational Therapy Program to Increase Physical Activity in Urban and Rural Breast Cancer Survivors Who Have Undergone Breast-conserving Surgery or Mastectomy
Sponsored by ACS/OUHSC, The University of Oklahoma (Institutional)
Grant/Contract Number: ACS IRG
Total Direct Costs: $60,000
2024 – 2025
Cruvinel E (PI)*, Kendzor DE (Mentor), Richter K (Primary Mentor), Scheuermann T (Mentor), Yi R (Mentor), Gajewski B (Mentor)
Using Contingency Management to Promote Adherence to Smoking Cessation Treatment Among Hospitalized Smokers
Sponsored by National Institute on Drug Abuse, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: K01DA055779
Total Direct Costs: $733,639.00
Additional Information: Dr. Cruvinel is appointed at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
2022 – 2027
Machado N (PI), Kendzor DE (Primary Mentor)*, Richter K (Mentor)
Transforming Quality Metrics to Improve Tobacco Treatment in Medicaid
Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant, Sponsored by American Cancer Society, Non-Profit
Grant/Contract Number: PF-24-1198256-01-HOPS
Total Direct Costs: $147,500
2025 – 2027
Completed Funding (Selected)
Kendzor DE (PI), Businelle MS (Co-Investigator), Wetter DW (Co-Investigator), Swartz M (Co-Investigator)
Small Financial Incentives to Promote Smoking Cessation in Safety Net Hospital Patients
Sponsored by National Cancer Institute, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: R01CA197314
Total Direct Costs: $1,092,514
2015 – 2022
Kendzor DE (PI)
Pathways Between Socioeconomic Status and Behavioral Cancer Risk Factors
Sponsored by American Cancer Society, Foundation
Grant/Contract Number: MRSGT-10-104-01-CPHPS
Total Direct Costs: $674,840
Additional Information: Mentored Research Scholar Grant
2010 – 2015